Graphic 11 displays the 50 school districts receiving the most students through Schools of Choice. It displays a district’s total enrollment for the 2011-12 school year, its Schools of Choice enrollment and the percent of its total enrollment made up by School of Choices students.
This information does not include nonresident students entering districts through other means, such as paying tuition. While many districts, such as the Clintondale and Corunna school districts, receive nearly all nonresident students through Schools of Choice, others, such as Carrollton and Berkley, receive a large proportion of nonresident students through other means.
The Clintondale school district receives the largest number of students through Schools of Choice, with 2,547 of its 3,715 K-12 students coming to the district through the program. Oak Park receives the next-largest amount, with 1,825 students, or 44 percent of its enrollment. DPS is the 14th district, enrolling 1,033 students through Schools of Choice, but this amounted to just 1.6 percent of the district’s total enrollment. In total, 227 Michigan school districts enroll 10 percent or more of their students come from Schools of Choice programs.
Graphic 11: Largest Enrollment Gains
Per Schools of Choice, 2011-12
Rank |
District |
SOC Enroll-ment |
Total Enroll-ment |
Percent SOC |
1 |
Clintondale |
2,547 |
3,715 |
68.56% |
2 |
Oak Park |
1,825 |
4,181 |
43.65% |
3 |
West Bloomfield |
1,728 |
6,523 |
26.49% |
4 |
Lakeview (Macomb) |
1,587 |
3,795 |
41.82% |
5 |
Fraser |
1,399 |
5,277 |
26.51% |
6 |
Utica |
1,276 |
28,697 |
4.45% |
7 |
Dearborn Heights #7 |
1,186 |
2,909 |
40.77% |
8 |
Warren Consolidated |
1,176 |
15,473 |
7.60% |
9 |
Riverview |
1,154 |
2,832 |
40.75% |
10 |
L'Anse Creuse |
1,124 |
11,768 |
9.55% |
11 |
Inkster |
1,109 |
2,660 |
41.69% |
12 |
Holt |
1,107 |
5,846 |
18.94% |
13 |
Southgate |
1,080 |
5,387 |
20.05% |
14 |
Detroit |
1,033 |
66,132 |
1.56% |
15 |
Ypsilanti |
1,021 |
3,654 |
27.94% |
16 |
Ferndale |
961 |
3,712 |
25.89% |
17 |
Saginaw |
934 |
7,896 |
11.83% |
18 |
Chippewa Valley |
913 |
16,207 |
5.63% |
19 |
Lakeview (Calhoun) |
865 |
3,920 |
22.07% |
20 |
Allen Park |
853 |
3,777 |
22.58% |
21 |
Lake Shore (Macomb) |
845 |
3,554 |
23.78% |
21 |
Westwood |
845 |
2,748 |
30.75% |
23 |
Berkley |
841 |
4,606 |
18.26% |
24 |
Carrollton |
835 |
2,050 |
40.73% |
25 |
Corunna |
829 |
2,243 |
36.96% |
26 |
Western |
819 |
2,927 |
27.98% |
27 |
Jenison |
814 |
4,652 |
17.50% |
28 |
Warren Woods |
776 |
3,409 |
22.76% |
29 |
Bangor Township |
746 |
2,533 |
29.45% |
30 |
East Lansing |
736 |
3,423 |
21.50% |
31 |
Pennfield |
729 |
2,100 |
34.71% |
32 |
Madison (Lenawee) |
699 |
1,521 |
45.96% |
33 |
Saginaw Township |
696 |
5,060 |
13.75% |
34 |
Waterford |
675 |
10,933 |
6.17% |
35 |
Wyandotte |
659 |
3,961 |
16.64% |
36 |
Melvindale-North Allen Park |
651 |
2,844 |
22.89% |
37 |
Garden City |
641 |
4,758 |
13.47% |
38 |
Royal Oak |
623 |
5,172 |
12.05% |
39 |
Hartland |
619 |
5,598 |
11.06% |
40 |
Huron Valley |
595 |
9,918 |
6.00% |
41 |
Troy |
590 |
12,306 |
4.79% |
42 |
Jonesville |
578 |
1,469 |
39.35% |
43 |
Roseville |
564 |
5,233 |
10.78% |
44 |
Clawson |
560 |
1,794 |
31.22% |
45 |
Milan |
557 |
2,586 |
21.54% |
46 |
Oxford |
554 |
4,875 |
11.36% |
47 |
Swan Valley |
550 |
1,815 |
30.30% |
48 |
Brighton |
546 |
6,130 |
8.91% |
49 |
Madison (Oakland) |
544 |
1,332 |
40.84% |
50 |
Berrien Springs |
543 |
2,140 |
25.37% |
Source: Center for Educational Performance and Information.