Commerce Elementary School

Commerce Elementary School, an average-sized elementary-level community in COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Michigan, one of the schools within Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, instructs 534 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Commerce Elementary School sits 45% above that benchmark.

Commerce Elementary School is one of 19 schools operated by Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, a district that works with 11,640 students overall.

On demographics, Commerce Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). The remainder looks like 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Commerce Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Commerce Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.2%, the actual is 61.5%, a residual of +3.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Oakland County put median household earnings sit near $97,760, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Commerce Elementary School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

Nearest neighbor: Walled Lake Northern High School, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Commerce Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 55.4%.

Commerce Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Commerce Elementary School's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 646 (now 534).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Commerce Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.