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Fennville, Michigan - 4 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Fennville Public Schools #236 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,335 per pupil, Fennville Public Schools ranks #305 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,247
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,335
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Fennville Public Schools operates 4 public schools serving 1,247 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 combined, 1 middle 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 Allegan County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,335 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 33.9% local, 49.9% state, and 16.1% 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 57/100, ranked #236 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 464.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 44.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.5% White, 47.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Fennville Public High School, with a diversity index of 53.6/100.
Fennville Elementary School accounts for 40.3% of all Fennville Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Fennville Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Fennville Public Schools school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Fennville Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 35 students (lowest) to 503 students (highest), a spread of 468 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.
Fennville Public Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 71.4% 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 approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Fennville Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 464:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Fennville Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 44.9% — 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.
Fennville Public Schools has 4 schools, including 1 combined, 2 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,247 students.
How much does Fennville Public Schools spend per student?
Fennville Public Schools spends $13,335 per student. The district has an equity score of 57/100, ranking #236 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Fennville Public Schools?
Fennville Public Schools students are 48.5% White, 47.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Fennville Public Schools?
Fennville Public Schools has an equity score of 57/100, ranking #236 out of 707 districts in Michigan.