An equity score of 92/100 ranks Crescent Academy #3 of 702 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,324 per pupil, Crescent Academy ranks #118 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
709
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,324
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Crescent Academy operates 3 public schools serving 709 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 combined, 1 middle 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 Oakland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,324 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 2.2% local, 71.9% state, and 25.9% 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 92/100, ranked #3 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.
a 665.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 71.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 99.1% African American, 0.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Crescent Academy Elementary, with a diversity index of 2.2/100.
Its largest campus is Crescent Academy Elementary, enrolling 265 students (40% of the district's total enrollment).
Crescent Academy Elementary accounts for 37.4% of all Crescent Academy student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Crescent Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Crescent Academy reports 90.9% 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.
Crescent Academy student-counselor ratio is 666:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Crescent Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 71.4% — 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.