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What advice would you give to incoming students at Walnut Creek Middle School?
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Enrollment
641
Middle
DISTRICT 709 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLED LAKE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS·NCES 263516001081
Walnut Creek Middle School
7601 WALNUT LAKE RD, WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI 48323 · (248) 956-2400 · Oakland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL641 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Michigan public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
238 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 210 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 221 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 210 | 33% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
48.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Walnut Creek Middle School
Walnut Creek Middle School's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Creek Middle School this school | 641 | 37.1% | 53.5% |
| Bemis Junior High School STERLING HEIGHTS | 742 | 43.0% | 48.4% |
| Lakeshore Middle School STEVENSVILLE | 612 | 33.2% | 54.9% |
| Cooper Upper Elementary School WESTLAND | 638 | 34.6% | 43.4% |
| Grand Blanc Middle School East GRAND BLANC | 884 | 37.7% | 55.8% |
| Middle School East CHESTERFIELD | 626 | 33.5% | 40.3% |
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Walnut Creek Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #95 of 397 | #23 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #90 of 380 | #20 of 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #129 of 377 | #24 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 641 | #139 of 491 | #21 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #309 of 436 | #32 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.3% | #180 of 437 | #26 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #309 of 477 | #15 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #217 of 339 | #26 of 35 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
641
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 891
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 21.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 641 | 34.6 | 18.5:1 | 37% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 30.8 | 20.9:1 | 41% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 655 | 30.9 | 21.2:1 | 38% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 664 | 31 | 21.4:1 | 32% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 34.1 | 20.9:1 | 27% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 814 | 41 | 19.9:1 | 18% (148) |
| 2010-11 | 946 | 47 | 20.1:1 | 23% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 891 | 49 | 18.2:1 | 4% (38) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walnut Creek Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (711 to 641); teachers up 1% (34.1 to 34.6).
About Walnut Creek Middle School
Walnut Creek Middle School is a middle school in WEST BLOOMFIELD, Michigan, reachable at (248) 956-2400. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 641 students in 2024-25. The school is 28% bigger than the average for middle schools in Michigan.
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, which runs Walnut Creek Middle School, has 19 schools and 11,640 students.
About 76% of the student body at Walnut Creek Middle School is White. Enrollment also includes 10% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
Walnut Creek Middle School has 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Michigan is 17.5:1. At Walnut Creek Middle School, 37% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Walnut Creek Middle School lands at A-, ahead of 78% of Michigan public middle schools.
Schools in Michigan with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 49.8%. Walnut Creek Middle School scores 53.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Oakland County show that median household income comes to about $97,760, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Oakland County has 345 public schools with about 169,926 students, including Walnut Creek Middle School.
A public school about 1.2 miles away, Pleasant Lake Elementary School, is the closest to Walnut Creek Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 53.5% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 21.4:1 to 18.5:1.
This page is set up for the Walnut Creek Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
- Walled Lake Northern High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Walled Lake Central High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Walled Lake Western High SchoolHigh · 1,033 students
- Clifford H Smart Middle SchoolMiddle · 888 students
- James R Geisler Middle SchoolHigh · 620 students
- Sarah G Banks Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
Other schools in WEST BLOOMFIELD
- West Bloomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,434 students
- Scotch Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Keith Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Sheiko Elementary SchoolElementary · 534 students
- Doherty Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Pleasant Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 461 students
Other Walnut Creek Middle schools
One other US public school is named Walnut Creek Middle. Walnut Creek Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Walnut Creek Middle SchoolFairview, PA · 399 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasant Lake Elementary School1.2 mi · 461
- Project Search1.7 mi · 1
- Mary Helen Guest Elementary School1.9 mi · 337
- Oakley Park Elementary School2.0 mi · 392
- Walled Lake Central High School2.3 mi · 1,182
- Keith Elementary School2.8 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Walnut Creek Middle SchoolHow large is Walnut Creek Middle School?
Walnut Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 641 students in grades 06-08.
Is Walnut Creek Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Walnut Creek Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Walnut Creek Middle School?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Walnut Creek Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Walnut Creek Middle School?
At Walnut Creek Middle School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Walnut Creek Middle School public or private?
Walnut Creek Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Walled Lake Consolidated Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.