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How has Smith Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
525
Middle
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEARBORN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261160004597
Smith Middle School
23851 YALE ST, DEARBORN, MI 48124 · (313) 827-2800 · Wayne County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
361 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 6 | 172 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 161 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 37% |
Student demographics
36%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
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
32.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
29.1%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Smith Middle School
Smith Middle School's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Middle School this school | 525 | 68.8% | 32.0% |
| LE White Middle School ALLEGAN | 427 | 65.8% | 34.9% |
| Clio Middle School CLIO | 564 | 65.2% | 33.6% |
| Central Middle School PORT HURON | 599 | 63.4% | 18.1% |
| Armstrong Middle School FLINT | 656 | 75.9% | 31.1% |
| Monroe Middle School MONROE | 674 | 63.4% | 26.2% |
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 Smith Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #330 of 397 | #29 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #263 of 380 | #28 of 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #311 of 377 | #30 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #229 of 491 | #38 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #17 of 436 | #3 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #207 of 437 | #36 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #95 of 477 | #28 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #292 of 339 | #41 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
525
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
+95% since 1990-91, when it was 269
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 525 | 38.6 | 13.6:1 | 69% (361) |
| 2023-24 | 486 | 38.9 | 12.5:1 | 71% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 36.3 | 12.8:1 | 62% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 54% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 57% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 33 | 16.2:1 | 46% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 42% (236) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | 47 | 14.6:1 | 27% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 269 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Smith Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (550 to 525); teachers up 7% (36 to 38.6).
About Smith Middle School
Smith Middle School is a middle school in DEARBORN, Michigan, reachable at (313) 827-2800. It had 525 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
Dearborn City School District has 19,197 students in 37 schools, and Smith Middle School is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at Smith Middle School are White (79%). Other students are 10% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 49% White among all Wayne County residents. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Smith Middle School are from different groups.
There are about 13.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Smith Middle School, which has 38.6. The school's 13.6:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for middle schools in Michigan. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 69%.
Compared with Michigan schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Smith Middle School's results are 3.8 points below predicted: 32.0% against 35.8%.
For Wayne County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $60,539 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Public schools in Wayne County number 573, with about 259,786 students.
Nowlin Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Smith Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Smith Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Smith Middle School ranks 5th on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's size has been steady, with 533 students in 2020-21 and 525 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.8:1 to 13.6:1.
The discussion board for Smith Middle School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other Smith Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Smith Middle. Smith Middle School is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Smith Middle SchoolTROY, MI · 599 students
- Smith Middle SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 1,091 students
- Smith Middle SchoolGlastonbury, CT · 875 students
- Smith MiddleChapel Hill, NC · 763 students
- Smith Middle SchoolBEAUMONT, TX · 532 students
Nearby schools
- Nowlin Elementary School0.2 mi · 243
- Long Elementary School0.7 mi · 238
- West Village Academy0.7 mi · 242
- Robichaud Senior High School1.0 mi · 328
- Pardee School1.0 mi · 337
- WhitmoreBolles Elementary School1.1 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Smith Middle SchoolHow large is Smith Middle School?
Smith Middle School enrolls approximately 525 students in grades 06-08.
Is Smith Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Smith Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Smith Middle School have?
Smith Middle School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Smith Middle School?
At Smith Middle School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 6% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Smith Middle School public or private?
Smith Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dearborn City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.