Scarlett Middle School

As a moderately sized middle-grades school in ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Scarlett Middle School hosts 616 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Ann Arbor Public Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Scarlett Middle School sits 23% above that benchmark.

Ann Arbor Public Schools runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 16,551 students. Scarlett Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Scarlett Middle School logs that the largest single group is Black at 31%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 22% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Washtenaw County's rate of about 34%.

With demographic context factored in, Scarlett Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.3%; this one delivers 31.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Washtenaw County put median household income runs about $89,180, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Washtenaw County runs 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students), of which Scarlett Middle School is one.

Mary D Mitchell School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Scarlett Middle School. On composite proficiency, Scarlett Middle School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

Scarlett Middle School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Scarlett Middle School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 621 (now 616). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 17% to 22%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.