The top reported proficiency rate is 52% in Social studies. The lowest is 21% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Webberville Middle School
Webberville Middle School sits on Grand River Road in the village of Webberville, part of Ingham County and the Webberville Community Schools district. It is a regular public school serving grades six through eight, with a small enrollment that gives it the feel of a close-knit middle school rather than a large departmentalized one. The student body is overwhelmingly white, with a small handful of students identifying as Hispanic, Black, or multiracial. A majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which tells you something about the economic context many families here are working within.
The village itself sits along the Grand River, and the housing market reflects a rural, modest-cost community. Home values in the school's zip code run below both the Michigan statewide benchmark and the national one, making this one of the more affordable corners of Ingham County for families looking to buy. The local economy operates with a fairly typical national unemployment picture, and the broader county includes Lansing and East Lansing, which bring larger employer bases within a reasonable drive. The locale brief returned no specific community details, so there is little to say about downtown character or local businesses beyond what the address and housing data suggest.
Academically, the most recent state assessment results paint a mixed but readable picture. In English language arts, the school shows a clear upward trajectory across the three grades. Sixth-grade proficiency is moderate, seventh grade ticks up, and by eighth grade a strong majority of tested students reached proficiency on the PSAT-based measure. That eighth-grade ELA result stands out as a genuine strength and suggests the school is doing something effective in literacy as students prepare for high school. Math tells a different story. Sixth-grade math proficiency is low, seventh grade rises to a more middling level, and eighth-grade math proficiency drops sharply. A parent whose child tends to struggle in math may want to look into how the school supports that subject, particularly in the transition year and into eighth grade where the PSAT sets the bar.
Science and social studies are tested only in eighth grade here, and both results land in a moderate range. Roughly half of eighth-graders showed proficiency in each subject, which is a solid showing for a small school and gives some confidence that content instruction beyond the core reading and math is reaching students.
The school's overall proficiency index, which averages results across tested subjects and grades, places it above the midpoint among districts in Ingham County. That positioning is worth noting because the county includes several larger, better-resourced districts near Lansing and East Lansing. For a small rural school to sit above the county midpoint on this measure speaks to real instruction happening in the building.
Some expected data is absent. There is no graduation rate, which makes sense because this is a middle school serving only grades six through eight and does not issue diplomas. IEP and English learner counts were not reported, nor were chronic absenteeism figures, discipline data, staffing details, or course access information. A parent wanting to understand special education services, gifted and talented options, or attendance patterns would need to ask the school directly, because none of that appears in the available data. The district brief turned up no recent changes clearing a lasting-impact threshold, so there is little to report about new programs, leadership transitions, or facility investments at the district level.
What a family gets at Webberville Middle School is a small, economically diverse, mostly white rural middle school with a clear literacy strength and a math area that needs attention. The size means students are known, and the county-relative proficiency standing suggests the teaching is effective in key areas. The housing market makes entry affordable compared with most of the region. A parent would do well to visit and ask specifically about math support, what happens as sixth-graders arrive from elementary, and how the school prepares its eighth-graders for the high school transition.
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