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Okemos, Michigan - 7 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Okemos Public Schools #543 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,042 per pupil, Okemos Public Schools ranks #353 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,593
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$13,042
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Okemos Public Schools operates 7 public schools serving 4,593 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Ingham County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,042 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 40.5% local, 54.1% state, and 5.4% 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 37/100, ranked #543 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, notably less 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 (13 AP courses district-wide), a 673.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.9% White, 24.6% Asian, 6.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Okemos Public Montessoricentral, with a diversity index of 64.6/100.
Its largest campus is Okemos High School, enrolling 1,496 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Okemos Public Montessoricentral, at 326 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Okemos High School accounts for 32.2% of all Okemos Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Okemos Public 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.
Okemos Public Schools school enrollment varies 4.6× across entities
Okemos Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 326 students (lowest) to 1,496 students (highest), a spread of 1,170 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.
Okemos Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 673:1 — 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.
Okemos Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 25.1% — 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 Okemos Public Schools is typically wider than the Okemos Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Okemos Public Schools has 7 schools, including 1 high, 3 elementary, 1 middle, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 4,593 students.
How much does Okemos Public Schools spend per student?
Okemos Public Schools spends $13,042 per student. The district has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #543 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Okemos Public Schools?
Okemos Public Schools students are 54.9% White, 24.6% Asian, 6.4% African American, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Okemos Public Schools?
Okemos Public Schools has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #543 out of 707 districts in Michigan.