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Unis Middle School
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat 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 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Unis Middle School
Unis Middle School, a medium-sized intermediate school in DEARBORN, Michigan, overseen by Dearborn City School District, instructs 522 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
Unis Middle School is one of 37 schools operated by Dearborn City School District, a district that caters to 19,197 students overall.
On demographics, Unis Middle School logs that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.
On the income-and-resources front, Unis Middle School logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Unis Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Unis Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.1%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Wayne County) logs that median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Unis Middle School is one of 573 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students).
Nearest neighbor: McCollough Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Unis Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Unis Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.2%.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 624 students in 2018 compared to 522 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the Unis Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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