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Harbor Beach, Michigan - 3 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Harbor Beach Community Schools #410 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,680 per pupil, Harbor Beach Community Schools ranks #250 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
491
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,680
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Harbor Beach Community Schools operates 3 public schools serving 491 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 elementary, 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 Huron County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,680 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 35.8% local, 46.9% state, and 17.3% 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 46/100, ranked #410 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), and 36.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.0% White, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Harbor Beach Middle School, with a diversity index of 15.1/100.
Harbor Beach Community High School accounts for 44.4% of all Harbor Beach Community Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Harbor Beach Community 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.
Harbor Beach Community Schools school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Harbor Beach Community Schools school enrollment ranges from 100 students (lowest) to 218 students (highest), a spread of 118 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Harbor Beach Community Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 36.8% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Harbor Beach Community Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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