Shelby Junior High School

Shelby Junior High School, a roomy middle-grades school in SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Michigan, run under Utica Community Schools, enrolls 1,073 students, covering grades 7 through 9. Enrollment runs roughly 114% larger than the state mean of about 502.

Across the 37 schools in Utica Community Schools (25,574 students total), Shelby Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Shelby Junior High School records that nearly all students (86%) are White. The remainder consists of 4% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Shelby Junior High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 28% of students at Shelby Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Macomb County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Shelby Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.0%, the actual is 52.6%, a residual of -1.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Macomb County put the typical household earns roughly $77,837 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Shelby Junior High School is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

Issac Monfort Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shelby Junior High School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 53.0%.

Shelby Junior High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shelby Junior High School has decreased 15%, going from 1,256 students in 2018 to 1,073 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 91% to 86%. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 in 2025.

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