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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEARBORN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261160004601

Stout Middle School

18500 OAKWOOD BLVD, DEARBORN, MI 48124 · (313) 827-4600 · Wayne County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL698 STUDENTS
Enrollment
698
Middle
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 502
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
587 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 623534%
Grade 722432%
Grade 823934%
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
64292%
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
162%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
345%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
30%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
38255%
Female
31645%

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
37.5%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
36.9%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Stout Middle School

Stout Middle School's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Stout Middle School this school69884.1%37.1%
Unis Middle School
DEARBORN
52287.5%29.1%
Woodworth Middle School
DEARBORN
69991.6%31.9%
Lowrey Middle School
DEARBORN
44890.6%56.7%
Salina Intermediate 4 8
DEARBORN
46193.3%29.1%
Armstrong Middle School
FLINT
65675.9%31.1%
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 Stout Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Wayne County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
37.1%#265 of 397#23 of 47
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
36.9%#177 of 380#18 of 42
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
37.5%#247 of 377#25 of 44
Enrollment
ranked largest first
698#106 of 491#15 of 68
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.3:1#12 of 436#2 of 62
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
15.1%#390 of 437#49 of 62
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
84.1%#42 of 477#17 of 66
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-17.8%#110 of 339#18 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 2024-25
Enrollment
698
-141 (-17%) vs 2020
+79% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2569852.513.3:184% (587)
2023-247125114.0:185% (608)
2022-2379049.815.9:180% (635)
2020-218395216.1:178% (652)
2017-1884950.416.9:184% (714)
2015-168214817.1:178% (644)
2010-116434414.6:171% (454)
2000-018265614.8:149% (401)
1990-91391N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stout Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 18% (849 to 698); teachers up 4% (50.4 to 52.5).

About Stout Middle School

Stout Middle School is a middle school located in DEARBORN, Michigan, in Wayne County. It educates 698 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Michigan is about 502 students.

Stout Middle School falls under Dearborn City School District, which has 37 schools enrolling 19,197 students.

Federal enrollment data show Stout Middle School is 92% White. Enrollment also includes 5% Black and 2% Hispanic. Among people living in Wayne County, the White share is about 49%. The school's diversity index is 15%, meaning two students picked at random have a 15% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Federal data list 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Stout Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.3:1. That is 4.2 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Michigan. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 84%. Public schools in Wayne County average 66%.

The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Stout Middle School is +8.1 points: 37.1% actual, 29.0% predicted.

Census estimates describe Wayne County this way: the median household income is $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Stout Middle School, Wayne County has 572 other public schools.

The closest public school, Snow Elementary School, is about 0.6 miles from Stout Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Federal data place Stout Middle School in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment has fallen by 141 students since 2020-21, to 698. The school's ratio fell from 16.1:1 to 13.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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Wayne County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Stout Middle School
District
Dearborn City School District
Address
18500 OAKWOOD BLVD, DEARBORN, MI 48124
Phone
(313) 827-4600
County
Wayne County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
698
Teachers (FTE)
52
Student–teacher ratio
13.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
587 (84%)
Locale
12-City: Mid-size
NCES ID
261160004601
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Frequently asked questions

About Stout Middle School
How large is Stout Middle School?
Stout Middle School enrolls approximately 698 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Stout Middle School serve?
Stout Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Stout Middle School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Stout Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Stout Middle School?
At Stout Middle School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Stout Middle School?
Stout Middle School is overseen by Dearborn City School District in Wayne County.
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