At $39,667 per pupil, Autrain-Onota Public Schools ranks #9 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Autrain-Onota Public Schools operates 1 public schools serving 24 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 Alger County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $39,667 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 82 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 78.0% local, 9.1% state, and 12.9% 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 20.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.0% White, 15.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Autrainonota Public School, enrolling 20 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Autrainonota Public School accounts for 83.3% of all Autrain-Onota Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Autrain-Onota Public Schools a distant remainder — means Autrain-Onota Public Schools-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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Autrain-Onota Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 20.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Autrain-Onota Public Schools is typically wider than the Autrain-Onota Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.