Childrens Village School

Childrens Village School is a rural-scale all-grades campus in PONTIAC, Michigan, operated by Waterford School District. The school hosts 56 students in grades K through 12. That puts it 80% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 281 students.

Within Waterford School District, which oversees 17 schools and 6,641 students, Childrens Village School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Childrens Village School lists that 55% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 32% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Childrens Village School shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 4.0:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Oakland County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Childrens Village School is one.

Virtual Learning Academy Consortium is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Childrens Village School has shrank 63%, going from 151 students in 2018 to 56 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 46% to 55%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 8.2:1 in 2018 to 4.0:1 today.

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