Middle · Michigan
Bemis Junior High School
Free meals for allBemis Junior High School, a public middle school in Sterling Heights, Michigan: grades 7–8, 742 students, 21.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Utica Community Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 742
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.3
- Students per teacher
- 21.0
- Grades
- 7–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 93% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 17.5 · 490 schools compared
More students per teacher than 91% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 85% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 503 · 491 schools compared
Larger than 73% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Michigan: 45%61%proficient
−3.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 78% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 47% · 491 middle schools compared
738 students tested, grades 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Michigan: 35%42%proficient
+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 75% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 30% · 491 middle schools compared
740 students tested, grades 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 7–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Utica Community Schools
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Utica Community Schools.
Location
- Address
- 12500 19 Mile Rd, Sterling Heights, MI 48313
- Phone
- (586)797-2500
- City or town
- Sterling Heights
- County
- Macomb County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Davis Junior High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–9 | 1,061 | 20.7 | 58% | 34% |
Eppler Junior High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–9 | 589 | 17.1 | 58% | 36% |
Wyandot Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 844 | 18.2 | 51% | 28% |
Huron Academy Grades 38CharterFree meals for all | 3–8 | 408 | 16.2 | 41% | 25% |
Frank Jeannette Jr High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–9 | 716 | 18.0 | 48% | 27% |
Carleton Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 638 | 17.6 | 43% | 21% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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