NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in White Lake, MI

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

8 public K-12 schools in White Lake from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

3,261

Students

32.3/100

Avg Resource Index

16.5:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, White Lake has more public-school enrollment than 33% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. White Lake's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of White Lake's 8 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

White Lake lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 15 to 1,012 students, a 67-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment: Top 67%
School count: Top 54%
Resource Index average: 17th percentile
Teacher staffing: 38th percentile

Lakeland High School accounts for 31.0% of all White Lake public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means White Lake-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

White Lake school enrollment varies 67× across entities

White Lake school enrollment ranges from 15 students (lowest) to 1,012 students (highest), a spread of 997 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

White Lake student-teacher ratio is 16.5:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within White Lake is typically wider than the White Lake-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Harbor High School	45	133	Combined	Huron Valley Schools
2.	Lakewood Elementary School	38	434	elementary	Huron Valley Schools
3.	Dublin Elementary	36	467	Combined	Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
4.	Lakeland High School	34	1,012	Combined	Huron Valley Schools
5.	Oxbow Elementary School	34	397	Combined	Huron Valley Schools
6.	Huron Valley Adult Education	30	15	high	Huron Valley Schools
7.	Houghton Elementary School	23	278	Combined	Waterford School District
8.	White Lake Middle School	18	525	elementary	Huron Valley Schools

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in White Lake

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which White Lake school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Harbor High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the White Lake schools in this federal-data comparison at 45/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in White Lake, MI? ▼

White Lake has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,261 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.