An equity score of 68/100 ranks Ecorse Public Schools #94 of 702 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,606 per pupil, Ecorse Public Schools ranks #32 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,119
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$22,606
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ecorse Public Schools operates 6 public schools serving 1,119 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 elementary, 1 high 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 Wayne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,606 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 19.0% local, 49.9% state, and 31.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 68/100, ranked #94 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 340:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 77.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.9% African American, 11.6% White, 11.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Downriver Digital Academy, with a diversity index of 59.5/100.
Its largest campus is Ecorse Community High School, enrolling 340 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Downriver Digital Academy, at 25 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ecorse Community High School accounts for 29.6% of all Ecorse Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ecorse Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Ecorse Public Schools school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Ecorse Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 25 students (lowest) to 340 students (highest), a spread of 315 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Ecorse Public Schools reports 85.9% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Ecorse Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 340:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Ecorse Public Schools is typically wider than the Ecorse Public Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Ecorse Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 77.3% — 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.
Ecorse Public Schools has 6 schools, including 3 combined, 2 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 1,119 students.
How much does Ecorse Public Schools spend per student?
Ecorse Public Schools spends $22,606 per student. The district has an equity score of 68/100, ranking #94 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Ecorse Public Schools?
Ecorse Public Schools students are 73.9% African American, 11.6% White, 11.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Ecorse Public Schools?
Ecorse Public Schools has an equity score of 68/100, ranking #94 out of 702 districts in Michigan.