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Oak Park, Michigan - 7 schools
An equity score of 69/100 ranks Berkley School District #83 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,673 per pupil, Berkley School District ranks #60 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,913
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$17,673
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Berkley School District operates 7 public schools serving 3,913 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 3 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Oakland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,673 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 83 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 22.8% local, 66.5% state, and 10.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 69/100, ranked #83 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (29 AP courses district-wide), a 537:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 22.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.3% White, 14.7% African American, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Norup International School, with a diversity index of 58.3/100.
Its largest campus is Berkley High School, enrolling 1,200 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Pattengill Elementary School, at 295 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Berkley High School accounts for 30.7% of all Berkley School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Berkley School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Berkley School District school enrollment varies 4.1× across entities
Berkley School District school enrollment ranges from 295 students (lowest) to 1,200 students (highest), a spread of 905 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Berkley School District student-counselor ratio is 537:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Berkley School District chronic absenteeism rate is 22.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Berkley School District is typically wider than the Berkley School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Berkley School District has 7 schools, including 3 combined, 4 elementary. Total enrollment is 3,913 students.
How much does Berkley School District spend per student?
Berkley School District spends $17,673 per student. The district has an equity score of 69/100, ranking #83 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Berkley School District?
Berkley School District students are 75.3% White, 14.7% African American, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Berkley School District?
Berkley School District has an equity score of 69/100, ranking #83 out of 707 districts in Michigan.