Walton Charter Academy

Walton Charter Academy is a primary school of sprawling scale in PONTIAC, Michigan, one of the schools within Walton Charter Academy, teacheing 763 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 107% larger than the state mean of about 369.

Walton Charter Academy is a school of Walton Charter Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Walton Charter Academy lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% White, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 5%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at Walton Charter Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Walton Charter Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.2%.

Around the school, Oakland County reports that 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. Walton Charter Academy is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

The closest other public school is Pontiac Academy for Student Success, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walton Charter Academy.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. Walton Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 805 students in 2018 compared to 763 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 33% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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