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Battle Creek, Michigan - 1 schools
At $11,246 per pupil, Arbor Academy ranks #682 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Arbor Academy operates 1 public schools serving 192 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Calhoun County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,246 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 1.1% local, 80.4% state, and 18.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 80.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 33.8% White, 29.2% African American, 24.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Arbor Academy, enrolling 154 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Arbor Academy accounts for 80.2% of all Arbor Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Arbor Academy a distant remainder — means Arbor Academy-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.
Arbor Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 80.2% 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.
Arbor Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 80.5% — 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.
Arbor Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 192 students.
How much does Arbor Academy spend per student?
Arbor Academy spends $11,246 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Arbor Academy?
Arbor Academy students are 33.8% White, 29.2% African American, 24.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.