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Ferndale Public Schools

Ferndale, Michigan · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

3,137
Students enrolled
7
Public schools
182
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.3:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 35
  • Kindergarten 196
  • Grade 1 161
  • Grade 2 173
  • Grade 3 159
  • Grade 4 147
  • Grade 5 182
  • Grade 6 169
  • Grade 7 181
  • Grade 8 178
  • Grade 9 308
  • Grade 10 310
  • Grade 11 363
  • Grade 12 568
  • Ungraded 7

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 60%
  • White 30%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Hispanic/Latino 3%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,690 of 3,102 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 51%
  • Reduced-price lunch 3%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$15,020 spent per student on day-to-day operations Michigan median: $14,724 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,318
  • Support services $6,139
  • Other (food service, etc.) $563

Where the money comes from

  • Local 35%
  • State 58%
  • Federal 7%

Total revenue $63.6 milliontotal spending $67.9 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

438

District office

2610 PINECREST DR, Ferndale MI 48220

County

Oakland County

Official website

NCES District ID

2614280

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About Ferndale Public Schools

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Our mission is to provide all our students with quality educational programs while promoting the values of diversity and responsible citizenship. The Ferndale Schools focus on Every Child, Every Day, and on high quality teaching and learning expectations for 21st century learners
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