Middle · Michigan

South Lake Middle School

Free meals for all

South Lake Middle School, a public middle school in Saint Clair Shores, Michigan: grades 6–8, 309 students, 17.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of South Lake Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
309
Teachers (FTE)
17.4
Students per teacher
17.8
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 56% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 17.5 · 490 schools compared

More students per teacher than 76% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 74% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 503 · 491 schools compared

Smaller than 74% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Michigan: 45%

22%proficient

−3.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 93% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 47% · 491 middle schools compared

299 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Michigan: 35%

7.0%proficient

+1.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 93% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 30% · 491 middle schools compared

299 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with South Lake Schools.

Location

Address
21621 California St, Saint Clair Shores, MI 48080
Phone
(586)435-1301
City or town
St. Clair Shores

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Harper Woods Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–835322.117%4.0%
5–867116.956%41%
Eastpointe Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–729518.46.8%3.7%
Chandler Park Academy Middle SchoolCharterFree meals for all
6–851418.019%3.0%
Jefferson Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–899019.354%40%
5–860517.867%60%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 263222006749