Pierce Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in WATERFORD, Michigan, Pierce Middle School caters to 733 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Waterford School District. That puts it 46% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Pierce Middle School is one of 17 schools operated by Waterford School District, a district that hosts 6,641 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pierce Middle School lists that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Oakland County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at Pierce Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Oakland County's rate of about 32%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pierce Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.9%, the actual is 34.0%, a residual of -8.0 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Oakland County) records that median household earnings sit near $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which Pierce Middle School is one.

Waterford Kettering High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pierce Middle School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 41.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pierce Middle School has declined 22%, going from 940 students in 2018 to 733 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 69% across the same window.

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