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Bloomfield Hills, Michigan - 9 schools
An equity score of 68/100 ranks Bloomfield Hills Schools #96 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,272 per pupil, Bloomfield Hills Schools ranks #24 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,143
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$22,272
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bloomfield Hills Schools operates 9 public schools serving 5,143 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 3 combined, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $22,272 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 55.9% local, 39.0% state, and 5.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 68/100, ranked #96 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 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (21 AP courses district-wide), a 264.4:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 23.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.4% White, 8.7% African American, 8.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wing Lake Developmental Center, with a diversity index of 61.1/100.
Its largest campus is Bloomfield Hills High School, enrolling 1,481 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Wing Lake Developmental Center, at 85 students, a 17x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Bloomfield Hills High School accounts for 28.4% of all Bloomfield Hills Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bloomfield Hills Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Bloomfield Hills Schools school enrollment varies 17× across entities
Bloomfield Hills Schools school enrollment ranges from 85 students (lowest) to 1,481 students (highest), a spread of 1,396 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Bloomfield Hills Schools student-counselor ratio is 264:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Bloomfield Hills Schools is typically wider than the Bloomfield Hills Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Bloomfield Hills Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 23.7% — 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 Bloomfield Hills Schools is typically wider than the Bloomfield Hills Schools-aggregate figure suggests.