About Oakland Schools
Oakland Schools is a public school system serving Oakland County, Michigan, based in Waterford. It serves 3,214 students across 6 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #111 largest of Michigan’s 880 school systems.
Size and structure
Oakland Schools enrolls 3,214 students in 6 schools — an average of about 536 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #111 of 880 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Oakland Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (3,214 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Oakland Schools employs about 106 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 30.4:1 — above the Michigan average of about 16.5:1. Total district staff is roughly 642.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Michigan funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Oakland Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Michigan reports accountability through MI School Data, hosting the federally required MI School Index (0–100 across ESSA components such as proficiency, growth, graduation, English-learner progress and chronic absenteeism) and a Parent Dashboard. Look up Oakland Schools on the MI School Data Parent Dashboard.
Accreditation status
Michigan has no state accreditation requirement; the Michigan Department of Education directs districts to Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor used across the state. Look up Oakland Schools in the free Cognia registry.
Oakland Schools vs. Michigan
See every Michigan district side by side in the Michigan directory.
Look up Oakland Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):