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Enrollment
839
Middle
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GIBRALTAR SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261587005241
Shumate Middle School
30448 W JEFFERSON AVE, ROCKWOOD, MI 48173 · (734) 379-7600 · Wayne County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL839 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% 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.
- FBeats 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
21.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
263 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 276 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 252 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 311 | 37% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Shumate Middle School→Oscar A Carlson High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Gibraltar School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
33.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
24.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% 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 Shumate Middle School
Shumate Middle School's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shumate Middle School this school | 839 | 31.3% | 32.0% |
| Mason Middle School MASON | 778 | 29.9% | 46.2% |
| Harper Creek Middle School BATTLE CREEK | 896 | 32.0% | 35.3% |
| Tecumseh Middle School TECUMSEH | 900 | 29.9% | 40.1% |
| Gull Lake Middle School RICHLAND | 717 | 33.6% | 51.2% |
| Emerson Middle School LIVONIA | 638 | 34.2% | 35.6% |
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 Shumate Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #331 of 397 | #30 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #313 of 380 | #31 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #302 of 377 | #29 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 839 | #42 of 491 | #6 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #420 of 436 | #59 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #181 of 437 | #31 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.3% | #342 of 477 | #51 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.1% | #338 of 339 | #54 of 55 |
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
839
+235 (+39%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 839 | 39.6 | 21.2:1 | 31% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 824 | 40.3 | 20.5:1 | 35% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 795 | 38.5 | 20.7:1 | 34% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 33 | 18.3:1 | 22% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 840 | 38.1 | 22.1:1 | 30% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 865 | 44 | 19.7:1 | 27% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 857 | 44 | 19.5:1 | 34% (295) |
| 2000-01 | 611 | 34 | 18.0:1 | 16% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shumate Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (840 to 839); teachers up 4% (38.1 to 39.6).
About Shumate Middle School
This page covers Shumate Middle School, a high-enrollment middle-grades school in ROCKWOOD, Michigan. It has an enrollment of 839 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 502 students for middle schools in Michigan.
The 7 schools in Gibraltar School District enroll 3,615 students altogether, Shumate Middle School among them.
More than half of enrollment at Shumate Middle School is White: 76%. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. The school's White share is 26 points above the 49% share among Wayne County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 41%.
There are about 21.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Shumate Middle School, which has 39.6. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Michigan is 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Shumate Middle School is about 31%. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County.
Shumate Middle School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of Michigan public middle schools.
Shumate Middle School trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 20.4 points (32.0% versus 52.4%), a bottom-10% result in Michigan on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Wayne County, median household income comes to about $60,539, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. The county has 573 public schools and about 259,786 students.
Lakeshore Virtual School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Shumate Middle School places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Shumate Middle School as Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 39%, from 604 to 839. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 21.2:1, from 18.3:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gibraltar School District
- Oscar A Carlson High SchoolHigh · 1,104 students
- Chapman Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Hunter Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Parsons Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Frank E Weiss Elem SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Lakeshore Virtual SchoolCombined · 117 students
Other schools in ROCKWOOD
- Oscar A Carlson High SchoolHigh · 1,104 students
- Chapman Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Parsons Elementary SchoolElementary · 418 students
Nearby schools
- Lakeshore Virtual School0.1 mi · 117
- Oscar A Carlson High School0.1 mi · 1,104
- Parsons Elementary School0.9 mi · 418
- Hunter Elementary School1.9 mi · 418
- Frank E Weiss Elem School2.4 mi · 285
- Chapman Elementary School2.4 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Shumate Middle SchoolHow large is Shumate Middle School?
Shumate Middle School enrolls approximately 839 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Shumate Middle School serve?
Shumate Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Shumate Middle School have?
Shumate Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Shumate Middle School?
Student demographics at Shumate Middle School are roughly 76% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Shumate Middle School in?
Shumate Middle School is part of Gibraltar School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.