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Salina Intermediate 4 8
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Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
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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