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Memphis JuniorSenior High School
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Memphis JuniorSenior High School
Set in MEMPHIS, Michigan, Memphis JuniorSenior High School is a cozy senior high, run under Memphis Community Schools. It serves 388 students across grades 6 through 12.
Memphis Community Schools runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 709 students. Memphis JuniorSenior High School is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Memphis JuniorSenior High School logs that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, Memphis JuniorSenior High School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Memphis JuniorSenior High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.4%; actual is 42.5%, a gap of -12.0 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Macomb County) records that median household earnings sit near $77,837, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Macomb County runs 236 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students), of which Memphis JuniorSenior High School is one.
The closest other public school is Memphis Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Memphis JuniorSenior High School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 49.4%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Memphis JuniorSenior High School has decreased 20%, going from 486 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.
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