Bryant Middle School

Bryant Middle School is one of the big junior highs in DEARBORN, Michigan, operated by Dearborn City School District, with 781 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 56% above the state mean of about 502.

Across the 37 schools in Dearborn City School District (19,197 students total), Bryant Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Bryant Middle School shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Bryant Middle School lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Bryant Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Bryant Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.7%; this one delivers 51.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate 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%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Bryant Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Charles A Lindbergh Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bryant Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bryant Middle School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 53.1%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 795 students in 2018 compared to 781 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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