At $61,097 per pupil, Detour Area Schools ranks #2 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Detour Area Schools operates 2 public schools serving 93 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 Chippewa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $61,097 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 82 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 79.8% local, 15.1% state, and 5.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 34.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.3% White, 3.2% African American, 1.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Drummond Island Elem School, enrolling 53 students (54% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 2.2% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (93 to 91 students), and the student-teacher ratio widened by 0.9 students per teacher despite the decline, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $6,244,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 48.8% went to instruction, 39.9% to support services, and 1.5% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Drummond Island Elem School accounts for 54.1% of all Detour Area Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Detour Area Schools a distant remainder — means Detour Area Schools-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. 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.
Detour Area Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 34.5% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Detour Area Schools has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 93 students.
How much does Detour Area Schools spend per student?
Detour Area Schools spends $61,097 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Detour Area Schools?
Detour Area Schools students are 81.3% White, 3.2% African American, 1.9% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.