Woodworth Middle School

Woodworth Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack middle school in DEARBORN, Michigan, part of Dearborn City School District. The school hosts 699 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 39% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Dearborn City School District comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 19,197 students; Woodworth Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Woodworth Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Woodworth Middle School has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Woodworth Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 31.9%, a residual of +6.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Wayne County) records that median household earnings sit near $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Woodworth Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: William Ford Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodworth Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodworth Middle School at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 34.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Woodworth Middle School's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 889 (now 699). Class-load math has tightened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Woodworth Middle School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.