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Pierce Middle School

5145 HATCHERY RD, WATERFORD, MI 48329 · (248) 674-0331 · Oakland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL733 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Michigan public middle schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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 middle schools

Enrollment
733
Middle
DISTRICT 732 · STATE 502
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
403 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 622130%
Grade 724734%
Grade 826536%
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
50569%
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
9613%
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
7010%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
172%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
395%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
41%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
37651%
Female
35749%

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
38.6%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
25.5%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Pierce Middle School

Pierce Middle School's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Pierce Middle School this school73355.0%34.0%
Woodrow Wilson School
WYANDOTTE
86952.7%27.3%
Hahn Intermediate School
DAVISON
81254.7%40.1%
Mona Shores Middle School
MUSKEGON
93052.2%33.6%
Davidson Middle School
SOUTHGATE
66362.0%34.4%
Legg Middle School
COLDWATER
61660.9%40.6%
Matched among Michigan middle 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 Pierce Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Oakland County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
34.0%#307 of 397#38 of 41
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
25.5%#304 of 380#38 of 41
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
38.6%#230 of 377#32 of 40
Enrollment
ranked largest first
733#80 of 491#15 of 46
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
18.3:1#297 of 436#29 of 45
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
49.6%#133 of 437#19 of 45
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
55.0%#176 of 477#7 of 46
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-22.0%#68 of 339#11 of 35
Ranked against other public middle 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 2024-25
Enrollment
733
-70 (-9%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 804
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-257334018.3:155% (403)
2023-2474238.519.3:152% (386)
2022-2374536.920.2:158% (434)
2020-218034617.5:151% (409)
2017-1894052.517.9:153% (499)
2015-161,0135119.9:151% (516)
2010-111,1325919.2:139% (447)
2000-019274421.1:114% (126)
1990-91804N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pierce Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 22% (940 to 733); teachers down 24% (52.5 to 40).

About Pierce Middle School

Pierce Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Waterford School District, located in WATERFORD, Michigan. The latest federal count shows 733 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Michigan is about 502 students, so this school is 46% larger than average.

Enrollment across the 17 schools in Waterford School District totals 6,641 students.

A majority of students at Pierce Middle School, 69%, are White. Next come 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, about 69% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Pierce Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.

Teacher staffing is 40 full-time equivalents, or about 18.3 students per teacher. Among middle schools in Michigan, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. About 55% of students, or 403, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Oakland County is 32%.

Pierce Middle School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of Michigan public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Pierce Middle School would be expected to post about 41.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.0%.

According to the American Community Survey, in Oakland County, median household income is about $97,760, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 345 public schools operate in Oakland County, serving about 169,926 students.

Waterford Kettering High School is located about 0.4 miles from Pierce Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Pierce Middle School ranks 4th on proficiency.

The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Pierce Middle School had 803 students in 2020-21 and 733 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease.

The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Pierce Middle School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.

Oakland County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Pierce Middle School
District
Waterford School District
Address
5145 HATCHERY RD, WATERFORD, MI 48329
Phone
(248) 674-0331
County
Oakland County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
733
Teachers (FTE)
40
Student–teacher ratio
18.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
403 (55%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
263531007135
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Waterford School District
Other schools in WATERFORD
Other Pierce Middle schools

3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pierce Middle. Pierce Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 4.

Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Pierce Middle School
How many students attend Pierce Middle School?
Pierce Middle School enrolls approximately 733 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Pierce Middle School serve?
Pierce Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pierce Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pierce Middle School is approximately 18.3:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pierce Middle School?
At Pierce Middle School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Pierce Middle School?
Pierce Middle 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.
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