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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NOVI COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 262613006264

Novi Middle School

49000 W 11 MILE RD, NOVI, MI 48374 · (248) 449-1600 · Oakland County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,086 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 97% 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

Enrollment
1,086
Middle
DISTRICT 1,067 · STATE 502
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
109 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 753649%
Grade 855051%
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
34131%
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
474%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
727%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
56352%
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
495%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
111%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
53049%
Female
55651%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Novi Middle School→Career Preparation
Based on grade levels within Novi Community School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
69.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
71.6%
MI avg 44.8%

What 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.

Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 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.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Novi Middle School this school1,08610.0%72.3%
Novi Meadows School
NOVI
1,0489.9%64.3%
Boulan Park Middle School
TROY
8397.3%72.7%
Avondale Gifted and Talented Education
ROCHESTER HLS
3813.1%91.1%
Baker Middle School
TROY
62921.8%60.4%
Smith Middle School
TROY
59910.2%62.4%
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 Novi Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn 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
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 2024-25
Enrollment
1,086
-24 (-2%) vs 2020
+80% since 1990-91, when it was 602
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 18.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251,08657.119.0:110% (109)
2023-241,09054.220.1:111% (118)
2022-231,0365618.5:19% (90)
2020-211,1106018.5:19% (104)
2017-181,08059.318.2:19% (95)
2015-169855418.2:17% (70)
2010-111,0285718.0:110% (102)
2000-018826114.5:11% (7)
1990-91602N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Novi Middle School.

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.

Posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.

Oakland County at a glance

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Population
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students

Quick facts

School name
Novi Middle School
District
Novi Community School District
Address
49000 W 11 MILE RD, NOVI, MI 48374
Phone
(248) 449-1600
County
Oakland County
Level
Middle
Grade range
05–08
Total enrollment
1,086
Teachers (FTE)
57
Student–teacher ratio
19.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
109 (10%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
262613006264
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Novi Community School District
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Frequently asked questions

About Novi Middle School
How many students attend Novi Middle School?
Novi Middle School enrolls approximately 1,086 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Novi Middle School serve?
Novi Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Novi Middle School?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Novi Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Novi Middle School?
Student demographics at Novi Middle School are roughly 31% White, 4% Hispanic, 7% Black, 52% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Novi Middle School?
Novi Middle School is overseen by Novi Community School District in Oakland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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