Mill Creek Middle School

Mill Creek Middle School is one of the middle-of-the-pack middle-grades schools in DEXTER, Michigan, operated by Dexter Community School District, with 525 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8.

Dexter Community School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,290 students. Mill Creek Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Mill Creek Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Mill Creek Middle School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washtenaw County (around 34%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mill Creek Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.8%, the actual is 67.6%, a residual of +5.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Washtenaw County shows median household income runs about $89,180, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mill Creek Middle School is one of 104 public schools in Washtenaw County (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students).

Dexter Early Elementary Complex is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mill Creek Middle School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 54.2%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Mill Creek Middle School's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 601 (now 525). Class-load math has fell: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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