Summary:
Riverview Community School District is home to a single middle school, Seitz Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 and enrolls 606 students in the suburban community of Riverview, MI.
Seitz Middle School has maintained a consistent state ranking in the 52nd to 57th percentile over the past three years, earning a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school’s standout strength is 8th-grade English Language Arts on the PSAT, where 72.1% of students are proficient—well above the state average of 64.8%. However, math remains a consistent challenge, with proficiency rates below state averages in both 6th and 7th grades on the M-Step. The most significant gap is in 7th-grade math, where only 25.5% of students are proficient compared to the state’s 33.3%. Science and social studies scores for 8th graders also lag behind state averages, with proficiency rates of 34.4% and 40.2%, respectively.
Chronic absenteeism affects 26.1% of students at Seitz Middle School, which is higher than the district average of 22.5% but slightly below the state average of 27.9%. The school spends $12,315 per student, a substantial investment that does not consistently translate to above-average test performance. Interestingly, 8th graders outperform the state on the PSAT for both ELA and math, suggesting a possible disconnect between M-Step content knowledge and the college-readiness skills measured by the PSAT. With 41.91% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch, the school serves a moderate-income population. For parents, this means Seitz Middle School offers a solid, average education with a clear strength in 8th-grade ELA, but families should be aware of the ongoing struggles in math and the need for targeted support in that subject.
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