Kent Lake Elementary School

Kent Lake Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary-level community in SOUTH LYON, Michigan, one of the schools within South Lyon Community Schools, serves 518 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Kent Lake Elementary School sits 40% larger than that benchmark.

Within South Lyon Community Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 8,231 students, Kent Lake Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Kent Lake Elementary School shows that nearly all students (83%) are White. Other groups include 7% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the income-and-resources front, Kent Lake Elementary School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

After controlling for student poverty, Kent Lake Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.6%, the actual is 52.6%, a residual of -3.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Oakland County) shows that median household income runs about $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%. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Kent Lake Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Ann L Dolsen Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kent Lake Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

Kent Lake Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Kent Lake Elementary School's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 493 (now 518). Class-load math has widened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.