Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 263531007128
Houghton Elementary School
8080 ELIZABETH LAKE RD, WHITE LAKE, MI 48386 · (248) 698-9230 · Oakland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
162 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 30% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 211% larger than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
41.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
40.5%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Houghton Elementary School
Houghton Elementary School's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houghton Elementary School this school | 278 | 58.3% | 41.4% |
| Pullen Elementary School MOUNT PLEASANT | 303 | 62.7% | N/A |
| Knudsen Elementary School WATERFORD | 278 | 64.4% | 36.5% |
| Park Elementary School THREE RIVERS | 262 | 53.1% | 33.6% |
| Mary McGuire School MOUNT PLEASANT | 276 | 60.5% | 28.6% |
| Beaumont Elementary School WATERFORD | 298 | 61.1% | 45.6% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Houghton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #679 of 1,085 | #121 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #665 of 1,072 | #119 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #744 of 1,139 | #128 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #1,172 of 1,630 | #155 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #335 of 1,424 | #44 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #454 of 1,424 | #79 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #733 of 1,563 | #37 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #661 of 979 | #76 of 118 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
278
+29 (+12%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 278 | 19.4 | 14.3:1 | 58% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 18.6 | 13.9:1 | 55% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 227 | 17 | 13.3:1 | 57% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 249 | 16 | 15.6:1 | 53% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 19.8 | 15.3:1 | 62% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 55% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 40% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 16 | 24.9:1 | 10% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 245 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Houghton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (302 to 278); teachers down 2% (19.8 to 19.4).
About Houghton Elementary School
Houghton Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in WHITE LAKE, Michigan, (ZIP code 48386). It reported 278 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Michigan have about 369 students on average; enrollment here is 25% lower.
Waterford School District, which runs Houghton Elementary School, has 17 schools and 6,641 students.
More than half of the students at Houghton Elementary School are White (68%). The rest of enrollment is 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 6% multiracial. That is in line with Oakland County, where about 69% of residents are White. The diversity index for Houghton Elementary School is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Houghton Elementary School is 14.3:1, based on 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1. Lunch program data show 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Oakland County is 32%.
Among Michigan public elementary schools, Houghton Elementary School outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Houghton Elementary School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Michigan schools.
The school is in Oakland County, where median household income comes to about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Oakland County counts 345 public schools with about 169,926 students.
Houghton Elementary School is about 1.3 miles from Dublin Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Houghton Elementary School is 6th of 8 on proficiency.
Federal data place Houghton Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 29 students, from 249 to 278. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.6:1 to 14.3:1.
The allk12 page for Houghton Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waterford School District
- Waterford Mott High SchoolHigh · 963 students
- Waterford Kettering High SchoolHigh · 909 students
- Pierce Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Mason Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Grayson ElementaryElementary · 437 students
- Schoolcraft Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
Other schools in WHITE LAKE
- Lakeland High SchoolHigh · 1,012 students
- White Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Dublin ElementaryElementary · 467 students
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Oxbow Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Harbor High SchoolHigh · 133 students
Other Houghton Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Houghton Elementary. Houghton Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Houghton Elementary SchoolHOUGHTON, MI · 618 students
- Houghton ElementarySterling, MA · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Dublin Elementary1.3 mi · 467
- Beaumont Elementary School1.5 mi · 298
- Oxbow Elementary School2.2 mi · 397
- Knudsen Elementary School2.7 mi · 278
- Riverside Elementary School2.8 mi · 291
- Haviland Elementary School3.0 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About Houghton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Houghton Elementary School?
Houghton Elementary School enrolls approximately 278 students in grades PK-05.
Is Houghton Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Houghton Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Houghton Elementary School have?
Houghton Elementary School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
How diverse is Houghton Elementary School?
Houghton Elementary School reports a student body of 68% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Houghton Elementary School?
Houghton Elementary School is overseen by Waterford School District in Oakland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.