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Addison, Michigan - 3 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Addison Community Schools #350 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,750 per pupil, Addison Community Schools ranks #237 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
717
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,750
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Addison Community Schools operates 3 public schools serving 717 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Lenawee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,750 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 45.4% local, 34.8% state, and 19.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 50/100, ranked #350 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 368.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 56.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.2% White, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Addison Elementary School, with a diversity index of 20.9/100.
Its largest campus is Addison Elementary School, enrolling 328 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Addison Elementary School accounts for 45.7% of all Addison Community Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Addison Community Schools a distant remainder — means Addison Community Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Addison Community Schools school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities
Addison Community Schools school enrollment ranges from 164 students (lowest) to 328 students (highest), a spread of 164 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Addison Community Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 50.8% 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 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.
Addison Community Schools student-counselor ratio is 368:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Addison Community Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 56.7% — 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.
How many schools are in Addison Community Schools?
Addison Community Schools has 3 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 717 students.
How much does Addison Community Schools spend per student?
Addison Community Schools spends $13,750 per student. The district has an equity score of 50/100, ranking #350 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Addison Community Schools?
Addison Community Schools students are 90.2% White, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Addison Community Schools?
Addison Community Schools has an equity score of 50/100, ranking #350 out of 707 districts in Michigan.