Country Oaks Elementary School

Located at 5070 S DUCK LAKE RD, in COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Michigan, Country Oaks Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community that hosts 488 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Huron Valley Schools. That puts it 32% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Within Huron Valley Schools, which oversees 16 schools and 7,372 students, Country Oaks Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Country Oaks Elementary School reports that nearly all students (86%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Country Oaks Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Country Oaks Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.9%, the actual is 47.2%, a residual of -9.7 points.

Across the wider county, 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 roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Country Oaks Elementary School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

Oak Valley Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Country Oaks Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Country Oaks Elementary School has contracted 18%, going from 595 students in 2018 to 488 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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