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Grand Haven, Michigan - 13 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Grand Haven Area Public Schools #380 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,336 per pupil, Grand Haven Area Public Schools ranks #179 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,411
Total Enrollment
13
Schools
$14,336
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Grand Haven Area Public Schools operates 13 public schools serving 5,411 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 combined, 3 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Ottawa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,336 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 44.7% local, 48.4% state, and 6.8% 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 47/100, ranked #380 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 13 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), and 79.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.9% White, 8.6% Hispanic or Latino, 3.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lake Hills Elementary School, with a diversity index of 42.4/100.
Its largest campus is Grand Haven High School, enrolling 1,630 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Career Development School, at 6 students, a 272x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Grand Haven High School accounts for 30.1% of all Grand Haven Area Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Grand Haven Area Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Grand Haven Area Public Schools school enrollment varies 272× across entities
Grand Haven Area Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 1,630 students (highest), a spread of 1,624 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Grand Haven Area Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 79.9% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Grand Haven Area Public Schools'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 Grand Haven Area Public Schools?
Grand Haven Area Public Schools has 13 schools, including 3 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle, 8 combined. Total enrollment is 5,411 students.
How much does Grand Haven Area Public Schools spend per student?
Grand Haven Area Public Schools spends $14,336 per student. The district has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #380 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Grand Haven Area Public Schools?
Grand Haven Area Public Schools students are 81.9% White, 8.6% Hispanic or Latino, 3.0% African American, 1.8% Asian, averaged across 13 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Grand Haven Area Public Schools?
Grand Haven Area Public Schools has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #380 out of 707 districts in Michigan.