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Malow Junior High School

Q: Is Malow Junior High School a good school?

Malow Junior High School ranks 152 nd of 890 Michigan middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 7-9

152^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 890 Michigan Middle Schools

Better than 83% of Michigan middle schools

Summary

Malow Junior High School is a public middle school located in Shelby Township, Michigan, serving 1,024 students in grades 7-9. As part of the Utica Community Schools district, which is ranked 155 out of 613 districts in Michigan and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, Malow consistently outperforms the district and state in academic assessments.

Malow Junior High School's 7th-grade students scored 56.4% proficient or better in M-Step/English Language Arts, compared to 46.8% for the district and 39.2% for the state. In M-Step/Math, Malow's 7th-graders scored 48.5% proficient or better, compared to 39% for the district and 33.3% for the state. The school also has strong performance across various student subgroups, with its African American students ranking 25th out of 338 Michigan middle schools in M-Step/English Language Arts. However, Malow has seen a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 11.8% in 2022-2023 to 29.5% in 2023-2024, an area the school may need to address.

When compared to nearby middle schools in the Utica Community Schools district, such as Bemis Junior High School and Frank Jeannette Junior High School, Malow Junior High School generally outperforms its peers in academic assessments. Additionally, Malow has a relatively low percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 23.7% to 29.1%, suggesting it serves a more affluent student population compared to some nearby schools.

1,084

Students ?

22.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,769

Per pupil spending ?

27.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

6400 25 Mile Rd
Shelby Township, MI 48316-1702

(586) 797-3500

District: Utica Community Schools

Students who attend Malow Junior High School usually attend:

High:

Eisenhower High School

Feeder schools for Malow Junior High School:

Elementary:	Crissman Elementary School
	Morgan Elementary School
	Switzer Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

White:

81.7%

Hispanic:

7.8%

Asian:

4.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 81st percentile in 2015 → 83rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Michigan average (54% vs 43% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 17% of Michigan middle schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 22 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school54%

District avg50%

Michigan avg43%

152^nd of 890

Michigan public middle schools ?

Top 17%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 6Middle Schools in the Utica Community Schools

155^th of 613Utica 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	77.7	152 of 890	82.9%	★★★★☆
2024	80.5	123 of 897	86.3%	★★★★☆
2023	85.6	103 of 883	88.3%	★★★★☆
2022	82.7	97 of 776	87.5%	★★★★☆
2021	74.7	118 of 675	82.5%	★★★★☆
2019	91.0	59 of 792	92.6%	★★★★★
2018	87.9	83 of 838	90.1%	★★★★★
2017	84.0	93 of 821	88.7%	★★★★☆
2016	80.4	134 of 894	85.0%	★★★★☆
2015	75.5	172 of 919	81.3%	★★★★☆
2014	88.6	71 of 921	92.3%	★★★★★
2013	91.7	47 of 919	94.9%	★★★★★
2012	91.7	44 of 900	95.1%	★★★★★
2011	80.3	111 of 858	87.1%	★★★★☆
2010	80.8	98 of 851	88.5%	★★★★☆
2009	81.2	108 of 847	87.2%	★★★★☆
2008	82.6	85 of 839	89.9%	★★★★☆
2007	75.3	188 of 823	77.2%	★★★★☆
2006	83.4	78 of 806	90.3%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	86.0	25 of 338	92.6%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	66.1	33 of 85	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	49.6	53 of 88	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	72.2	31 of 87	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.8	33 of 104	68.3%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	19.7	95 of 106	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.4	46 of 72	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.1	71 of 154	53.9%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	75.0	137 of 789	82.6%	★★★★☆
2024	79.7	101 of 771	86.9%	★★★★☆
2023	81.0	98 of 770	87.3%	★★★★☆
2022	75.6	108 of 657	83.6%	★★★★☆
2021	67.0	116 of 521	77.7%	★★★★☆
2019	87.7	62 of 658	90.6%	★★★★★
2018	81.1	124 of 794	84.4%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	15.3	248 of 265	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	32.0	180 of 257	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.8	146 of 246	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	55.6	101 of 266	62.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	64.1	225 of 832	73.0%	★★★★☆
2024	61.8	249 of 836	70.2%	★★★★☆
2023	72.2	138 of 825	83.3%	★★★★☆
2022	67.2	148 of 691	78.6%	★★★★☆
2021	57.0	176 of 523	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	91.8	18 of 672	97.3%	★★★★★
2018	77.4	109 of 815	86.6%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	74.4	159 of 798	80.1%	★★★★☆
2024	75.5	143 of 786	81.8%	★★★★☆
2023	84.8	98 of 776	87.4%	★★★★☆
2022	83.5	87 of 658	86.8%	★★★★☆
2021	73.8	98 of 540	81.9%	★★★★☆
2019	90.9	50 of 639	92.2%	★★★★★
2018	90.4	56 of 797	93.0%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	28.3	190 of 244	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	47.1	86 of 201	57.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.6	81 of 199	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	72.3	19 of 70	72.9%	★★★★☆
2019	54.3	38 of 76	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	40.2	219 of 377	41.9%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	72.2	157 of 696	77.4%	★★★★☆
2024	73.2	146 of 701	79.2%	★★★★☆
2023	79.0	112 of 688	83.7%	★★★★☆
2022	75.6	122 of 638	80.9%	★★★★☆
2021	68.4	136 of 577	76.4%	★★★★☆
2019	87.1	65 of 624	89.6%	★★★★☆
2018	80.6	98 of 678	85.5%	★★★★☆

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)

African American (2025)93rd percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)83rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)80th percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)77th percentile-5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)73rd percentile-10 vs school

Asian (2025)61st percentile-22 vs school

Special Education (2025)22nd percentile-61 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)10th percentile-73 vs school

