Waterford Montessori Academy

As a tight-knit primary school in WATERFORD, Michigan, Waterford Montessori Academy enrolls 188 students from grades K through 8, operated by Waterford Montessori Academy. Enrollment runs roughly 49% leaner than the state mean of about 369.

Waterford Montessori Academy comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 401 students; Waterford Montessori Academy is among them.

Demographically, Waterford Montessori Academy logs that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 16% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Oakland County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Waterford Montessori Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Waterford Montessori Academy ranks in the top 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 49.1%; Waterford Montessori Academy posts 65.3%, +16.2 points above that line.

In the area at large, Oakland County reports that median household income runs about $97,760, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), Waterford Montessori Academy is one campus in the mix.

Waterford Durant High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Waterford Montessori Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. As a public charter, Waterford Montessori Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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