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Novi Middle School
- 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 536 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 550 | 51% |
School pathway
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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%.
Schools most like Novi Middle School
Novi Middle School's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novi Middle School this school | 1,086 | 10.0% | 72.3% |
| Novi Meadows School NOVI | 1,048 | 9.9% | 64.3% |
| Boulan Park Middle School TROY | 839 | 7.3% | 72.7% |
| Avondale Gifted and Talented Education ROCHESTER HLS | 381 | 3.1% | 91.1% |
| Baker Middle School TROY | 629 | 21.8% | 60.4% |
| Smith Middle School TROY | 599 | 10.2% | 62.4% |
Where Novi Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #10 of 397 | #5 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #9 of 380 | #5 of 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #16 of 377 | #6 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,086 | #4 of 491 | #1 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #351 of 436 | #34 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #58 of 437 | #9 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.0% | #463 of 477 | #39 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #95 of 101 | #9 of 9 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,086 | 57.1 | 19.0:1 | 10% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 1,090 | 54.2 | 20.1:1 | 11% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 1,036 | 56 | 18.5:1 | 9% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 1,110 | 60 | 18.5:1 | 9% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 1,080 | 59.3 | 18.2:1 | 9% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 985 | 54 | 18.2:1 | 7% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 1,028 | 57 | 18.0:1 | 10% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 882 | 61 | 14.5:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 602 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,080 to 1,086); teachers down 4% (59.3 to 57.1).
About Novi Middle School
Novi Middle School is one of the public schools in NOVI, Michigan. It is a large middle school. The school's 1,086 students are in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment is 116% higher than the average for middle schools in Michigan, which is about 502.
Novi Community School District runs 10 schools with a combined 6,732 students. Novi Middle School is one of them.
At 52%, Asian students outnumber all other groups at Novi Middle School combined. Smaller groups are 31% White, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, 9% of Oakland County residents are Asian. By the diversity index, Novi Middle School comes in at 62%.
Dividing enrollment by its 57.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 19.0:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Michigan is 17.5:1, lower than at this school. Novi Middle School reports 10% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Oakland County report 32%.
The allk12 Grade for Novi Middle School is A+. Compared with Michigan public middle schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Novi Middle School is 10.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Michigan schools.
Oakland County has about 1,279,825 residents, and median household income is about $97,760, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 345 public schools in Oakland County, with a combined enrollment of about 169,926.
Of nearby public schools, Deerfield Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 69.2%, lower than Novi Middle School's 72.3%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 1,110 to 1,086.
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