Adlai Stevenson Middle School

Adlai Stevenson Middle School operates as a well-populated middle-grades school in WESTLAND, Michigan, one of the schools within Wayne-Westland Community School District. Current enrollment sits at 768 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 53% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Across the 15 schools in Wayne-Westland Community School District (8,980 students total), Adlai Stevenson Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Adlai Stevenson Middle School lists that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 32% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, Adlai Stevenson Middle School lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Adlai Stevenson Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Adlai Stevenson Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.2%; Adlai Stevenson Middle School posts 20.6%, -20.6 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Adlai Stevenson Middle School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

PD Graham Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Adlai Stevenson Middle School. On composite proficiency, Adlai Stevenson Middle School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.8%.

Adlai Stevenson Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 9%: 844 students in 2018 compared to 768 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

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