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Enrollment
693
Middle
DISTRICT 613 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THORNAPPLE KELLOGG SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 263381006926
Thornapple Kellogg Middle School
10375 GREEN LAKE RD, MIDDLEVILLE, MI 49333 · (269) 795-3349 · Barry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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
17.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
271 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 240 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 224 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 229 | 33% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Thornapple Kellogg Middle School→Thornapple Kellogg High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Thornapple Kellogg School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
33.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Thornapple Kellogg Middle School
Thornapple Kellogg Middle School's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornapple Kellogg Middle School this school | 693 | 39.1% | 43.3% |
| Western Middle School AUBURN | 681 | 40.2% | 43.9% |
| Cedar Springs Middle School CEDAR SPRINGS | 657 | 38.2% | 43.8% |
| Lakeshore Middle School GRAND HAVEN | 733 | 37.0% | 64.9% |
| Andrew G Schmidt Middle School FENTON | 718 | 35.7% | 49.4% |
| Ruth Fox Middle School NORTH BRANCH | 722 | 41.4% | 45.1% |
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 Thornapple Kellogg Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #180 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #209 of 380 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #143 of 377 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #112 of 491 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #233 of 436 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #300 of 437 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.1% | #288 of 477 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #267 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
693
-35 (-5%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 693 | 39.3 | 17.6:1 | 39% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 691 | 37.5 | 18.4:1 | 38% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 745 | 38.9 | 19.1:1 | 38% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 36 | 20.2:1 | 36% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 743 | 32.8 | 22.6:1 | 30% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 712 | 32 | 22.3:1 | 30% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 670 | 31 | 21.6:1 | 36% (241) |
| 2000-01 | 665 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 15% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thornapple Kellogg Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (743 to 693); teachers up 20% (32.8 to 39.3).
About Thornapple Kellogg Middle School
Thornapple Kellogg Middle School is the name of a medium-sized middle-grades school in MIDDLEVILLE, Michigan. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 693 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Michigan) has about 502 students.
Thornapple Kellogg School District has 3,063 students in 5 schools, and Thornapple Kellogg Middle School is one of those schools.
Thornapple Kellogg Middle School's enrollment is 87% White. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 39.3 full-time equivalents, or about 17.6 students per teacher. That matches the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan fairly closely. About 39% of students, or 271, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Thornapple Kellogg Middle School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of Michigan public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Thornapple Kellogg Middle School is 5.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (43.3% versus 49.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.
Barry County has these Census figures: the median household income is $77,500, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Barry County has 22 public schools and roughly 8,041 students.
The closest other public school is Thornapple Kellogg High School, about 0.3 miles away. Thornapple Kellogg Middle School has 4 other public schools within five miles. Thornapple Kellogg Middle School ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.3% against a local average of 63.7%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Thornapple Kellogg Middle School's enrollment declined from 728 in 2020-21 to 693 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 17.6:1, from 20.2:1.
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Barry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
63,409
Census ACS
Median income
$77,500
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Thornapple Kellogg School District
- Thornapple Kellogg High SchoolHigh · 982 students
- McFall Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 students
- Page Elementary SchoolElementary · 484 students
- Lee Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- TK Early Childhood CenterElementary
Other schools in MIDDLEVILLE
- Thornapple Kellogg High SchoolHigh · 982 students
- McFall Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 students
- Page Elementary SchoolElementary · 484 students
- Lee Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- TK Early Childhood CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- Thornapple Kellogg High School0.3 mi · 982
- Page Elementary School0.4 mi · 484
- Lee Elementary School0.8 mi · 398
- McFall Elementary School1.0 mi · 506
- Paris Ridge Elementary5.5 mi · 303
- Duncan Lake Middle School5.6 mi · 696
Frequently asked questions
About Thornapple Kellogg Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thornapple Kellogg Middle School?
Thornapple Kellogg Middle School enrolls approximately 693 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Thornapple Kellogg Middle School serve?
Thornapple Kellogg Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thornapple Kellogg Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thornapple Kellogg Middle School is approximately 17.6:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thornapple Kellogg Middle School?
At Thornapple Kellogg Middle School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Thornapple Kellogg Middle School?
Thornapple Kellogg Middle School is overseen by Thornapple Kellogg School District in Barry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.