Slauson Middle School

As a moderately sized middle-grades school in ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Slauson Middle School teaches 729 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Ann Arbor Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 45% above typical.

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

On the student-mix side, Slauson Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Washtenaw County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Slauson Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.9%, the actual is 68.4%, a residual of +11.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Washtenaw County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,180 per year, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Washtenaw County runs 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students), of which Slauson Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bach Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Slauson Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 64.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 773 students in 2018 compared to 729 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 8% to 13%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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