Clear Lake Elementary School

Clear Lake Elementary School is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in OXFORD, Michigan, part of Oxford Community Schools, instructing 425 students in grades K through 5.

Within Oxford Community Schools, which oversees 10 schools and 5,576 students, Clear Lake Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clear Lake Elementary School records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Clear Lake Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.5%; this one delivers 48.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Oakland County indicate median household income runs about $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Clear Lake Elementary School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

The closest other public school is Oxford Virtual Academy, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clear Lake Elementary School at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 55.3%.

Clear Lake Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 507 students in 2018 compared to 425 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 4% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.