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Waverly Middle School

Public Grades 7-8

680^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 890 Michigan Middle Schools

Better than 24% of Michigan middle schools

Summary

Waverly Middle School is a public middle school located in Lansing, Michigan, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 424 students. The school is part of the Waverly Community Schools district, which is ranked 484 out of 613 districts in Michigan and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Waverly Middle School consistently performs below the state average in academic proficiency across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, only 24.9% of 7th-grade students were proficient in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 39.2%. In math, the proficiency rate for 7th-grade students was just 12.1%, significantly lower than the state average of 33.3%. The school also experiences high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 41.1% of students chronically absent in the 2023-2024 school year, compared to the state average of around 20-25%. Additionally, 63.44% of Waverly Middle School students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Waverly Middle School's academic performance is significantly lower than that of nearby schools, such as Kenneth T Beagle Middle School and DeWitt Middle School, which are ranked in the top 15% and top 25% of Michigan middle schools, respectively. These higher-performing schools serve student populations with lower rates of poverty and chronic absenteeism. Waverly Middle School's ranking among Michigan middle schools has also steadily declined over the past decade, from a high of 327 out of 919 schools in 2014-2015 to a low of 680 out of 890 schools in 2024-2025, suggesting the school is struggling to improve student outcomes and keep pace with other middle schools in the state.

451

Students ?

17.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,565

Per pupil spending ?

55%

Free/discounted lunch ?

620 Snow Rd
Lansing, MI 48917-4503

(517) 321-7240

District: Waverly Community Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:

35.9%

White:

27.3%

Hispanic:

21.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 39th percentile in 2014 → 24th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Michigan average (25% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (46% vs 28% Michigan)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg25%

Michigan avg43%

680^th of 890

Michigan public middle schools ?

Bottom 24%▼ down 41 pts since 2015

From top 36% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

484^th of 613Waverly 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	21.2	680 of 890	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.2	639 of 897	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.5	671 of 883	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.1	614 of 776	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.1	524 of 792	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.1	541 of 838	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2017	37.3	480 of 821	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2016	55.2	382 of 894	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2015	61.6	327 of 919	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2014	44.1	563 of 921	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2013	42.0	568 of 919	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2012	48.2	491 of 900	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2011	53.7	519 of 858	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2010	37.1	668 of 851	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	31.8	691 of 847	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	49.3	559 of 839	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2007	39.8	623 of 823	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	51.0	509 of 806	36.8%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	26.9	245 of 338	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	41.2	145 of 300	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	28.6	214 of 310	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.2	102 of 182	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.8	107 of 196	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	59.6	117 of 366	68.0%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2023	7.9	82 of 87	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.6	85 of 104	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	18.0	655 of 789	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.3	590 of 771	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.1	612 of 770	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.3	557 of 657	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.3	420 of 658	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.3	487 of 794	38.7%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	23.6	212 of 265	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.0	207 of 257	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.1	227 of 246	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	32.8	100 of 137	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	34.9	189 of 266	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	18.7	706 of 832	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.9	663 of 836	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.1	697 of 825	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.5	571 of 691	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	40.3	411 of 672	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.9	441 of 815	45.9%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	19.0	653 of 798	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.4	612 of 786	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.2	668 of 776	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.1	571 of 658	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.3	505 of 639	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.1	514 of 797	35.5%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	10.1	183 of 190	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	46.0	84 of 163	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	20.6	58 of 65	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.9	37 of 51	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	38.9	88 of 156	43.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	15.4	229 of 244	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	26.9	158 of 201	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.4	195 of 199	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	30.5	284 of 377	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	31.4	482 of 696	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.5	433 of 701	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.7	563 of 688	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.8	490 of 638	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	49.0	295 of 624	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	33.7	457 of 678	32.6%	★★☆☆☆

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 (2025)31st percentile+7 vs school

African American (2025)28th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2025)20th percentile-4 vs school

Male (2025)18th percentile-5 vs school

Female (2025)17th percentile-7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)15th percentile-8 vs school

Special Education (2025)6th percentile-17 vs school

Asian (2023)6th percentile-18 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)4th percentile-20 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2024-2025) ?

Social Studies30%-17 vs state

English Language Arts25%-14 vs state

Science20%-21 vs state

Math12%-21 vs state

Mathematics9%-21 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Saturday, January 21, 2012

Fantastic school, with just a recent amount of inner city kids who want the school to be bad or have a infamous attitude. I don't know why though. The school has a nice surrounding area and very good schools around it. If they closed where people live who could go to the school it would be a lot nicer. I love this school and 60% of the children that go here want it to be a good school, but the other 40% are holding it back. I would like more children to come here and see the smart children that go there the funny,cool,urban lifestyle that many of us have but yet 40% are keeping the school from it's full potential and are driving into the ground causing us to get bad scores from websites such as the very one your on. Please give Waverly a chance especially if you have young children because the elementary schools are fantastic it's just this last 4 years the worst batch of children possible came and caused us this. The Waverly community is a loving one and everyone cherishes the warrior name. Thanks for reading Close Quote

