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Enrollment
461
Middle
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEARBORN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261160004600
Salina Intermediate 4 8
2623 SALINA ST, DEARBORN, MI 48120 · (313) 827-6600 · Wayne County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Michigan public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
430 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 90 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 96 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 18% |
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Dearborn City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
28.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
33.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Salina Intermediate 4 8
Salina Intermediate 4 8's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salina Intermediate 4 8 this school | 461 | 93.3% | 29.1% |
| Lowrey Middle School DEARBORN | 448 | 90.6% | 56.7% |
| Unis Middle School DEARBORN | 522 | 87.5% | 29.1% |
| Woodworth Middle School DEARBORN | 699 | 91.6% | 31.9% |
| Stout Middle School DEARBORN | 698 | 84.1% | 37.1% |
| Harrison Middle School HARRISON | 279 | 79.6% | 41.0% |
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Salina Intermediate 4 8 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #356 of 397 | #36 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #210 of 380 | #21 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #342 of 377 | #36 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #269 of 491 | #44 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #4 of 436 | #1 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.1% | #434 of 437 | #59 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.3% | #13 of 477 | #5 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #76 of 339 | #14 of 55 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
461
-57 (-11%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 795
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 461 | 40.5 | 11.4:1 | 93% (430) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 40 | 11.6:1 | 96% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 39.3 | 12.1:1 | 88% (417) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 40 | 12.9:1 | 82% (426) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 40.9 | 14.2:1 | 92% (534) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 90% (486) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 89% (442) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 50 | 13.7:1 | 96% (662) |
| 1990-91 | 795 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salina Intermediate 4 8.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (582 to 461); teachers down 1% (40.9 to 40.5).
About Salina Intermediate 4 8
Salina Intermediate 4 8 sits in DEARBORN, Michigan, and is classified as a middle-grades school. It is open to students in grades 4 through 8 and enrolls 461 students.
Dearborn City School District is responsible for 37 schools, Salina Intermediate 4 8 included, with 19,197 students in all.
The share of students at Salina Intermediate 4 8 who are White is 99%. By comparison, Wayne County residents are about 49% White. A diversity index of 2% means there is a 2% chance two randomly chosen students at Salina Intermediate 4 8 are from different groups.
The school has 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.4 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Michigan is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 93% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Wayne County average 66%.
Among Michigan public middle schools, Salina Intermediate 4 8 outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 25.0% at Salina Intermediate 4 8; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.1%.
Census data for Wayne County show median household income comes to about $60,539, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. There are 573 public schools in the county, enrolling about 259,786, Salina Intermediate 4 8 among them.
Salina Elementary P 3 is the nearest public school to Salina Intermediate 4 8, less than a tenth of a mile away. Salina Intermediate 4 8 is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 11%. By 2024-25, the school had 11.4 students per teacher, compared with 12.9 in 2020-21.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dearborn City School District
- Fordson High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Dearborn High SchoolHigh · 1,775 students
- Edsel Ford High SchoolHigh · 1,502 students
- Bryant Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Woodworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Stout Middle SchoolMiddle · 698 students
Other schools in DEARBORN
- Fordson High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Dearborn High SchoolHigh · 1,775 students
- Edsel Ford High SchoolHigh · 1,502 students
- Advanced Technology AcademyCombined · 1,207 students
- Bryant Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Woodworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
Nearby schools
- Salina Elementary P 30.1 mi · 406
- WAY Academy Vernor Site0.8 mi · 135
- Bennett Elementary School1.0 mi · 498
- Cesar Chavez Academy Elementary1.0 mi · 465
- Harms Elementary School1.3 mi · 279
- Universal Academy1.5 mi · 695
Frequently asked questions
About Salina Intermediate 4 8How many students attend Salina Intermediate 4 8?
Salina Intermediate 4 8 enrolls approximately 461 students in grades 04-08.
Is Salina Intermediate 4 8 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Salina Intermediate 4 8 is a middle school covering grades 04-08.
How many students per teacher at Salina Intermediate 4 8?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Salina Intermediate 4 8.
What is the student diversity at Salina Intermediate 4 8?
Student demographics at Salina Intermediate 4 8 are roughly 99% White, 0% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Salina Intermediate 4 8?
Salina Intermediate 4 8 is overseen by Dearborn City School District in Wayne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.