Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Pierce Middle School, Waterford, MI

CEP schoolPierce Middle School is a public middle school in Waterford, part of Waterford School District. It enrolled 733 students in 2024-25, with 18.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 733
Teachers (FTE): 40.0
Students per teacher: 18.3
Grades: 6 to 8

This school's ratio is 3.4 higher than the district figure of 14.9. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.3

District14.9

Michigan16.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 5145 Hatchery Rd, Waterford, MI 48329
Phone: (248)674-0331
District: Waterford School District
County: Oakland County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 263531007135

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 387
Reduced-price lunch: 16
Free or reduced-price lunch: 40355.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Waterford School District

Mason Middle School 731 students

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.