Lakeville Middle School, Otisville MI

Original Research by School Decision on Lakeville Middle School

LakeVille Middle School sits in Otisville, a small rural village in northeastern Genesee County where M-57 meets M-15. The village is compact, with a cluster of stores and small businesses near that highway junction, and its economy leans on agriculture and residents who commute southwest to Flint for work. Publicly reported sources describe Otisville as a place of quiet, small-town character with churches, community events, and locally owned businesses. The village's population has been drifting downward over recent census cycles, and no major housing developments or growth projects surfaced in available sources. The village website does reference a public school system with active, participating parents, which suggests some civic anchor in the schools despite the community's modest size.

The school serves grades five through eight and has an enrollment that is small for its grade band, with students spread fairly evenly across the four grades. The student body is predominantly white, with a small Hispanic presence and very small Black and multiracial populations. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Information on English learners and special education enrollment was not available in the data provided, so those population details remain unclear.

State assessment results from the most recent school year paint a mixed and generally sobering academic picture. In math, proficiency is low across the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades, with only a small fraction of students meeting benchmarks. Eighth grade math, assessed through the PSAT, shows a higher share reaching proficiency, though still modest. English language arts follows a similar pattern: the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades post low proficiency rates, while eighth grade stands out with a majority of students proficient on the PSAT. Science and social studies results are available only for grades five and eight, and they follow the same trend, with eighth grade consistently outperforming fifth grade. The gap between the younger and older grades is wide enough that a parent may want to look into this further with the school, to understand what drives the difference and what supports are in place for students in the earlier grades. Against the comparison set of districts in Genesee County, LakeVille Middle's overall proficiency sits below the midpoint.

Because this is a middle school serving only grades five through eight, there is no graduation rate to report, and that metric does not apply to this school. Chronic absenteeism data was not available. Discipline, course access, staffing, and attendance information were all absent from the provided data, so those dimensions of school environment could not be assessed.

The housing market around Otisville is relatively affordable compared with state and national benchmarks. Home values in the school's zip code sit well below the state benchmark, and the county-level market shows rising listing prices and homes moving at a moderate pace. Mortgage costs remain a factor given current interest rates, but the price-to-income ratio suggests the area is more accessible than many markets. Rental data for the immediate area was not available.

For a family considering this school, the central questions are academic. The proficiency results, particularly in the younger grades and in math, are low, and the school's standing among its Genesee County peers reflects that. At the same time, the eighth grade results suggest some students are finding their footing by the end of middle school, especially in English language arts and social studies. Whether that represents a trajectory the school builds deliberately or a pattern that varies from year to year is something a parent would want to discuss directly with the administration. The community is small, rural, and affordable, with a school that serves as one of its civic anchors, but the academic data here warrants close attention.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 58%

School 8% · District 8%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 64%

School 4% · District 4%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 79%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 822%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 514%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 612%

School 12% · District 12%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 718%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 54%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Science

Grade 514%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 27%

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 511%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

This schoolLakeVille Community School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income14%Higher-income13%1 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income16%Higher-income21%5 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income48%Higher-income72%24 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 8Lower-income16%Higher-income39%23 pp gap