Middle · Michigan

Waldon Middle School

Waldon Middle School, a public middle school in Lake Orion, Michigan: grades 6–8, 514 students, 14.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lake Orion Community 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
514
Teachers (FTE)
36.8
Students per teacher
14.0
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 92% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 17.5 · 490 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 55% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 51% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 503 · 491 schools compared

Smaller than 51% 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%

64%proficient

−0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 82% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 47% · 491 middle schools compared

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

Math

Michigan: 35%

51%proficient

−3.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 84% of middle schools in Michigan

Median 30% · 491 middle schools compared

511 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
Area
Large suburb

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

Location

Address
2509 Waldon Rd, Lake Orion, MI 48360
Phone
(248)391-1100

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
6–844613.069%54%
5–893316.661%51%
Mason Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–873116.536%21%
Pontiac Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–879019.916%6.1%
6–893817.054%38%
Pierce Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–873318.345%22%

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 262073005743