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Walled Lake Central High School

Serves grades 8 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1600 E Oakley Park Rd
Commerce Township, MI 48390
Phone
(248) 956-4700
District
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
County
OAKLAND COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1135
Classroom Teachers
62

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

7

(10 is best)

Better than 66.0% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Walled Lake Central High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
45%
41%
53%
52%
37%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
18
17
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 8 0 0.0%
Grade 9 273 24.1%
Grade 10 274 24.1%
Grade 11 262 23.1%
Grade 12 325 28.6%
Total 1135 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 77.4% 74.4% 67.0%
Black 11.0% 10.0% 19.1%
Hispanic 6.1% 7.8% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.9% 7.6% 3.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.3% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 35.5% 32.7% 51.6%
Free lunch eligible 33.2% 30.3% 47.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.3% 2.4% 3.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 111,069 10,037,261
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,234.4 178
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.1% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.2% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.7% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.9% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 19.1% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 47,160 4,040,168
Single Parent Households With Children 5.3% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.5% 91.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 47.6% 31.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 27.1% 17.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.6% 16.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.6% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.1% 16.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.8% 15.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.9% 10.8%
$15,000 or less 6.0% 9.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,024 $107,895,000 41.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,231 $14,714,000 5.7%
Staff $511 $6,116,000 2.4%
General Administration $79 $946,000 0.4%
School Administration $783 $9,360,000 3.6%
Operation $1,033 $12,353,000 4.8%
Transportation $517 $6,176,000 2.4%
Other $711 $8,507,000 3.3%
Total Support $4,865 $58,172,000 22.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $7,804 $93,309,000 36.0%
Total Expenditures $21,692 $259,376,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,536 $10,809,800,000 44.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,150 $1,649,683,000 6.8%
Staff $740 $1,061,145,000 4.4%
General Administration $283 $406,356,000 1.7%
School Administration $737 $1,057,416,000 4.4%
Operation $1,207 $1,731,060,000 7.1%
Transportation $452 $647,918,000 2.7%
Other $795 $1,139,917,000 4.7%
Total Support $5,364 $7,693,495,000 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,016 $5,760,700,000 23.7%
Total Expenditures $16,916 $24,263,995,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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