Middle · Michigan
Oakley W Best Middle School
Free meals for allOakley W Best Middle School, a public middle school in Dearborn Heights, Michigan: grades 6–8, 557 students, 15.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Dearborn Heights School District #7.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 557
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.7
- Students per teacher
- 15.2
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 82% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 17.5 · 490 schools compared
More students per teacher than 55% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 57% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 503 · 491 schools compared
Larger than 54% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Michigan: 45%33%proficient
+6.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 81% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 47% · 491 middle schools compared
543 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Michigan: 35%11%proficient
+0.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 86% of middle schools in Michigan
Median 30% · 491 middle schools compared
554 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Dearborn Heights School District #7.
Location
- Address
- 22201 Powers Ave, Dearborn Heights, MI 48125
- Phone
- (313)203-3200
- City or town
- Dearborn Heights
- County
- Wayne County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smith Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 525 | 13.6 | 42% | 29% |
Tomlinson Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 180 | 13.9 | 21% | 6.0% |
Stout Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 698 | 13.3 | 47% | 36% |
Hoover Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 515 | 13.8 | 22% | 6.3% |
Robert J West Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 641 | 17.1 | 30% | 11% |
Bryant Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 781 | 16.8 | 56% | 45% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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