Pontiac Middle School

Pontiac Middle School, a sizable middle school in PONTIAC, Michigan, overseen by Pontiac City School District, hosts 790 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Pontiac Middle School sits 57% bigger than that benchmark.

Pontiac City School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,773 students; Pontiac Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Pontiac Middle School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 42% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 5% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Oakland County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Pontiac Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Pontiac High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Pontiac Middle School operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 46%: 541 students in 2018 compared to 790 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 41% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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