Tomlinson Middle School

As a tiny middle-grades school in INKSTER, Michigan, Tomlinson Middle School enrolls 180 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Westwood Community School District. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 64% leaner than typical.

Westwood Community School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,502 students. Tomlinson Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Tomlinson Middle School lists that 75% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 16% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Tomlinson Middle School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Tomlinson Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at Tomlinson Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household earnings sit near $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Tomlinson Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Thorne Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 205 students in 2018 compared to 180 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Tomlinson Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.