Laker Middle School

Located at 6136 PIGEON RD, in PIGEON, Michigan, Laker Middle School is a tight-knit intermediate school that teaches 225 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker Schools. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 55% leaner than typical.

Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 982 students. Laker Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Laker Middle School logs that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Huron County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Laker Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 38.3%, a residual of -7.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Huron County shows median household income runs about $58,870, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Laker Middle School is one of 27 public schools in Huron County (combined enrollment of about 4,235 students).

Nearest neighbor: Laker High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Laker Middle School.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 8%: 208 students in 2018 compared to 225 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 95% to 91% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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