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Malow Junior High School

6400 25 MILE RD, SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI 48316 · (586) 797-3500 · Macomb County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,084 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Michigan public middle schools
  • B+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

Enrollment
1,084
Middle
DISTRICT 814 · STATE 502
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
300 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 738235%
Grade 836434%
Grade 933831%
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
88682%
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
858%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
303%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
535%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
283%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
54650%
Female
53850%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Malow Junior High School→Eisenhower High School
Based on grade levels within Utica Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
56.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
48.5%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Malow Junior High School

Malow Junior High School's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Malow Junior High School this school1,08427.7%49.7%
Jefferson Middle School
MIDLAND
91927.7%63.3%
Shelby Junior High School
SHELBY TOWNSHIP
1,07327.8%52.6%
Seneca Middle School
MACOMB
1,07825.4%46.2%
West Middle School
TRAVERSE CITY
1,08127.6%49.3%
Mattawan Middle School
MATTAWAN
82326.9%52.1%
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 Malow Junior High School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Macomb County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
49.7%#126 of 397#5 of 30
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
48.5%#94 of 380#3 of 30
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
56.4%#85 of 377#2 of 30
Enrollment
ranked largest first
1,084#5 of 491#2 of 40
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
22.2:1#431 of 436#35 of 37
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
32.2%#226 of 437#30 of 37
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
27.7%#369 of 477#33 of 38
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-12.0%#185 of 339#16 of 31
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 2024-25
Enrollment
1,084
-73 (-6%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 777
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 24.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251,08448.822.2:128% (300)
2023-241,02445.422.6:129% (298)
2022-231,04346.822.3:127% (280)
2020-211,1574824.1:123% (261)
2017-181,2325323.3:117% (209)
2015-161,2675323.9:114% (181)
2010-111,2155123.8:113% (154)
2000-011,1685122.9:11% (13)
1990-91777N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Malow Junior High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,232 to 1,084); teachers down 8% (53 to 48.8).

About Malow Junior High School

Malow Junior High School is a large middle school in SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Michigan. Students in grades 7 through 9 make up the school's enrollment of 1,084 students. By comparison, middle schools in Michigan enroll about 502 students on average.

Malow Junior High School is run by Utica Community Schools, whose 37 schools enroll 25,574 students.

Malow Junior High School is 82% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 8% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 32%.

There are about 22.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Malow Junior High School, which has 48.8. The school's 22.2:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for middle schools in Michigan. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 28%. That rate is below the 52% average among public schools in Macomb County.

On the allk12 Grade, Malow Junior High School lands at B, ahead of 63% of Michigan public middle schools.

Test results at Malow Junior High School are 4.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (49.7% actual, 54.0% predicted).

Macomb County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $77,837 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Malow Junior High School shares Macomb County with 235 other public schools.

The closest school to Malow Junior High School is Eisenhower High School, located about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Malow Junior High School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Malow Junior High School is 5th of 8 on proficiency.

Federal data place Malow Junior High School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment figures show a decrease of 73 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 24.1:1 to 22.2:1 over the same years.

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Macomb County at a glance

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Population
879,853
Census ACS
Median income
$77,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
236
115,743 students

Quick facts

School name
Malow Junior High School
District
Utica Community Schools
Address
6400 25 MILE RD, SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI 48316
Phone
(586) 797-3500
County
Macomb County
Level
Middle
Grade range
07–09
Total enrollment
1,084
Teachers (FTE)
49
Student–teacher ratio
22.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
300 (28%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
263447007022
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Utica Community Schools
Other schools in SHELBY TOWNSHIP
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Frequently asked questions

About Malow Junior High School
How large is Malow Junior High School?
Malow Junior High School enrolls approximately 1,084 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does Malow Junior High School serve?
Malow Junior High School serves grades 07-09.
How many teachers does Malow Junior High School have?
Malow Junior High School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
How diverse is Malow Junior High School?
Malow Junior High School reports a student body of 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Malow Junior High School?
Malow Junior High School is overseen by Utica Community Schools in Macomb County.
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