University Middle School Academy

University Middle School Academy operates as a close-knit intermediate school in LATHRUP VILLAGE, Michigan, one of the schools within Southfield Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 338 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 502.

University Middle School Academy is one of 13 schools operated by Southfield Public School District, a district that serves 4,692 students overall.

Looking at the student body, University Middle School Academy records that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, University Middle School Academy logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), University Middle School Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 46.6%, a residual of -1.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Oakland County put the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Oakland County runs 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), of which University Middle School Academy is one.

University Elementary School Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around University Middle School Academy.

University Middle School Academy operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. University Middle School Academy's enrollment has climbed 1066% since 2018, when it stood at 29 (now 338). Class-load math has tightened: from 72.5:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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