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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Negaunee Middle School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
464
Middle
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEGAUNEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262502006177
Negaunee Middle School
102 W CASE ST, NEGAUNEE, MI 49866 · (906) 475-7866 · Marquette County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Michigan public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
156 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 120 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 128 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 111 | 24% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Negaunee Middle School→Negaunee High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Negaunee Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
37.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 60 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.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Negaunee Middle School
Negaunee Middle School's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Negaunee Middle School this school | 464 | 33.6% | 54.5% |
| Dundee Middle School DUNDEE | 533 | 34.0% | 42.9% |
| Fort Gratiot Middle School FORT GRATIOT | 533 | 34.9% | 44.0% |
| Fowlerville Junior High School FOWLERVILLE | 550 | 33.5% | 40.1% |
| Yale Junior High School YALE | 425 | 37.2% | 49.1% |
| Boyne City Middle School BOYNE CITY | 378 | 35.4% | 39.1% |
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 Negaunee Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #91 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #172 of 380 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #62 of 377 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #267 of 491 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #146 of 436 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.8% | #383 of 437 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.6% | #323 of 477 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #88 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
464
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 385
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 464 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 34% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 26.6 | 17.2:1 | 33% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 31% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 27 | 17.5:1 | 30% (141) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 27.1 | 16.9:1 | 29% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 24% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 18 | 16.8:1 | 29% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | 21 | 17.6:1 | 21% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 385 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Negaunee Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (457 to 464); teachers up 4% (27.1 to 28).
About Negaunee Middle School
Negaunee Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school in NEGAUNEE, Michigan. Enrollment is 464 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 5 through 8.
Negaunee Public Schools is made up of 3 schools with 1,522 students in all.
Negaunee Middle School's enrollment is 92% White. The next largest groups are 6% multiracial. County-wide, about 91% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 16% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.6 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 34%. For comparison, public schools in Marquette County average 34%.
Negaunee Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Michigan public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Negaunee Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 54.5%; the prediction is 51.4%.
Federal survey data for Marquette County show that the median household income is $65,429, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Marquette County is home to 25 public schools and about 7,657 public school students.
Negaunee High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Negaunee Middle School, there are 6 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 54.5% is above the 45.2% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Remote: in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment at Negaunee Middle School was 472 in 2020-21 and 464 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Community posts for Negaunee Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Marquette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,112
Census ACS
Median income
$65,429
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
7,657 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Negaunee Public Schools
- Lakeview SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Negaunee High SchoolHigh · 474 students
Other schools in NEGAUNEE
- Lakeview SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Negaunee High SchoolHigh · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Negaunee High School0.5 mi · 474
- Lakeview School0.8 mi · 584
- Birchview School2.6 mi · 233
- Ishpeming High School2.8 mi · 172
- Ishpeming Middle School2.8 mi · 185
- IshpemingNegauneeNICE Comm Ed Division3.0 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About Negaunee Middle SchoolHow large is Negaunee Middle School?
Negaunee Middle School enrolls approximately 464 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Negaunee Middle School serve?
Negaunee Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Negaunee Middle School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Negaunee Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Negaunee Middle School?
At Negaunee Middle School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Negaunee Middle School in?
Negaunee Middle School is part of Negaunee Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.