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Yale Junior High School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 144 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 156 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 125 | 29% |
School pathway
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
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.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Junior High School this school | 425 | 37.2% | 49.1% |
| Boyne City Middle School BOYNE CITY | 378 | 35.4% | 39.1% |
| Meridian Junior High School SANFORD | 441 | 40.4% | 32.3% |
| Negaunee Middle School NEGAUNEE | 464 | 33.6% | 54.5% |
| Whitehall Middle School WHITEHALL | 424 | 40.1% | 44.3% |
| Fort Gratiot Middle School FORT GRATIOT | 533 | 34.9% | 44.0% |
Where Yale Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In 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 377 | N/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 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 425 | 22.2 | 19.1:1 | 37% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 21.6 | 18.9:1 | 44% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 19.9 | 19.1:1 | 48% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 21 | 20.5:1 | 48% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 20.8 | 21.6:1 | 41% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 22 | 20.9:1 | 35% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 28 | 19.8:1 | 40% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 26 | 19.0:1 | 21% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 276 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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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