An equity score of 70/100 ranks Carney-Nadeau Public Schools #78 of 702 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,789 per pupil, Carney-Nadeau Public Schools ranks #322 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
270
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,789
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Carney-Nadeau Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 270 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Menominee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,789 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 22.1% local, 65.6% state, and 12.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 70/100, ranked #78 of 702 in Michigan against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 55.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.1% White, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Carneynadeau Public School, enrolling 217 students (86% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Phoenix Alternative High School, at 36 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Carneynadeau Public School accounts for 80.4% of all Carney-Nadeau Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Carney-Nadeau Public Schools a distant remainder — means Carney-Nadeau 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.
Carney-Nadeau Public Schools reports 59.7% 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.
Carney-Nadeau Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 55.3% — 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.