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Midland, Michigan - 1 schools
At $10,850 per pupil, Academic and Career Education Academy ranks #714 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
98
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$10,850
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Academic and Career Education Academy operates 1 public schools serving 98 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Midland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,850 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 3.8% local, 79.6% state, and 16.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 85:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 78.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.2% White, 8.2% African American, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Academic and Career Education Academy accounts for 86.7% of all Academic and Career Education Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Academic and Career Education Academy a distant remainder — means Academic and Career Education Academy-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.
Academic and Career Education Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 85.7% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Academic and Career Education Academy student-counselor ratio is 85:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Academic and Career Education Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 78.8% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Comparisons are relative to Academic and Career Education Academy's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Academic and Career Education Academy?
Academic and Career Education Academy has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 98 students.
How much does Academic and Career Education Academy spend per student?
Academic and Career Education Academy spends $10,850 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Academic and Career Education Academy?
Academic and Career Education Academy students are 88.2% White, 8.2% African American, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.