Blanche Sims Elementary School

Blanche Sims Elementary School is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in LAKE ORION, Michigan, one of the schools within Lake Orion Community Schools, teacheing 423 students in grades K through 5.

Within Lake Orion Community Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 6,472 students, Blanche Sims Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Blanche Sims Elementary School records that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Blanche Sims Elementary School reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Blanche Sims Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Oakland County shows median household income runs about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Blanche Sims Elementary School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

The closest other public school is Pine Tree Center, roughly 1.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 485 students in 2018 compared to 423 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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