Chassell Township School District operates 1 public schools serving 197 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 other schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 192 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Houghton County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,419 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 22.7% local, 65.7% state, and 11.7% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration. Average teacher compensation clocks in at $66,798 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts.
and 18.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.8% White, 0.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Chassell K12 School accounts for 100.0% of all Chassell Township School District student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Chassell Township School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. 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.
Chassell Township School District chronic absenteeism rate is 18.8% — 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 Chassell Township School District is typically wider than the Chassell Township School District-aggregate figure suggests.