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Remus, Michigan - 6 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Chippewa Hills School District #451 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,887 per pupil, Chippewa Hills School District ranks #390 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,814
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$12,887
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Chippewa Hills School District operates 6 public schools serving 1,814 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 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 Mecosta County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,887 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 38.4% local, 46.7% state, and 14.9% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 43/100, ranked #451 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 483:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 58.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.5% White, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mosaic School, with a diversity index of 26.0/100.
Its largest campus is Chippewa Hills Intermediate School, enrolling 503 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mosaic School, at 89 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Chippewa Hills Intermediate School accounts for 27.7% of all Chippewa Hills School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Chippewa Hills School District-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.
Chippewa Hills School District school enrollment varies 5.7× across entities
Chippewa Hills School District school enrollment ranges from 89 students (lowest) to 503 students (highest), a spread of 414 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Chippewa Hills School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 65.3% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Chippewa Hills School District student-counselor ratio is 483:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Chippewa Hills School District chronic absenteeism rate is 58.7% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Chippewa Hills School District'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 Chippewa Hills School District?
Chippewa Hills School District has 6 schools, including 1 elementary, 5 combined. Total enrollment is 1,814 students.
How much does Chippewa Hills School District spend per student?
Chippewa Hills School District spends $12,887 per student. The district has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #451 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Chippewa Hills School District?
Chippewa Hills School District students are 87.5% White, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Chippewa Hills School District?
Chippewa Hills School District has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #451 out of 707 districts in Michigan.