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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Newaygo Middle School?
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Enrollment
472
Middle
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWAYGO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262532006192
Newaygo Middle School
850 76TH ST, NEWAYGO, MI 49337 · (231) 652-1285 · Newaygo County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Michigan public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
298 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 125 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 119 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 119 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 109 | 23% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Newaygo Middle School→Newaygo High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Newaygo Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
33.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
18.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Newaygo Middle School
Newaygo Middle School's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newaygo Middle School this school | 472 | 63.1% | 30.4% |
| Belding Middle School BELDING | 363 | 61.2% | 32.5% |
| Legg Middle School COLDWATER | 616 | 60.9% | 40.6% |
| Lawton Middle School LAWTON | 325 | 61.2% | 39.1% |
| LE White Middle School ALLEGAN | 427 | 65.8% | 34.9% |
| Ionia Middle School IONIA | 629 | 57.6% | 37.1% |
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 Newaygo Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #348 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #360 of 380 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #296 of 377 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #262 of 491 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #131 of 436 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.5% | #224 of 437 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.1% | #117 of 477 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #221 of 339 |
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
472
-38 (-7%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 339
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 472 | 28.8 | 16.4:1 | 63% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 461 | 26.6 | 17.4:1 | 62% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 27.6 | 16.9:1 | 62% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 26 | 19.6:1 | 70% (355) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 27.3 | 19.2:1 | 62% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 25 | 19.3:1 | 63% (306) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 19 | 21.6:1 | 63% (260) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 26 | 18.7:1 | 36% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 339 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newaygo Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (522 to 472); teachers up 6% (27.3 to 28.8).
About Newaygo Middle School
Newaygo Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school with an address in NEWAYGO, Michigan. School enrollment was 472 students in 2024-25, in grades 5 through 8.
Newaygo Public School District runs Newaygo Middle School along with 2 other schools, enrolling 1,567 students in total.
About 81% of the student body at Newaygo Middle School is White. The rest of enrollment is 14% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 32%, meaning two students picked at random have a 32% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 28.8 full-time equivalents, or about 16.4 students per teacher. On average, middle schools in Michigan have 17.5:1, compared with 16.4:1 here. About 63% of students, or 298, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Newaygo County average 63%.
Newaygo Middle School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 15% of Michigan public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Newaygo Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Michigan schools: 30.4% actual against 38.3% predicted.
Newaygo County census figures show that the median household income is $63,304, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Newaygo County is home to 23 public schools and about 6,782 public school students.
Newaygo Elementary School is located about 0.9 miles from Newaygo Middle School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of 4 schools in the immediate area with test results, Newaygo Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
2024-25 enrollment was 472, a 7% decrease from 510 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 16.4 students per teacher, compared with 19.6 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Newaygo Middle School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Newaygo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
50,792
Census ACS
Median income
$63,304
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
6,782 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newaygo Public School District
- Newaygo Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Newaygo High SchoolHigh · 460 students
Other schools in NEWAYGO
- Newaygo Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Newaygo High SchoolHigh · 460 students
Nearby schools
- Newaygo Elementary School0.9 mi · 635
- Newaygo High School0.9 mi · 460
- Grant High School5.4 mi · 457
- Grant Learning Center5.4 mi · 22
- Grant Elementary School5.6 mi · 332
- Grant Middle School5.6 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Newaygo Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Newaygo Middle School?
Newaygo Middle School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Newaygo Middle School serve?
Newaygo Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Newaygo Middle School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Newaygo Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Newaygo Middle School?
At Newaygo Middle School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Newaygo Middle School?
Newaygo Middle School is overseen by Newaygo Public School District in Newaygo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.