At $12,336 per pupil, Gateway to Success Academy ranks #666 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Gateway to Success Academy operates 1 public schools serving 107 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Mason County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,336 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 9.1% local, 64.9% state, and 26.0% 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 46.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.6% White, 5.6% African American, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Gateway to Success Academy, enrolling 124 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 15.9% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (107 to 124 students), while the student-teacher ratio tightened by 0.8 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $1,566,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 33.5% went to instruction, 50.8% to support services, and 7.5% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Gateway to Success Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Gateway to Success Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Gateway to Success Academy a distant remainder — means Gateway to Success Academy-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. 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.
Gateway to Success Academy reports 76.6% 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.
Gateway to Success Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 46.0% — 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.
How many schools are in Gateway to Success Academy?
Gateway to Success Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 107 students.
How much does Gateway to Success Academy spend per student?
Gateway to Success Academy spends $12,336 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Gateway to Success Academy?
Gateway to Success Academy students are 80.6% White, 5.6% African American, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.