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Enrollment
768
Middle
DISTRICT 680 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE-WESTLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 260001503905
Adlai Stevenson Middle School
38501 PALMER RD, WESTLAND, MI 48186 · (734) 419-2351 · Wayne County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Michigan public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
435 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 256 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 279 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 233 | 30% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
24.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
15.6%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Adlai Stevenson Middle School
Adlai Stevenson Middle School's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adlai Stevenson Middle School this school | 768 | 56.6% | 20.6% |
| Lincoln Middle School YPSILANTI | 712 | 53.4% | 28.0% |
| Grand Blanc Middle School West GRAND BLANC | 757 | 61.4% | 36.0% |
| Owen Intermediate School BELLEVILLE | 575 | 48.0% | 23.4% |
| Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts KALAMAZOO | 889 | 60.4% | 34.3% |
| Mona Shores Middle School MUSKEGON | 930 | 52.2% | 33.6% |
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Adlai Stevenson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #395 of 397 | #47 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #374 of 380 | #40 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #364 of 377 | #40 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #67 of 491 | #11 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #324 of 436 | #45 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #78 of 437 | #12 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #167 of 477 | #36 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #230 of 339 | #34 of 55 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
768
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 926
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 18.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 768 | 41.1 | 18.7:1 | 57% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 749 | 42.8 | 17.5:1 | 55% (413) |
| 2022-23 | 678 | 38 | 17.8:1 | 55% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 758 | 41 | 18.5:1 | 63% (479) |
| 2017-18 | 844 | 42.5 | 19.9:1 | 45% (377) |
| 2015-16 | 826 | 41 | 20.1:1 | 56% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 980 | 46 | 21.3:1 | 53% (515) |
| 2000-01 | 925 | 50 | 18.5:1 | 18% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 926 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adlai Stevenson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (844 to 768); teachers down 3% (42.5 to 41.1).
About Adlai Stevenson Middle School
At 38501 PALMER RD in WESTLAND, Michigan, Adlai Stevenson Middle School operates as a high-enrollment middle school. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 768 students. It has 53% more students than the average for middle schools in Michigan (about 502).
A total of 15 schools make up Wayne-Westland Community School District, with 8,980 students enrolled.
The share of White students at Adlai Stevenson Middle School is 55%, a majority. Other students are 32% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
Adlai Stevenson Middle School reported 41.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 18.7:1. The school's 18.7:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for middle schools in Michigan. Roughly 57% of students at Adlai Stevenson Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is 9 points below the 66% average for public schools in Wayne County.
Adlai Stevenson Middle School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 0% of Michigan public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 41.2% for Adlai Stevenson Middle School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 20.6%. The 20.6-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Michigan schools.
Wayne County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $60,539 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Adlai Stevenson Middle School shares Wayne County with 572 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Adlai Stevenson Middle School is closest to PD Graham Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Adlai Stevenson Middle School is 4th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Adlai Stevenson Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 758 in 2020-21 and 768 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Adlai Stevenson Middle School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne-Westland Community School District
- John Glenn High SchoolHigh · 1,368 students
- Wayne Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolHigh · 619 students
- Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Wildwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Alexander Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
Other schools in WESTLAND
- John Glenn High SchoolHigh · 1,368 students
- Universal Learning AcademyCombined · 761 students
- Cooper Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 638 students
- Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Wildwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Johnson Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 503 students
Nearby schools
- PD Graham Elementary School0.4 mi · 429
- Albert Schweitzer Elementary School0.9 mi · 407
- WalkerWinter Elementary School1.2 mi · 377
- Field Elementary School1.7 mi · 467
- John Glenn High School1.9 mi · 1,368
- RooseveltMcGrath Elem School2.2 mi · 454
Frequently asked questions
About Adlai Stevenson Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Adlai Stevenson Middle School?
Adlai Stevenson Middle School enrolls approximately 768 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Adlai Stevenson Middle School serve?
Adlai Stevenson Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Adlai Stevenson Middle School have?
Adlai Stevenson Middle School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Adlai Stevenson Middle School?
Student demographics at Adlai Stevenson Middle School are roughly 55% White, 6% Hispanic, 32% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Adlai Stevenson Middle School in?
Adlai Stevenson Middle School is part of Wayne-Westland Community School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.