Hispanic (2025)6th percentile-77 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts56%+17 vs state

Math48%+15 vs state

Social Studies47%~ state avg

Science47%+6 vs state

Mathematics46%+16 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSAT English Language Arts (2025)	PSAT Mathematics (2025)	M-Step English Language Arts (2025)		M-Step Math (2025)			M-Step Science (2025)	M-Step Social Studies (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Malow Junior High School	Public	7-9	6400 25 Mile Rd	Shelby Township	48316	Macomb County	Utica Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(586) 797-3500	1,084	49	22.2	27.7%	886 (81.7%)	30 (2.8%)	85 (7.8%)	53 (4.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (2.6%)	77.7	152^nd of 890 public middle schools	82.9%		80.5	123^rd of 897 public middle schools	86.3%	29	77.7	46.1		56.4			48.5	46.8		47.3	$13,769	$1,387	$12,382
Shelby Junior High School	Public	7-9	51700 Van Dyke Ave	Shelby Township	48316	Macomb County	Utica Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(586) 797-3700	1,073	48	22.4	27.8%	927 (86.4%)	33 (3.1%)	37 (3.4%)	47 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (2.7%)	80.8	132^nd of 890 public middle schools	85.2%		81.1	118^th of 897 public middle schools	86.8%	14	78.2	43.3		51.6			43.6	57.5		58.0	$13,069	$1,367	$11,703
Eppler Junior High School	Public	7-9	45461 Brownell St	Utica	48317	Macomb County	Utica Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(586) 797-2900	589	35	17.0	45.0%	467 (79.3%)	22 (3.7%)	42 (7.1%)	31 (5.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.2%)	68.3	228^th of 890 public middle schools	74.4%		65.3	245^th of 897 public middle schools	72.7%	17	75.8	40.7		38.2			30.1	47.7		57.9	$14,445	$1,439	$13,006
Iroquois Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	48301 Romeo Plank Rd	Macomb	48044	Macomb County	Chippewa Valley Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(586) 723-3700	814	37	22.0	25.6%	661 (81.2%)	59 (7.2%)	28 (3.4%)	33 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.1%)	76.7	157^th of 890 public middle schools	82.4%		74.9	175^th of 897 public middle schools	80.5%	18	77.7	37.5	45.1	51.3		41.2	54.0	48.3		57.4	$12,580	$706	$11,874
Bemis Junior High School	Public	7-8	12500 19 Mile Rd	Sterling Heights	48313	Macomb County	Utica Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(586) 797-2500	742	35	21.0	43.0%	553 (74.5%)	64 (8.6%)	41 (5.5%)	46 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (5.0%)	74.3	177^th of 890 public middle schools	80.1%		77.4	151^st of 897 public middle schools	83.2%	26	75.1	40.9		47.0			43.7	43.0		59.9	$14,574	$1,392	$13,182
Avondale Gifted and Talented Education	Public, Magnet	2-8	1435 W Auburn Rd	Rochester Hills	48309	Oakland County	Avondale School District	No	Yes	No	No	(248) 537-6400	381	25	15.5	3.1%	154 (40.4%)	6 (1.6%)	15 (3.9%)	204 (53.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					91.8				90.4		$14,037	$856	$13,181
Avondale Middle School	Public	6-8	1445 W Auburn Rd	Rochester Hills	48309	Oakland County	Avondale School District	No	No	No	No	(248) 537-6300	639	43	14.6	48.0%	214 (33.5%)	256 (40.1%)	114 (17.8%)	50 (7.8%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34.3	570^th of 890 public middle schools	36.0%		36.7	544^th of 897 public middle schools	39.4%	26	63.9	14.9	29.9	28.7		21.9	18.9	32.2		33.0	$17,433	$2,768	$14,665
Frank Jeannette Junior High School	Public	7-9	40400 Gulliver Dr	Sterling Heights	48310	Macomb County	Utica Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(586) 797-3300	716	40	17.9	77.4%	492 (68.7%)	82 (11.5%)	35 (4.9%)	81 (11.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.6%)	41.5	512^th of 890 public middle schools	42.5%		41.9	501^st of 897 public middle schools	44.1%	11	63.4	27.5		36.5			25.8	23.6		34.1	$16,961	$1,449	$15,513
Romeo Middle School	Public	6-8	11091 32 Mile Rd	Bruce Township	48065	Macomb County	Romeo Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(586) 752-0240	1,196	64	18.8	21.4%	1,019 (85.2%)	20 (1.7%)	101 (8.4%)	10 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (3.8%)	79.1	146^th of 890 public middle schools	83.6%		80	128^th of 897 public middle schools	85.7%	18	78.5	40.4	40.8	47.3		47.4	55.1	54.1		60.6	$13,155	$578	$12,577
Seneca Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	47200 Heydenreich Rd	Macomb	48044	Macomb County	Chippewa Valley Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(586) 723-3900	1,078	48	22.4	25.4%	789 (73.2%)	118 (10.9%)	51 (4.7%)	40 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (7.4%)	70.1	208^th of 890 public middle schools	76.6%		68.1	220^th of 897 public middle schools	75.5%	12	74.4	32.5	49.3	43.9		39.2	39.7	48.7		53.0	$12,358	$713	$11,645

Frequently Asked Questions about Malow Junior High School

Is Malow Junior High School a good school?

Malow Junior High School ranks 152^nd of 890 Michigan middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Malow Junior High School?

Students at Malow Junior High School are 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% African American, 3% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Malow Junior High School attend?

Students who attend Malow Junior High School usually go on to attend Eisenhower High School

How many students attend Malow Junior High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,084 students attended Malow Junior High School.

What district is Malow Junior High School in?

Utica Community Schools

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