Owen Intermediate School

Located at 45201 OWEN ST, in BELLEVILLE, Michigan, Owen Intermediate School is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school that hosts 575 students (grades 4 through 6), overseen by Van Buren Public Schools.

Owen Intermediate School is one of 7 schools operated by Van Buren Public Schools, a district that educates 4,206 students overall.

On demographics, Owen Intermediate School shows that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 40% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Wayne County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 48% of students at Owen Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Owen Intermediate School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.0%; this one comes in at 23.4%, -21.6 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider 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 roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Owen Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Belleville High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Owen Intermediate School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.9%.

Owen Intermediate School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 684 students in 2018 compared to 575 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

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