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Which teacher or staff member at Sault Area Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
498
Middle
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAULT STE. MARIE AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 263099006724
Sault Area Middle School
684 MARQUETTE AVE, SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MI 49783 · (906) 635-6604 · Chippewa County
GRADES 05–10MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Michigan public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
17.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
216 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 110 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 129 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 137 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 119 | 24% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 10 | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
28.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Sault Area Middle School
Sault Area Middle School's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sault Area Middle School this school | 498 | 43.4% | 40.7% |
| Three Rivers Middle School THREE RIVERS | 476 | 41.8% | 36.5% |
| Mt Pleasant Middle School MOUNT PLEASANT | 666 | 44.4% | 39.0% |
| Marshall Middle School MARSHALL | 541 | 45.7% | 38.6% |
| Middle School Central HARRISON TOWNSHIP | 601 | 37.8% | 34.6% |
| Kennedy Middle School SAINT CLAIR SHORES | 710 | 42.7% | 39.6% |
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 Sault Area Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #217 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #265 of 380 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #154 of 377 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #249 of 491 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #173 of 436 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #123 of 437 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #263 of 477 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #74 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
498
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 498 | 29.4 | 17.0:1 | 43% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 28.4 | 17.5:1 | 45% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 31.6 | 16.9:1 | 50% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 512 | 29 | 17.7:1 | 55% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 28.6 | 16.9:1 | 54% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 24 | 20.5:1 | 38% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 582 | 29 | 20.1:1 | 50% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 37% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 590 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sault Area Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (482 to 498); teachers up 3% (28.6 to 29.4).
About Sault Area Middle School
Sault Area Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school for students in SAULT SAINTE MARIE, Michigan. The school had 498 students in grades 5 through 10 in 2024-25.
Federal data list 5 schools in Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools, with 1,794 students enrolled.
White students make up a majority at Sault Area Middle School, at 61%. Other students are 34% Native American. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 29.4 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.0:1. That matches the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan fairly closely. Around 43% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Chippewa County is 11 points.
Sault Area Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of Michigan public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Michigan with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 47.1%. Sault Area Middle School scores 40.7%.
Within Chippewa County, the median household income is $62,217, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Sault Area Middle School, Chippewa County has 21 other public schools.
Sault Area High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Sault Area Middle School, there are 7 other public schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Remote.
Sault Area Middle School's enrollment declined from 512 in 2020-21 to 498 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Chippewa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,295
Census ACS
Median income
$62,217
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
4,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools
- Sault Area High SchoolHigh · 688 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 195 students
- Malcolm High SchoolHigh · 71 students
- Sault Area Career CenterHigh
Other schools in SAULT SAINTE MARIE
- Sault Area High SchoolHigh · 688 students
- Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe AcademyElementary · 601 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 195 students
- Sault Area Career CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Sault Area High School0.2 mi · 688
- Lincoln School0.5 mi · 342
- Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy0.7 mi · 601
- Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe School0.7 mi · 389
- Washington Elementary School0.9 mi · 195
- EUPISD Project Search1.3 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About Sault Area Middle SchoolHow many students attend Sault Area Middle School?
Sault Area Middle School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades 05-10.
Is Sault Area Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sault Area Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-10.
How many teachers does Sault Area Middle School have?
Sault Area Middle School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Sault Area Middle School?
Student demographics at Sault Area Middle School are roughly 61% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Sault Area Middle School?
Sault Area Middle School is overseen by Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools in Chippewa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.