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Yale Junior High School

198 SCHOOL DR, YALE, MI 48097 · (810) 387-3231 · St. Clair County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
Enrollment
425
Middle
DISTRICT 287 · STATE 502
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
158 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 55%
Community
4
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 614434%
Grade 715637%
Grade 812529%
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
39292%
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
113%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
184%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
21250%
Female
21350%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Yale Junior High School→Yale Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Yale Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
57.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
41.4%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Yale Junior High School

Yale Junior High School's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Yale Junior High School this school42537.2%49.1%
Boyne City Middle School
BOYNE CITY
37835.4%39.1%
Meridian Junior High School
SANFORD
44140.4%32.3%
Negaunee Middle School
NEGAUNEE
46433.6%54.5%
Whitehall Middle School
WHITEHALL
42440.1%44.3%
Fort Gratiot Middle School
FORT GRATIOT
53334.9%44.0%
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 Yale Junior High School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn St. Clair County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
49.1%#129 of 397#1 of 7
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
41.4%#137 of 380#2 of 6
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
57.3%#75 of 377N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
425#294 of 491#5 of 7
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
19.1:1#361 of 436#6 of 7
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
14.7%#392 of 437#5 of 7
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
37.2%#306 of 477#5 of 7
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-5.3%#279 of 339#6 of 6
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 2024-25
Enrollment
425
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 276
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 20.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2542522.219.1:137% (158)
2023-2440921.618.9:144% (181)
2022-2338119.919.1:148% (181)
2020-214312120.5:148% (205)
2017-1844920.821.6:141% (183)
2015-164602220.9:135% (163)
2010-115542819.8:140% (224)
2000-014942619.0:121% (106)
1990-91276N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yale Junior High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 5% (449 to 425); teachers up 7% (20.8 to 22.2).

About Yale Junior High School

Yale Junior High School is a public middle school in YALE, Michigan. It reports enrollment of 425 students in grades 6 through 8.

Yale Public Schools has 6 schools; together they serve 1,723 students.

By race and ethnicity, Yale Junior High School is 92% White. The next largest groups are 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. In St. Clair County overall, the White share is about 91%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.

For every teacher at Yale Junior High School, there are about 19.1 students; the school has 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Michigan is 17.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 158 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 37% of enrollment. On average, public schools in St. Clair County report 46%.

Yale Junior High School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (49.1% versus 49.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.

The county, St. Clair County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $71,270 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Yale Junior High School, St. Clair County has 57 public schools.

Yale Elementary School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Ranked by average proficiency, Yale Junior High School places 6th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 425, starting from 431. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 20.5:1 in 2020-21 to 19.1:1 in 2024-25.

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St. Clair County at a glance

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Population
160,221
Census ACS
Median income
$71,270
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
20,511 students

Quick facts

School name
Yale Junior High School
District
Yale Public Schools
Address
198 SCHOOL DR, YALE, MI 48097
Phone
(810) 387-3231
County
St. Clair County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
425
Teachers (FTE)
22
Student–teacher ratio
19.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
158 (37%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
263660007276
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Yale Junior High School
How large is Yale Junior High School?
Yale Junior High School enrolls approximately 425 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Yale Junior High School serve?
Yale Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Yale Junior High School?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at Yale Junior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Yale Junior High School?
At Yale Junior High School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Yale Junior High School public or private?
Yale Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yale Public Schools.
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