Summary:
In zip code 48642, there is just one middle school option: Northeast Middle School, part of the Midland Public Schools district, serving grades 6 through 8 with a substantial enrollment of 789 students.
Northeast Middle School is a high-performing school that has earned a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for three consecutive years. Its state ranking has improved dramatically, jumping from 132nd in 2023-2024 to 103rd in 2025-2026 out of roughly 900 Michigan middle schools, placing it in the top 12% statewide. The school shows a clear academic strength in English Language Arts and Social Studies, with 8th-grade PSAT ELA proficiency at an impressive 77.8% and 8th-grade Social Studies at 69%. Math is the relative weak spot, though it saw remarkable gains—8th-grade PSAT math proficiency soared from 37.8% to 58.3% in a single year, suggesting recent instructional changes are working. The school serves a student body where 50.7% qualify for free or reduced lunch, yet it still achieves top-tier results, indicating strong support systems are helping students overcome economic challenges.
One notable finding is that while Northeast Middle School performs well against state averages, it consistently underperforms its own district in nearly every subject—for example, 7th-grade math proficiency is 44.4% at the school versus 54.5% district-wide. This suggests it is one of the lower-performing schools within the highly-ranked Midland Public Schools district, which ranks in the 86th percentile statewide. A potential concern is the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 22.7%, which is higher than the district average of 19.2% but lower than the state average of 27.9%. With a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1 and per-student spending of $14,438, the school offers a solid educational environment, though parents should be aware of the attendance issue as an area for improvement.
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