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Port Huron, Michigan - 1 schools
At $13,682 per pupil, East Shore Leadership Academy ranks #249 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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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 $13,682 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 821 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 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.
East Shore Leadership Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 94.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
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 $13,682 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.