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Enrollment
418
Middle
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 262912006499
Portland Middle School
745 STORZ ST, PORTLAND, MI 48875 · (517) 647-2985 · Ionia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Michigan public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
18.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
87 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 6 | 151 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 146 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 121 | 29% |
Student demographics
20%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
Portland Middle School→Portland High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Portland Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
27.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Portland Middle School
Portland Middle School's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Middle School this school | 418 | 20.8% | 40.3% |
| Williamston Middle School WILLIAMSTON | 440 | 19.3% | 64.0% |
| Almont Middle School ALMONT | 430 | 22.1% | 52.0% |
| Goodrich Middle School GOODRICH | 448 | 18.1% | 43.7% |
| Pathfinder School PINCKNEY | 473 | 18.8% | 46.0% |
| EF Rittmueller Middle School FRANKENMUTH | 368 | 18.8% | 57.6% |
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 Portland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #222 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #282 of 380 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #233 of 377 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #303 of 491 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #307 of 436 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.6% | #337 of 437 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.8% | #408 of 477 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #209 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
418
-61 (-13%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 263
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 418 | 22.6 | 18.5:1 | 21% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 24.9 | 16.5:1 | 27% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 26.8 | 15.5:1 | 31% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 25 | 19.2:1 | 35% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 24.6 | 19.0:1 | 34% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 29% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 21 | 21.8:1 | 33% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 12% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 263 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Portland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (467 to 418); teachers down 8% (24.6 to 22.6).
About Portland Middle School
Portland Middle School is a small middle school in PORTLAND, Michigan, under Portland Public Schools. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 418 students.
Portland Middle School sits within Portland Public Schools, which has 4 schools and 1,979 students.
The share of White students at Portland Middle School is 89%. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Ionia County overall, the White share is about 87%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Portland Middle School scores 20%.
Portland Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1, with 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Michigan average 17.5:1. The school has 21% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Ionia County is 52%.
Portland Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of Michigan public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Portland Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% in Michigan. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.3%, against a prediction of 57.1%.
Looking at the county, Ionia County, median household income comes to about $75,611, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 30 public schools and about 10,506 students.
Oakwood Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from Portland Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Portland Middle School comes in 4th of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Portland Middle School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school shrank from 479 students in 2020-21 to 418 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Ionia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,574
Census ACS
Median income
$75,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
10,506 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portland Public Schools
- Portland High SchoolHigh · 665 students
- Oakwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
Other schools in PORTLAND
- Portland High SchoolHigh · 665 students
- Oakwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 473 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
Other Portland Middle schools
One other US public school is named Portland Middle. Portland Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Portland Middle SchoolPortland, CT · 214 students
Nearby schools
- Oakwood Elementary School0.1 mi · 473
- Westwood Elementary School1.4 mi · 423
- Portland High School1.4 mi · 665
- PewamoWestphalia MiddleHigh School6.6 mi · 504
- Coon School8.8 mi · 15
- Twin Rivers Elementary School9.7 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About Portland Middle SchoolHow large is Portland Middle School?
Portland Middle School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Portland Middle School serve?
Portland Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Portland Middle School?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Portland Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Portland Middle School?
At Portland Middle School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Portland Middle School in?
Portland Middle School is part of Portland Public Schools.
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