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Enrollment
1,019
Middle
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAGINAW TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263045006694
White Pine Middle School
505 N CENTER RD, SAGINAW, MI 48638 · (989) 797-1814 · Saginaw County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,019 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% 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.
- 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
16.4:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
493 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 345 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 352 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 322 | 32% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
White Pine Middle School→Heritage High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Saginaw Township Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
32.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
26.0%
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 26 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 White Pine Middle School
White Pine Middle School's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Pine Middle School this school | 1,019 | 48.4% | 33.8% |
| Holt Junior High School HOLT | 713 | 42.2% | 35.8% |
| Brownstown Middle School ROMULUS | 872 | 44.0% | 42.3% |
| MacDonald Middle School EAST LANSING | 857 | 37.2% | 45.5% |
| Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts KALAMAZOO | 889 | 60.4% | 34.3% |
| Woodrow Wilson School WYANDOTTE | 869 | 52.7% | 27.3% |
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 White Pine Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Saginaw County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #308 of 397 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #297 of 380 | #6 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #309 of 377 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,019 | #15 of 491 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #128 of 436 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #29 of 437 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #222 of 477 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #317 of 339 | N/A |
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
1,019
-84 (-8%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 1,090
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 1,019 | 62.3 | 16.4:1 | 48% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 963 | 68.3 | 14.1:1 | 56% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 940 | 63.3 | 14.8:1 | 58% (541) |
| 2020-21 | 1,103 | 66 | 16.7:1 | 44% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 1,041 | 63.2 | 16.5:1 | 49% (510) |
| 2015-16 | 1,056 | 64 | 16.5:1 | 41% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 1,159 | 64 | 18.1:1 | 40% (467) |
| 2000-01 | 1,106 | 68 | 16.3:1 | 17% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 1,090 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for White Pine Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,041 to 1,019); teachers down 1% (63.2 to 62.3).
About White Pine Middle School
White Pine Middle School is a public middle-grades school run by Saginaw Township Community Schools in SAGINAW, Michigan. The school enrolls 1,019 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Michigan enroll around 502, and this school is 103% larger than that mark.
The district for White Pine Middle School is Saginaw Township Community Schools, with 8 schools and 4,447 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at White Pine Middle School is White, with 49% of students. Other groups include 21% Black, 20% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 71% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, White Pine Middle School scores 67%.
Its staff includes 62.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan is 1.2 students per teacher. Roughly 48% of students at White Pine Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Saginaw County is 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, White Pine Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Michigan public middle schools.
White Pine Middle School is 11.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (33.8% versus 44.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.
In the wider Saginaw County area, median household income comes to about $60,622, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Saginaw County's 75 public schools enroll about 25,621 students and include White Pine Middle School.
White Pine Middle School is about 0.4 miles from Arrowwood Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 33.8% is below the 52.7% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies White Pine Middle School's location as Suburb: Mid-size.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% decline, from 1,103 to 1,019.
The White Pine Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Saginaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
188,665
Census ACS
Median income
$60,622
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
25,621 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Saginaw Township Community Schools
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- Sherwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Arrowwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Weiss Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
- Hemmeter Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
- Westdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
Other schools in SAGINAW
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- Saginaw United High SchoolHigh · 981 students
- North Saginaw Charter AcademyElementary · 679 students
- Carrollton Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Thompson Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Sherwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
Other White Pine Middle schools
One other US public school is named White Pine Middle. White Pine Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- White Pine Middle SchoolEly, NV · 233 students
Nearby schools
- Arrowwood Elementary School0.4 mi · 445
- Westdale Elementary School0.7 mi · 313
- Chester F Miller School1.3 mi · 247
- Handley School1.3 mi · 370
- Hemmeter Elementary School1.3 mi · 331
- Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy1.5 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About White Pine Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at White Pine Middle School?
White Pine Middle School enrolls approximately 1,019 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does White Pine Middle School serve?
White Pine Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at White Pine Middle School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at White Pine Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at White Pine Middle School?
At White Pine Middle School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 20% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is White Pine Middle School public or private?
White Pine Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Saginaw Township Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.