Centennial Middle School

Centennial Middle School is a middle school of substantial scale in SOUTH LYON, Michigan, part of South Lyon Community Schools, serveing 898 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 79% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Within South Lyon Community Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 8,231 students, Centennial Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Centennial Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Centennial Middle School shows 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 18% of students at Centennial Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Centennial Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.3%; this one delivers 52.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Oakland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Centennial Middle School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

The closest other public school is SPECIAL EDUCATION, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Centennial Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Centennial Middle School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 58.8%.

Centennial Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Centennial Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 939 (now 898). The Asian share of enrollment increased from 5% to 10% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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