Lake Fenton Middle School

Lake Fenton Middle School is a reasonably sized junior high in FENTON, Michigan, part of Lake Fenton Community Schools. The school hosts 444 students in grades 6 through 8.

Lake Fenton Community Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,017 students; Lake Fenton Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Lake Fenton Middle School shows that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder consists of 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Genesee County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Lake Fenton Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.4%; Lake Fenton Middle School posts 43.4%, -12.0 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Genesee County put median household income runs about $62,281, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Genesee County runs 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), of which Lake Fenton Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Torrey Hill Intermediate School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Fenton Middle School. On composite proficiency, Lake Fenton Middle School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.6%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 511 students in 2018 compared to 444 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.