Riverside Middle School

Riverside Middle School is a well-populated intermediate school in DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Michigan, run under Crestwood School District. The school educates 1,139 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 127% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Crestwood School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,690 students. Riverside Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Riverside Middle School logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Riverside Middle School has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 72% of students at Riverside Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Riverside Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.4%, the actual is 31.1%, a residual of -3.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Wayne County) records that the typical household earns roughly $60,539 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Riverside Middle School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Highview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Riverside Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Riverside Middle School's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,200 (now 1,139). Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.