Smith Middle School

Smith Middle School is a reasonably sized middle school in DEARBORN, Michigan, part of Dearborn City School District. The school works with 525 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Dearborn City School District, which oversees 37 schools and 19,197 students, Smith Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Smith Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 10% Black, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Smith Middle School shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 69% of students at Smith Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Smith Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.8%; this one delivers 32.0%.

Around the school, Wayne County reports that median household income runs about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Smith Middle School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).

Nearest neighbor: Nowlin Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Smith Middle School. On composite proficiency, Smith Middle School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

Smith Middle School operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Smith Middle School's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 525). Black enrollment moved from 14% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Smith Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.