DPS lost the most students to Schools of Choice during the 2011-12 school year. More than 7,800 students used the program to leave DPS to attend other districts. The district with the next-highest losses is Lansing, which saw 2,572 students leave the district to enroll in a different public school.
The figure below shows the 50 districts with the largest enrollment losses under Schools of Choice. Eight of the districts below saw more than a third of their resident students leave for other districts through Schools of Choice: Madison (47 percent), Clintondale (46 percent), Mount Clemens (44 percent), Albion (44 percent), Ecorse (41 percent), Willow Run (39 percent), East Detroit (38 percent) and River Rouge (37 percent).
Of the 50 districts listed below, 16 appear both on the top-50 and bottom-50 list. Clintondale, a district where 69 percent of the enrolled students are Schools of Choice students, also saw 988 students leave using Schools of Choice. Overall, the district had a net gain of 1,559 students. Other districts that appear on both the top- and bottom-50 lists are Chippewa Valley, Detroit, Ferndale, L’Anse Creuse, Madison (Oakland), Oak Park, Roseville, Saginaw Township, Saginaw, Inkster, Ypsilanti, Utica, Warren Consolidated, Waterford and Westwood.
Graphic 12: Largest Enrollment Losses Per Schools of Choice, 2011-2012
Rank |
District Name |
Exiting via SOC |
Percent Exiting |
1 |
Detroit |
7,856 |
10.77% |
2 |
Lansing |
2,572 |
17.10% |
3 |
East Detroit |
2,202 |
37.60% |
4 |
Pontiac |
2,100 |
27.90% |
5 |
Jackson |
1,816 |
24.08% |
6 |
Saginaw |
1,784 |
20.40% |
7 |
Battle Creek |
1,646 |
23.80% |
8 |
Roseville |
1,543 |
24.84% |
9 |
Lincoln Park |
1,436 |
24.57% |
10 |
Benton Harbor |
1,348 |
30.54% |
11 |
Bay City |
1,336 |
13.95% |
12 |
Adrian |
1,203 |
29.17% |
13 |
Warren Consolidated |
1,143 |
7.40% |
14 |
Mount Clemens |
1,020 |
44.21% |
15 |
Oak Park |
1,020 |
30.21% |
16 |
Taylor |
1,005 |
12.06% |
17 |
Clintondale |
988 |
45.83% |
18 |
Southfield |
921 |
11.27% |
19 |
Willow Run |
903 |
39.38% |
20 |
Chippewa Valle |
827 |
5.13% |
21 |
Van Dyke |
823 |
21.59% |
22 |
Waterford |
770 |
6.98% |
23 |
Howell |
747 |
8.75% |
24 |
Owosso |
716 |
18.55% |
25 |
Madison (Madison Heights) |
708 |
47.33% |
26 |
Saginaw Township |
675 |
13.40% |
27 |
Albion |
651 |
44.32% |
28 |
New Haven |
634 |
32.55% |
29 |
Lincoln Consolidated |
605 |
12.49% |
30 |
Flint |
602 |
5.90% |
31 |
Van Buren |
571 |
10.54% |
32 |
Ecorse |
534 |
40.73% |
33 |
Inkster |
530 |
25.47% |
34 |
South Lake |
521 |
24.19% |
35 |
Utica |
517 |
1.85% |
36 |
Port Huron |
493 |
4.84% |
37 |
Hillsdale |
491 |
26.37% |
38 |
Woodhaven-Brownstown |
490 |
9.77% |
39 |
Ypsilanti |
481 |
15.45% |
40 |
Hudsonville |
481 |
7.49% |
41 |
Wayne-Westland |
474 |
3.82% |
42 |
Tecumseh |
473 |
14.93% |
43 |
Holly |
471 |
12.33% |
44 |
Niles |
470 |
11.79% |
45 |
Northwest |
455 |
14.42% |
46 |
Westwood |
443 |
18.88% |
47 |
Ferndale |
437 |
13.71% |
48 |
L'Anse Creuse |
425 |
3.84% |
49 |
River Rouge |
404 |
37.30% |
50 |
Kalamazoo |
378 |
2.93% |
Source: Center for Educational Performance and Information.