NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Oak Park, MI

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

11 public K-12 schools in Oak Park from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

4,813

Students

33.5/100

Avg Resource Index

25.1:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Oak Park has more public-school enrollment than 54% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Oak Park's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

7 of Oak Park's 11 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

High measured need meets a thin staffing ratio

Oak Park's reporting schools show 72.1% free-lunch eligibility across measured enrollment, alongside an average 25.1:1 student-teacher ratio. These are separate constraints: one describes the economic context of enrolled students and the other compares student and teacher headcounts. The 70-point gap between Lessenger Early Childhood Center and Oak Park Virtual Academy is therefore more useful than the city mean alone. A school with a similar ratio may still report different counselor access, attendance, or gifted-program availability, so open the campus records before drawing conclusions about student support.

City enrollment: Top 46%
School count: Top 35%
Resource Index average: 20th percentile
Teacher staffing: 1st percentile

Oak Park High School accounts for 16.6% of all Oak Park public-school enrollment

That concentration means Oak Park-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-11

Oak Park school enrollment varies 15× across entities

Oak Park school enrollment ranges from 54 students (lowest) to 798 students (highest), a spread of 744 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-11

Oak Park reports 72.1% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-11

Oak Park student-teacher ratio is 25.1:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-11

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Lessenger Early Childhood Center	80	54	Combined	Oak Park School District of the City of
2.	Oak Park High School	55	798	high	Oak Park School District of the City of
3.	Nova Discipline Academy	51	108	Combined	Oak Park School District of the City of
4.	Norup International School	34	672	elementary	Berkley School District
5.	Oak Park Preparatory Academy	31	707	middle	Oak Park School District of the City of
6.	Oak Park Service Learning Academy Opsla	27	212	Combined	Detroit Service Learning Academy
7.	Ferndale Upper Elementary Campus	26	501	elementary	Ferndale Public Schools
8.	Einstein Elementary School	21	387	Combined	Oak Park School District of the City of
9.	Pepper Elementary School	17	416	Combined	Oak Park School District of the City of
10.	Key Elementary School	16	516	Combined	Oak Park School District of the City of
11.	Oak Park Virtual Academy	10	442	Combined	Oak Park School District of the City of

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Oak Park

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

1 Ferndale Upper Elementary Campus 58.4/100
2 Norup International School 58.3/100
3 Key Elementary School 16.7/100
4 Pepper Elementary School 12.8/100
5 Einstein Elementary School 12.8/100

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Which Oak Park school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lessenger Early Childhood Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Oak Park schools in this federal-data comparison at 80/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Oak Park, MI? ▼

Oak Park has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,813 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 25.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.