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Which teacher or staff member at Meridian Junior High School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
441
Middle
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERIDIAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262358006036
Meridian Junior High School
3475 N MERIDIAN RD, SANFORD, MI 48657 · (989) 687-3360 · Midland County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Michigan public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
178 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 55%
Community
4
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 5 | 118 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 119 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 100 | 23% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Meridian Junior High School→Meridian Early College High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Meridian Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
37.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
26.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% 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.
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 Meridian Junior High School
Meridian Junior High School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian Junior High School this school | 441 | 40.4% | 32.3% |
| Yale Junior High School YALE | 425 | 37.2% | 49.1% |
| Whitehall Middle School WHITEHALL | 424 | 40.1% | 44.3% |
| Clare Middle School CLARE | 474 | 41.6% | 30.5% |
| Charlotte Middle School CHARLOTTE | 406 | 43.6% | 36.1% |
| White Lake Middle School WHITE LAKE | 525 | 37.9% | 42.7% |
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 Meridian Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #326 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #291 of 380 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #248 of 377 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #284 of 491 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #365 of 436 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.5% | #394 of 437 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.4% | #280 of 477 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #64 of 101 |
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
441
+62 (+16%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 274
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 441 | 23 | 19.2:1 | 40% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 24.6 | 16.3:1 | 48% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 23.9 | 16.6:1 | 47% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 23 | 16.5:1 | 54% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 23.8 | 17.8:1 | 50% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 22 | 18.3:1 | 49% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 384 | 20 | 19.2:1 | 44% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 273 | 17 | 16.1:1 | 36% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 274 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meridian Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (423 to 441); teachers down 3% (23.8 to 23).
About Meridian Junior High School
Meridian Junior High School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Meridian Public Schools, located in SANFORD, Michigan. The school counted 441 students in 2024-25, covering grades 5 through 8.
Meridian Public Schools has 1,374 students in 3 schools, and Meridian Junior High School is one of those schools.
The share of White students at Meridian Junior High School is 92%. The next largest groups are 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. In Midland County overall, the White share is about 90%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 15%.
With 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.2:1. Middle schools in Michigan average 17.5:1, 1.6 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 40% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Midland County is close, at 39%.
Among Michigan public middle schools, Meridian Junior High School outscored 9%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Meridian Junior High School posts 32.3% against a 48.4% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Michigan.
The county, Midland County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $77,705 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Midland County has 26 public schools with about 11,324 students, including Meridian Junior High School.
Meridian Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Meridian Junior High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Meridian Junior High School is 5th among 5 schools close by.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
A 16% rise took enrollment from 379 in 2020-21 to 441 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.2:1.
The Meridian Junior High School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Midland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,757
Census ACS
Median income
$77,705
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
11,324 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Meridian Public Schools
- Meridian Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Meridian Early College High SchoolHigh · 396 students
Other schools in SANFORD
- Meridian Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- Meridian Early College High SchoolHigh · 396 students
Other Meridian Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Meridian Junior High. Meridian Junior High School is the largest of the 2.
- Meridian Jr High SchoolStillman Valley, IL · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Meridian Elementary School0.2 mi · 537
- Meridian Early College High School0.3 mi · 396
- HH Dow High School6.8 mi · 1,272
- Woodcrest Elementary School7.1 mi · 600
- Academic and Career Education Academy7.1 mi · 85
- Siebert Elementary School7.8 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About Meridian Junior High SchoolHow large is Meridian Junior High School?
Meridian Junior High School enrolls approximately 441 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Meridian Junior High School serve?
Meridian Junior High School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Meridian Junior High School?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at Meridian Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Meridian Junior High School?
At Meridian Junior High School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Meridian Junior High School public or private?
Meridian Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Meridian Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.