At $14,755 per pupil, Commonwealth Community Development Academy ranks #325 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Commonwealth Community Development Academy operates 1 public schools serving 159 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 Wayne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,755 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 1.7% local, 61.0% state, and 37.3% 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 78.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.3% African American, 2.7% White across the district's schools.
Commonwealth Community Development Academy accounts for 94.3% of all Commonwealth Community Development Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Commonwealth Community Development Academy a distant remainder — means Commonwealth Community Development Academy-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.
Commonwealth Community Development Academy reports 91.8% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Commonwealth Community Development Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 78.0% — 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 Commonwealth Community Development Academy'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 Commonwealth Community Development Academy?
Commonwealth Community Development Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 159 students.
How much does Commonwealth Community Development Academy spend per student?
Commonwealth Community Development Academy spends $14,755 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Commonwealth Community Development Academy?
Commonwealth Community Development Academy students are 97.3% African American, 2.7% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.