About South Lake Schools
South Lake Schools is a public school system serving Macomb County, Michigan, based in Saint Clair Shores. It serves 1,406 students across 4 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #281 largest of Michigan’s 880 school systems.
Size and structure
South Lake Schools enrolls 1,406 students in 4 schools — an average of about 352 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #281 of 880 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in South Lake Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,406 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
South Lake Schools employs about 89 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 15.8:1 — below the Michigan average of about 16.5:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 236.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Michigan funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for South Lake Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Michigan reports accountability through MI School Data, hosting the federally required MI School Index (0–100 across ESSA components such as proficiency, growth, graduation, English-learner progress and chronic absenteeism) and a Parent Dashboard. Look up South Lake Schools on the MI School Data Parent Dashboard.
Accreditation status
Michigan has no state accreditation requirement; the Michigan Department of Education directs districts to Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor used across the state. Look up South Lake Schools in the free Cognia registry.
South Lake Schools vs. Michigan
See every Michigan district side by side in the Michigan directory.
Look up South Lake Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):