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The fastest-declining public middle schools by enrollment in Wayne County, Michigan

55 public middle schools in Wayne County, Michigan appear in this ranking of the fastest-declining public middle schools by enrollment, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. J E Clark Preparatory Academy leads the list at -70.9%, against a median of -14.0% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Wayne County, Michigan

Best Enrollment change

-70.9%

Median Enrollment change

-14.0%

FASTEST DECLINING · WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	J E Clark Preparatory Academy	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	430	125	-70.9%
2	Blackwell Institute	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	304	92	-69.7%
3	Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	215	68	-68.4%
4	Redford Union Jr High	REDFORD, MI	Redford Union Schools District No. 1	588	409	-30.4%
5	Adams Middle School	WESTLAND, MI	Wayne-Westland Community School District	841	591	-29.7%
6	John D Pierce Middle School	REDFORD, MI	South Redford School District	814	577	-29.1%
7	Romulus Middle School	ROMULUS, MI	Romulus Community Schools	596	423	-29.0%
8	CB Sabbath 68 Preparatory Academy	RIVER ROUGE, MI	River Rouge School District of the City of	363	261	-28.1%
9	Kosciuszko School	HAMTRAMCK, MI	Hamtramck School District of the City of	373	279	-25.2%
10	McBride Middle School	BELLEVILLE, MI	Van Buren Public Schools	721	561	-22.2%
11	Meads Mill Middle School	NORTHVILLE, MI	Northville Public Schools	789	615	-22.1%
12	Woodworth Middle School	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	889	699	-21.4%
13	Hoover Middle School	TAYLOR, MI	Taylor School District	651	515	-20.9%
14	Salina Intermediate 4 8	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	582	461	-20.8%
15	Chandler Park Academy Middle School	HARPER WOODS, MI	Chandler Park Academy	647	514	-20.6%
16	Lowrey Middle School	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	557	448	-19.6%
17	Grosse Ile Middle School	GROSSE ILE, MI	Grosse Ile Township Schools	473	383	-19.0%
18	Stout Middle School	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	849	698	-17.8%
19	Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences Middle School	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences	411	339	-17.5%
20	Davidson Middle School	SOUTHGATE, MI	Southgate Community School District	802	663	-17.3%
21	Unis Middle School	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	624	522	-16.3%
22	Summit Academy North Middle School	ROMULUS, MI	Summit Academy North	459	385	-16.1%
23	University Preparatory Academy PSAD Middle	DETROIT, MI	University Preparatory Academy (PSAD)	457	384	-16.0%
24	West Middle School	PLYMOUTH, MI	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	793	667	-15.9%
25	Owen Intermediate School	BELLEVILLE, MI	Van Buren Public Schools	684	575	-15.9%
26	Clarenceville Middle School	LIVONIA, MI	Clarenceville School District	433	370	-14.5%
27	Robert J West Middle School	TAYLOR, MI	Taylor School District	746	641	-14.1%
28	Woodrow Wilson School	WYANDOTTE, MI	Wyandotte School District of the City of	1,010	869	-14.0%
29	Emerson Middle School	LIVONIA, MI	Livonia Public Schools School District	732	638	-12.8%
30	Riley Upper Elementary School	LIVONIA, MI	Livonia Public Schools School District	704	615	-12.6%
31	Tomlinson Middle School	INKSTER, MI	Westwood Community School District	205	180	-12.2%
32	Julian O Strong Middle School	MELVINDALE, MI	Melvindale-Northern Allen Park Schools	731	651	-10.9%
33	Holmes Middle School	LIVONIA, MI	Livonia Public Schools School District	737	670	-9.1%
34	Adlai Stevenson Middle School	WESTLAND, MI	Wayne-Westland Community School District	844	768	-9.0%
35	Clippert Academy	DETROIT, MI	Detroit Public Schools Community District	461	424	-8.0%
36	Seitz Middle School	RIVERVIEW, MI	Riverview Community School District	655	606	-7.5%
37	Discovery Middle School	CANTON, MI	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	779	731	-6.2%
38	Thomas Simpson Middle School	FLAT ROCK, MI	Flat Rock Community Schools	440	417	-5.2%
39	Riverside Middle School	DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI	Crestwood School District	1,200	1,139	-5.1%
40	Pioneer Middle School	PLYMOUTH, MI	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	869	827	-4.8%
41	Smith Middle School	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	550	525	-4.5%
42	Allen Park Middle School	ALLEN PARK, MI	Allen Park Public Schools	932	896	-3.9%
43	Oakley W Best Middle School	DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI	Dearborn Heights School District #7	578	557	-3.6%
44	Garden City Middle School	GARDEN CITY, MI	Garden City Public Schools	439	423	-3.6%
45	Carl T Renton Jr High School	NEW BOSTON, MI	Huron School District	586	566	-3.4%
46	Woodhaven Upper Elementary	WOODHAVEN, MI	Woodhaven-Brownstown School District	835	811	-2.9%
47	Boyd W Arthurs Middle School	TRENTON, MI	Trenton Public Schools	590	578	-2.0%
48	East Middle School	PLYMOUTH, MI	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	739	725	-1.9%
49	Bryant Middle School	DEARBORN, MI	Dearborn City School District	795	781	-1.8%
50	Cooper Upper Elementary School	WESTLAND, MI	Livonia Public Schools School District	649	638	-1.7%

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