Middle · Michigan

Eppler Junior High School

Free meals for all

Eppler Junior High School, a public middle school in Utica, Michigan: grades 7–9, 589 students, 17.1 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: 589
Teachers (FTE): 34.5
Students per teacher: 17.1
Grades: 7–9; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 56% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 17.5 · 490 schools compared

More students per teacher than 71% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 62% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 503 · 491 schools compared

Larger than 57% 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%

58%proficient

−0.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 74% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 47% · 491 middle schools compared

364 students tested, grades 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Michigan: 35%

36%proficient

−0.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 63% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 30% · 491 middle schools compared

367 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 7–9
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: 45461 Brownell St, Utica, MI 48317
Phone: (586)797-2900
City or town: Utica
County: Macomb County

Website Quality of life in Utica Schools in Utica

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
Bemis Junior High SchoolFree meals for all	7–8	742	21.0	61%	42%	2.2 mi
Shelby Junior High SchoolFree meals for all	7–9	1,073	22.4	66%	43%	3.1 mi
Frank Jeannette Jr High SchoolFree meals for all	7–9	716	18.0	48%	27%	3.5 mi
Davis Junior High SchoolFree meals for all	7–9	1,061	20.7	58%	34%	3.6 mi
Larson Middle School	6–8	865	19.1	73%	64%	4.5 mi
Malow Junior High SchoolFree meals for all	7–9	1,084	22.2	67%	47%	4.5 mi

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.

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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