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Eastpointe Middle School

Public Grades 6-7
858th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 896 Michigan Middle Schools
Better than 4% of Michigan middle schools
Summary

Eastpointe Middle School in Eastpointe, MI, serves 295 students in grades 6 and 7 and is part of the Eastpointe Community Schools district, which ranks near the bottom of all Michigan districts.

Eastpointe Middle School faces significant academic challenges, with test scores that are the lowest in its comparison group and a fraction of the state average. In the 2025-2026 school year, only 7.7% of 6th graders and 12.1% of 7th graders were proficient in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of roughly 38%. Math proficiency is even more concerning, with just 4.7% of 7th graders proficient versus a 33.3% state average. These numbers are substantially lower than nearby schools like Harper Woods Middle School, which posted ELA proficiency rates around 12%. The school also struggles with extreme chronic absenteeism—64.3% of students missed significant instructional time in 2024-2025, more than double the state average of 27.9% and far higher than Wolfe Middle School (41%) or Warren Woods Middle School (38%).

Despite these challenges, there are small signs of progress. The school's state percentile ranking has inched upward from 1% in 2023-2024 to 4% in 2025-2026, and 7th-grade ELA proficiency rose from 6.9% to 12.1% over the same period. However, a notable disconnect exists between spending and outcomes: per-student spending has nearly doubled from $9,354 in 2021-2022 to $18,320 in 2024-2025—now higher than many better-performing neighboring schools like Kennedy Middle School ($15,501) and Jefferson Middle School ($15,083). With 92.88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the school serves a highly economically disadvantaged population, and its low-income students rank in the 3rd percentile statewide. This suggests that addressing the crisis will require more than additional funding—it will require comprehensive support systems that tackle the social, emotional, and health-related barriers to learning that often accompany poverty.

295
Students ?
18.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,320
Per pupil spending ?
92.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 24701 Kelly Rd
       Eastpointe, MI  48021-1382

(586) 533-3600

District: Eastpointe Community Schools


Students who attend Eastpointe Middle School usually attend:

High:    Eastpointe High School

Feeder schools for Eastpointe Middle School:

Elementary:    Bellview Elementary School
    Crescentwood Elementary School
    Forest Park Elementary School
    Pleasantview Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
83.7%
White:
7.5%
Two or more races:
4.4%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 10th percentile in 2016 → 4th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Michigan average (8% vs 35% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (64% vs 28% Michigan)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school8%
District avg8%
Michigan avg35%
858th of 896
Michigan public middle schools ?
Bottom 4%▼ down 5 pts since 2016
From bottom 10% (2016) to bottom 4% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Michigan Middle Schools →
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SchoolDigger rating ?
621st of 625Eastpointe Community Schools among Michigan districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
20267.7858 of 8964.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20255.6868 of 8902.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.6888 of 8971.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.6877 of 8830.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.2776 of 7760.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.9675 of 6750.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.4774 of 7922.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.9785 of 8386.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.6779 of 8215.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20169.3809 of 8949.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20159.1850 of 9197.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20146.6883 of 9214.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201310.0852 of 9197.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201214.2815 of 9009.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201119.8762 of 85811.2%★☆☆☆☆
201042.2632 of 85125.7%★☆☆☆☆
200937.6652 of 84723.0%★☆☆☆☆
200835.5655 of 83921.9%★☆☆☆☆
200741.3608 of 82326.1%★☆☆☆☆
200635.6644 of 80620.1%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202614.4323 of 3374.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.0331 of 3382.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.0298 of 3000.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.4305 of 3101.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.4180 of 1821.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.7187 of 1964.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201824.1293 of 36619.9%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
20264.7778 of 7891.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.3784 of 7890.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.4770 of 7710.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.2770 of 7700.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.4656 of 6570.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.1652 of 6580.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.4733 of 7947.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
20268.3811 of 8342.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20256.4818 of 8321.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.2826 of 8361.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.1820 of 8250.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.6690 of 6910.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20213.7523 of 5230.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.1661 of 6721.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.6737 of 8159.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
20267.2785 of 8133.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.2790 of 7981.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.9782 of 7860.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.5775 of 7760.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20221.9658 of 6580.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.0540 of 5400.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.4635 of 6390.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.9712 of 79710.7%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
201812.4148 of 1565.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
201818.0359 of 3774.8%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMichigan percentileRating
202410.2656 of 7016.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20197.9601 of 6243.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.2639 of 6785.8%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
White (2024)6th percentile+5 vs school
Multi-racial (2018)5th percentile~ school
Special Education (2018)5th percentile~ school
African American (2026)4th percentile~ school
Male (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Female (2026)1st percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs Michigan (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts10%-28 vs state
Math5%-28 vs state

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Students at Eastpointe Middle School are 84% African American, 7% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 295 students attended Eastpointe Middle School.

Students who attend Eastpointe Middle School usually go on to attend Eastpointe High School

Eastpointe Middle School ranks in the bottom 4.2% of Michigan middle schools.

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Latest Michigan data All new data »
2025–26 M-Step, PSAT & SAT test scoresSep 4, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJun 13, 2026
2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJun 13, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataJan 6, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

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