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Waverly Middle School

Q: Is Waverly Middle School a good school?

Waverly Middle School ranks 665 th of 896 Michigan middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 7-8

665^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 896 Michigan Middle Schools

Better than 26% of Michigan middle schools

Summary

Waverly Middle School in Lansing, MI, serves 451 students in grades 7 and 8 as part of the Waverly Community Schools district, and it has faced significant academic and attendance challenges in recent years.

For parents, the most pressing concern is the school's academic performance, which falls well below state averages across nearly every subject. For example, only 13.1% of 7th graders were proficient in math on the M-Step, compared to the state average of 33.3%, and 8th-grade PSAT math proficiency was just 8.9% versus the state's 33.2%. English Language Arts and science scores show similar gaps. Perhaps the most critical issue is chronic absenteeism: 45.9% of students were chronically absent in the 2024-2025 school year, meaning nearly half of the student body missed substantial instructional time. This rate is far higher than the state average of 27.9% and even exceeds the district's own average of 34.6%. The school also shows a notable decline in outcomes for specific groups, including Hispanic students and those receiving special education services, whose statewide rankings have dropped sharply in recent years.

When compared to nearby schools, the differences are stark. For instance, Kenneth T Beagle Middle School in Grand Ledge achieves 7th-grade ELA proficiency of 47.8% and math proficiency of 33.8%, while DeWitt Middle School posts even higher numbers. Interestingly, Waverly spends more per student ($15,922) than either of those schools, yet serves a student population where 54.99% qualify for free or reduced lunch—a much higher percentage than at nearby higher-performing schools. One relative bright spot is 8th-grade social studies, where 39.8% of students are proficient, the school's strongest subject and closest to the state average. The data also suggests a possible "middle school slide," as students arriving from East Intermediate School show higher ELA proficiency in 5th and 6th grades than Waverly's 7th graders, pointing to a critical area for the district to investigate.

451

Students ?

17.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,922

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 — 64th percentile in 2015 → 26th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Michigan average (26% vs 43% meeting standards)

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

!Ranking has slipped — down 38 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school26%

District avg26%

Michigan avg43%

665^th of 896

Michigan public middle schools ?

Bottom 26%▼ down 31 pts since 2016

From top 43% (2016) to bottom 26% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

508^th of 625Waverly 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
2026	23.2	665 of 896	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
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
2026	27.1	244 of 337	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
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
2026	24.2	599 of 789	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
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
2026	14.1	244 of 260	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
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
2026	21.7	667 of 834	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
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
2026	17.3	681 of 813	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
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
2026	26.5	156 of 195	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
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
2026	27.0	519 of 687	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
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)

African American (2026)28th percentile~ school

White (2026)24th percentile~ school

Female (2026)24th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)20th percentile-6 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)20th percentile-6 vs school

Male (2026)16th percentile-10 vs school

Hispanic (2026)6th percentile-20 vs school

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

Asian (2023)6th percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2025-2026) ?

Social Studies40%-10 vs state

English Language Arts21%-17 vs state

Science18%-21 vs state

Math13%-20 vs state

Mathematics9%-24 vs state

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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 (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT English Language Arts (2026)	PSAT Mathematics (2026)	M-Step English Language Arts (2026)				M-Step Math (2026)				M-Step Science (2026)		M-Step Social Studies (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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%)	23.2	665^th of 896 public middle schools	25.8%		21.2	680^th of 890 public middle schools	23.6%	15	53.5	8.9				21.1				13.1		18.5		39.8	$15,922	$719	$15,203
East Intermediate School	Public	5-6	3131 W Michigan Ave	Lansing	48917	Eaton 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)				32.4	24.5			14.6	13.5		26.5		17.8		$14,993	$708	$14,285
Mt Hope School	Public	4-8	1810 Harding Ave	Lansing	48910	Ingham 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%)	11.7	810^th of 896 public middle schools	9.6%		12.3	788^th of 890 public middle schools	11.5%	22	44.9	8.2	6.3	17.0	11.2	12.1	13.0	7.5	4.1	6.0	14.1	22.4	7.8	25.5	$22,354	$2,655	$19,699
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)				56.0	49.3			34.1	39.2		54.9		36.5		$12,174	$1,427	$10,747
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%)	8.9	839^th of 896 public middle schools	6.4%		7.5	848^th of 890 public middle schools	4.7%	9	30.2	10.5			10.1	3.5		10.3	10.1	3.4	7.9	12.5		23.9	$19,137	$2,929	$16,208
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)				27.4	31.3			5.6	26.1		11.1		6.8		$18,438	$576	$17,863
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%)	77.6	155^th of 896 public middle schools	82.7%		81.1	127^th of 890 public middle schools	85.7%	28	77.0	43.2				47.8				33.8		54.1		71.0	$12,758	$1,273	$11,485
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%)	90	68^th of 896 public middle schools	92.4%		92	56^th of 890 public middle schools	93.7%	12	85.1	53.3			46.3	67.6			51.7	60.3		59.5		77.6	$13,016	$548	$12,468
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%)	47	443^rd of 896 public middle schools	50.6%		45.4	471^st of 890 public middle schools	47.1%	28	67.8	22.1				27.4				26.2		35.4		52.5	$16,277	$410	$15,867
MacDonald Middle School	Public	6-8	1601 Burcham Dr	East Lansing	48823	Ingham County	East Lansing School District	No	No	No	No	(517) 333-7600	857	44	19.5	37.2%	453 (52.9%)	154 (18.0%)	113 (13.2%)	37 (4.3%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	94 (11.0%)	74.5	180^th of 896 public middle schools	79.9%		70	211^th of 890 public middle schools	76.3%	31	74.4	37.4			48.6	51.6			37.6	43.3		46.2		62.7	$12,626	$584	$12,042

Frequently Asked Questions about Waverly Middle School

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Waverly Middle School ranks 665^th of 896 Michigan middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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

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