Project Search

Project Search is an one-room-style 9-12 campus in WEST BLOOMFIELD, Michigan, operated by West Bloomfield School District. The school teaches 1 students in grade UG. That puts it 100% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Project Search is one of 11 schools operated by West Bloomfield School District, a district that caters to 4,949 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Project Search shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (100%). By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 1.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Oakland County put the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Project Search is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

Forest Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Project Search has edged down 83%, going from 6 students in 2018 to 1 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 0% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 6.0:1 in 2018 to 1.0:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Project Search community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.