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De Tour Village, Michigan - 2 schools
At $53,643 per pupil, Detour Area Schools ranks #1 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
93
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$53,643
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
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 $53,643 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 83 of 821 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).
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 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.
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 $53,643 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.