Lowell Middle School

Set in LOWELL, Michigan, Lowell Middle School is a large junior high, operated by Lowell Area Schools. It hosts 790 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 57% bigger than the state mean of about 502.

Lowell Area Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,455 students; Lowell Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Lowell Middle School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lowell Middle School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Kent County's rate of about 47%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lowell Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.1%; this one delivers 58.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Kent County shows the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Kent County runs 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), of which Lowell Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bushnell Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lowell Middle School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 66.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lowell Middle School has shrank 9%, going from 866 students in 2018 to 790 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Lowell Middle School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.