John D Pierce Middle School

John D Pierce Middle School is one of the average-sized middle schools in REDFORD, Michigan, part of South Redford School District, with 577 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within South Redford School District, which oversees 7 schools and 2,753 students, John D Pierce Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, John D Pierce Middle School records that 79% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 10% White, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at John D Pierce Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), John D Pierce Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 29.4%, a residual of -9.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household earnings sit near $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), John D Pierce Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Fisher Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John D Pierce Middle School.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John D Pierce Middle School has edged down 29%, going from 814 students in 2018 to 577 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 16% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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