Sashabaw Middle School

As a high-enrollment intermediate school in CLARKSTON, Michigan, Sashabaw Middle School educates 933 students from grades 5 through 8, one of the schools within Clarkston Community School District. That puts it 86% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Sashabaw Middle School is one of 13 schools operated by Clarkston Community School District, a district that serves 6,670 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Sashabaw Middle School shows that nearly all students (86%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 18% of students at Sashabaw Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Oakland County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sashabaw Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Oakland County put median household earnings sit near $97,760, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Sashabaw Middle School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Sashabaw Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sashabaw Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sashabaw Middle School has fell 14%, going from 1,080 students in 2018 to 933 in 2025.

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