White Lake Middle School

Set in WHITE LAKE, Michigan, White Lake Middle School is a reasonably sized intermediate school, run under Huron Valley Schools. It hosts 525 students across grades 5 through 8.

Huron Valley Schools runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 7,372 students. White Lake Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, White Lake Middle School shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Oakland County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, White Lake Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.5%; this one delivers 42.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Oakland County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,760, 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), White Lake Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lakewood Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), White Lake Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 51.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. White Lake Middle School's enrollment has declined 24% since 2018, when it stood at 691 (now 525). Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.