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Williamston Middle School
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Williamston Middle School
Williamston Middle School operates as a moderately sized middle-grades school in WILLIAMSTON, Michigan, run under Williamston Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 440 students spanning grades 6 through 8.
Across the 4 schools in Williamston Community Schools (1,864 students total), Williamston Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Williamston Middle School reports that nearly all students (86%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Ingham County's rate of about 49%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Williamston Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.7%; this one delivers 64.0%.
In the area at large, census data for Ingham County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,526 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Ingham County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), of which Williamston Middle School is one.
The closest other public school is Williamston High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Williamston Middle School has rose 6%, going from 414 students in 2018 to 440 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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