The top reported proficiency rate is 48% in English language arts. The lowest is 30% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Page Middle School
Page Middle School is a regular public school serving grades six through eight in the Lamphere Public Schools district, located in Madison Heights, an inner-ring suburb of Detroit in Oakland County. It sits on Tawas Street in a city shaped by its position along Interstate 75 and its mix of residential neighborhoods, commercial strips, and industrial parks. Madison Heights has no traditional downtown; civic life clusters around the municipal complex on Thirteen Mile Road, and the built environment is largely auto-oriented. The city has seen a steady population decline over recent decades, yet it retains a strong commercial and industrial tax base, with a substantial share of revenue coming from light industrial and commercial property rather than residential alone. Publicly reported sources note the city's role in Oakland County's Automation Alley tech corridor and the presence of a large Asian supermarket and Chinese Cultural Center, reflecting a community with some cultural diversity within an otherwise suburban texture.
The school's enrollment is mid-sized for a middle school, with roughly equal numbers across the three grade levels. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is majority white, with Black, Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial students making up the remainder. IEP and English learner counts were not available in the provided data, so those population figures are a gap a parent may want to ask the school about directly.
On state assessments, Page's results tell a mixed but recognizable story. English language arts is the stronger subject, with eighth-grade proficiency reaching a notably high level on the PSAT, and seventh-grade ELA also performing well above the sixth-grade baseline. Math, by contrast, shows lower proficiency across all three grades, with eighth-grade math the weakest area. Science and social studies, both tested in eighth grade, land in a middling range. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits just above the midpoint among districts in Oakland County, which is a competitive county with many high-performing systems. That positioning gives Page a respectable standing relative to its peers, even as the math results suggest an area where some families may want to look further into how the school supports students progressing through the middle-grade transition.
Because Page is a middle school, there is no graduation rate to report, and that metric does not apply to this grade band. Chronic absenteeism data was not available. No program offerings, course access details, staffing figures, or discipline data were provided, which leaves a gap in understanding the full school environment beyond test results. We looked for recent district-level changes such as bonds, curriculum shifts, or budget moves in Lamphere Public Schools but found little that cleared a lasting-impact threshold, so that context is omitted rather than guessed.
Housing in the immediate ZIP code is relatively affordable compared with both the state and national benchmarks, with typical home values well below the Oakland County median listing price. Rents are also modest. The county-level market shows active and new listings both up year over year, with median listing prices slightly declining and homes spending a bit longer on the market than a year ago, suggesting some softening in supply-demand pressure. For families considering a move into the Lamphere attendance area, this means entry costs are lower than in much of Oakland County, and the market is not as tight as it has been in recent years.
Page Middle School fits a family looking for a conventional public middle school experience in an affordable, culturally diverse inner-ring suburb, with solid reading outcomes and a standing near the middle of a strong county. The math results are the clearest soft spot, and the absence of program and staffing data means a full picture requires a conversation with the school itself.
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