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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 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th 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
Waverly Middle School	Public	7-8	620 Snow Rd	Lansing	48917	Eaton County	Waverly Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 321-7240	451	26	17.6	55.0%	123 (27.3%)	162 (35.9%)	96 (21.3%)	19 (4.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.9%)	21.2	680^th of 890 public middle schools	23.6%		27.2	639^th of 897 public middle schools	28.8%	41	50.5	9.4				24.9				12.1		20.2		30.3	$17,565	$1,499	$16,066
East Intermediate School	Public	5-6	3131 W Michigan Ave	Lansing	48917	Ingham County	Waverly Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 484-8830	429	28	15.3	61.3%	109 (25.4%)	144 (33.6%)	106 (24.7%)	11 (2.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (13.1%)								(n/a)				25.9	24.7			6.9	13.0		14.9		10.3		$15,945	$1,485	$14,459
Mt Hope School	Public	4-8	4000 Woodcreek Ln	Lansing	48911	Eaton County	Lansing Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 755-1550	323	20	16.3	92.0%	89 (27.6%)	116 (35.9%)	56 (17.3%)	6 (1.9%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	52 (16.1%)	12.3	788^th of 890 public middle schools	11.5%		14	774^th of 897 public middle schools	13.7%	14	33.8	10.0	26.8	12.2	17.3	22.2	24.4	5.0	7.7	11.1	11.0	17.9	3.8	15.6	$28,015	$5,395	$22,620
Leon W Hayes Intermediate School	Public	5-6	12620 Nixon Rd	Grand Ledge	48837	Eaton County	Grand Ledge Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 925-5740	810	45	17.9	25.9%	559 (69.0%)	28 (3.5%)	103 (12.7%)	40 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (9.9%)								(n/a)				49.1	45.4			37.1	32.1		51.9		38.5		$12,210	$1,508	$10,702
Sheridan Road	Public	5-8	16900 Cedar St	Lansing	48906	Clinton County	Lansing Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 755-1630	356	19	19.2	96.3%	74 (20.8%)	129 (36.2%)	86 (24.2%)	18 (5.1%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (12.6%)	7.5	848^th of 890 public middle schools	4.7%		8.9	838^th of 897 public middle schools	6.6%	10	31.9			13.5	8.5	15.6		6.6		9.1	10.0	5.7	4.4	8.7	$17,668	$4,655	$13,013
Washington Woods Middle School	Public	5-6	2055 S Washington Rd	Holt	48842	Ingham County	Holt Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 699-0250	346	24	14.3	46.0%	180 (52.0%)	39 (11.3%)	62 (17.9%)	22 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (12.4%)								(n/a)				37.3	32.5			18.0	23.5		33.1		16.5		$15,007	$1,140	$13,867
Kenneth T Beagle Middle School	Public	7-8	600 W South St	Grand Ledge	48837	Eaton County	Grand Ledge Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 925-5680	835	44	18.9	23.6%	609 (72.9%)	30 (3.6%)	102 (12.2%)	34 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (7.1%)	81.1	127^th of 890 public middle schools	85.7%		80.2	125^th of 897 public middle schools	86.1%	2	75.8	37.4				53.4				45.5		54.7		71.3	$12,098	$1,073	$11,026
DeWitt Middle School	Public	6-8	2957 W Herbison Rd	Dewitt	48820	Clinton County	DeWitt Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 668-3200	754	40	18.6	11.3%	625 (82.9%)	18 (2.4%)	57 (7.6%)	11 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.7%)	92	56^th of 890 public middle schools	93.7%		92.6	57^th of 897 public middle schools	93.6%	1	87.6	51.5			57.8	64.2			56.6	60.8		58.2		71.2	$13,052	$611	$12,440
Hope Middle School	Public	5-6	2020 Park Ln	Holt	48842	Ingham County	Holt Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 699-2194	158	10	15.1	47.5%	82 (51.9%)	20 (12.7%)	19 (12.0%)	7 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (19.0%)								(n/a)					30.7				26.0						$15,139	$970	$14,169
Holt Junior High School	Public	7-8	1784 Aurelius Rd	Holt	48842	Ingham County	Holt Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 694-7117	713	42	16.8	42.2%	362 (50.8%)	115 (16.1%)	107 (15.0%)	30 (4.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (13.6%)	45.4	471^st of 890 public middle schools	47.1%		39.9	517^th of 897 public middle schools	42.4%	46	63.1	18.5				35.7				23.3		36.6		47.4	$16,517	$970	$15,547

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How many students attend Waverly Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 451 students attended Waverly Middle School.

Is Waverly Middle School a good school?

Waverly Middle School ranks in the bottom 23.6% of Michigan middle schools.

What is the racial makeup of Waverly Middle School?

Students at Waverly Middle School are 36% African American, 27% White, 21% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

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