Allegan Area Educational Service Agency operates 1 public schools serving 389 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Allegan County.
The funding mix is 57.1% local, 31.0% state, and 12.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 34.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.3% White, 12.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Hillside Learning Center, enrolling 92 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Hillside Learning Center accounts for 23.7% of all Allegan Area Educational Service Agency student enrollment
That concentration means Allegan Area Educational Service Agency-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Allegan Area Educational Service Agency reports 50.5% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Allegan Area Educational Service Agency chronic absenteeism rate is 34.8% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Allegan Area Educational Service Agency'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 Allegan Area Educational Service Agency?
Allegan Area Educational Service Agency has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 389 students.
What is the demographic composition of Allegan Area Educational Service Agency?
Allegan Area Educational Service Agency students are 78.3% White, 12.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.