Summary:
Zip code 48383 is home to just one middle school, White Lake Middle School, which serves grades 6 through 8 and is part of the Huron Valley Schools district, enrolling 525 students in a suburban area northwest of Detroit.
White Lake Middle School is a strong performer overall, earning a 4-star rating and ranking in the 79th percentile statewide (190 out of 896 Michigan middle schools) for the 2025-2026 school year. Its state ranking has improved steadily over three years, climbing from the 66th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 79th percentile now. The school’s biggest academic strengths are in 8th-grade Social Studies (68.5% proficiency) and 8th-grade Science (52.4% proficiency), both well above state averages. However, math is a clear weak spot: while 6th and 7th-grade math proficiency (36.9% and 36.2%) is slightly above state averages, 8th-grade PSAT math proficiency is just 39.8%—a dramatic 34-point gap compared to 74% proficiency in 8th-grade PSAT English Language Arts. This suggests literacy skills are far stronger than math skills, which is the most important area for parents to watch.
One notable contradiction is that the school’s high academic ranking coexists with a chronic absenteeism rate of 26.0%—higher than the district average of 22.6% but slightly better than the state average of 27.9%. This means over a quarter of students are missing significant school days, yet those who attend regularly are performing well. About 37.9% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating moderate economic diversity. The school spends $14,288 per student and has a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1. Test scores have shown some year-over-year volatility (e.g., 6th-grade ELA jumped from 33.7% to 47.5% proficiency), which may reflect changing student cohorts. Compared to its district, White Lake Middle School outperforms in 6th-grade ELA and 8th-grade Science but lags in 7th-grade ELA and middle-school math, making it a school with distinct subject-area strengths and weaknesses rather than uniform performance.
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