At $13,842 per pupil, East Shore Leadership Academy ranks #453 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
183
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$13,842
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
East Shore Leadership Academy operates 1 public schools serving 183 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 St. Clair County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,842 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 4.1% local, 63.3% state, and 32.6% 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 47.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.0% White, 14.7% African American, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is East Shore Leadership Academy, enrolling 163 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
East Shore Leadership Academy accounts for 89.1% of all East Shore Leadership Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of East Shore Leadership Academy a distant remainder — means East Shore Leadership 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. 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.
East Shore Leadership Academy reports 94.5% 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.
East Shore Leadership Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 47.2% — 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 East Shore Leadership 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 East Shore Leadership Academy?
East Shore Leadership Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 183 students.
How much does East Shore Leadership Academy spend per student?
East Shore Leadership Academy spends $13,842 per student.
What is the demographic composition of East Shore Leadership Academy?
East Shore Leadership Academy students are 62.0% White, 14.7% African American, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.