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Enrollment
790
Middle
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWELL AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 262205005929
Lowell Middle School
750 FOREMAN ST, LOWELL, MI 49331 · (616) 987-2800 · Kent County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL790 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Michigan public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
164 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 271 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 254 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 265 | 34% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Lowell Area Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
59.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lowell Middle School
Lowell Middle School's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell Middle School this school | 790 | 20.8% | 58.7% |
| Highlander Way Middle School HOWELL | 789 | 23.1% | 41.7% |
| East Rockford Middle School ROCKFORD | 788 | 17.8% | 68.7% |
| North Rockford Middle School ROCKFORD | 908 | 18.2% | 70.6% |
| Oxford Middle School OXFORD | 938 | 19.0% | 42.7% |
| Clifford H Smart Middle School COMMERCE TOWNSHIP | 888 | 20.2% | 59.8% |
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lowell Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kent County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #64 of 397 | #14 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #44 of 380 | #13 of 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #78 of 377 | #14 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 790 | #56 of 491 | #4 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #364 of 436 | #28 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.3% | #341 of 437 | #33 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.8% | #409 of 477 | #25 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #233 of 339 | #12 of 22 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
790
-37 (-4%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 19.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 790 | 41.2 | 19.2:1 | 21% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 775 | 42 | 18.4:1 | 28% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 771 | 42.1 | 18.3:1 | 30% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 827 | 43 | 19.2:1 | 28% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 866 | 40.7 | 21.3:1 | 30% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 876 | 40 | 21.9:1 | 29% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 855 | 41 | 20.9:1 | 31% (266) |
| 2000-01 | 853 | 51 | 16.7:1 | 17% (149) |
| 1990-91 | 668 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lowell Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (866 to 790); teachers up 1% (40.7 to 41.2).
About Lowell Middle School
Lowell Middle School is a middle school in LOWELL, Michigan, and it is part of Lowell Area Schools. There are 790 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 57% larger than the 502-student average for middle schools in Michigan.
Lowell Area Schools enrolls 3,455 students in 7 schools, including Lowell Middle School.
Lowell Middle School is 90% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Kent County's population at about 73%. The diversity index for Lowell Middle School is 19%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Lowell Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1, with 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Michigan average 17.5:1. The school has 21% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kent County is 47%.
Lowell Middle School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 80% of Michigan public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lowell Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Michigan schools: 58.7% actual against 57.1% predicted.
The school is in Kent County, where median household income comes to about $82,631, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Kent County counts 239 public schools with about 97,253 students.
Bushnell Elementary School is the nearest public school to Lowell Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Lowell Middle School is behind the 66.1% nearby average, ranking 5th of 6.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment decreased by 4% across 4 years, from 827 in 2020-21 to 790 in 2024-25.
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Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
663,150
Census ACS
Median income
$82,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
239
97,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lowell Area Schools
- Lowell Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,058 students
- Cherry Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Murray Lake ElementaryElementary · 433 students
- Alto Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Bushnell Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
- Unity Alternative SchoolHigh · 19 students
Other schools in LOWELL
- Lowell Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,058 students
- Cherry Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Murray Lake ElementaryElementary · 433 students
- Bushnell Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
- Unity Alternative SchoolHigh · 19 students
Other Lowell Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lowell Middle. Lowell Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Lowell Middle SchoolLowell, IN · 498 students
- Lowell Middle SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 283 students
Nearby schools
- Bushnell Elementary School0.2 mi · 253
- Cherry Creek Elementary School0.3 mi · 485
- Unity Alternative School0.6 mi · 19
- Lowell Senior High School1.9 mi · 1,058
- Murray Lake Elementary6.1 mi · 433
- Alto Elementary School6.1 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About Lowell Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lowell Middle School?
Lowell Middle School enrolls approximately 790 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lowell Middle School serve?
Lowell Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Lowell Middle School have?
Lowell Middle School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
How diverse is Lowell Middle School?
Lowell Middle School reports a student body of 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lowell Middle School?
Lowell Middle School is overseen by Lowell Area Schools in Kent County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.