📍 22201 Powers Ave, Dearborn Heights, Wayne County, 48125
Oakley W Best Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Dearborn Heights, Wayne County. The school has 586 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Dearborn Heights School District #7 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Oakley W Best Middle School enrolls 586 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 21% Black or African American and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 349 | 60% |
| Black or African American | 125 | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 71 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 5.1% |
| Asian | 6 | 1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
478 of the school's 586 students (82%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 442 qualify for free lunch and 36 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Oakley W Best Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 5, state house district 13.
Oakley W Best Middle School is one of 6 schools in Dearborn Heights School District #7, based in DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Michigan. The district serves 2,387 students district-wide and employs 171 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 586 students, Oakley W Best Middle School is larger than the district average of about 398 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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