West Bloomfield Middle School

Set in W BLOOMFIELD, Michigan, West Bloomfield Middle School is a sprawling middle school, part of West Bloomfield School District. It instructs 1,008 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 101% larger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

West Bloomfield Middle School is one of 11 schools operated by West Bloomfield School District, a district that instructs 4,949 students overall.

In terms of who attends, West Bloomfield Middle School records that the most-represented group is Black (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 39% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 13% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, West Bloomfield Middle School lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, West Bloomfield Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 52.3%; this one comes in at 37.8%, -14.4 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Oakland County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Oakland County's 345 public schools (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students), West Bloomfield Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Sheiko Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Bloomfield Middle School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. West Bloomfield Middle School's enrollment has grew 53% since 2018, when it stood at 660 (now 1,008). White enrollment moved from 57% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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