Summary:
Zip code 48755 (Pigeon, Michigan) is home to just one middle school, Laker Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 with 225 students as part of the Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker Schools district.
Laker Middle School is a solid, mid-tier school in Michigan, ranking 396th out of 896 middle schools statewide (56th percentile) with a 3-star rating. Its performance has been stable over three years, hovering between the 54th and 58th percentiles. The school shows a clear academic split: it excels in humanities and social studies, but struggles significantly in mathematics. In the most recent school year, 8th graders scored 59.7% proficient in Social Studies (9.4 points above the state) and 71.2% proficient on the PSAT ELA section (6.4 points above the state). However, math proficiency is a persistent weakness, with 7th-grade math at just 21.3% — a full 12 points below the state average — and 8th-grade PSAT math at 23.3%, nearly 10 points below. Science performance also declined notably, dropping from 44.4% to 36.1% proficiency year-over-year, falling below the state average.
Despite nearly 47% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, the school boasts an exceptional chronic absenteeism rate of just 13.8% — less than half the Michigan average of 27.9% — indicating strong attendance and family engagement. The student-teacher ratio is 16.9:1 with per-student spending at $15,018. The most concerning trend is the year-over-year volatility in 6th-grade ELA, which dropped 6.1 points from above to below the state average. For parents, this school offers a supportive environment with excellent attendance and strong reading and social studies instruction, but the persistent math gap — especially in 7th grade — represents the clearest area needing attention and may warrant asking about math intervention programs.
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