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Salina Intermediate 4 8
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Salina Intermediate 4 8
Salina Intermediate 4 8 is one of the mid-sized intermediate schools in DEARBORN, Michigan, operated by Dearborn City School District, with 461 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 8.
Dearborn City School District runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 19,197 students. Salina Intermediate 4 8 is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Salina Intermediate 4 8 reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%). By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Salina Intermediate 4 8 logs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Salina Intermediate 4 8 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.1%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wayne County) shows that median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Salina Intermediate 4 8 is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Salina Elementary P 3, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Salina Intermediate 4 8.
The school occupies an inner-city site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Salina Intermediate 4 8's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 582 (now 461). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.
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