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Indian River, Michigan - 2 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Inland Lakes Schools #208 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,985 per pupil, Inland Lakes Schools ranks #137 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
621
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,985
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Inland Lakes Schools operates 2 public schools serving 621 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary 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 Cheboygan County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,985 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 62.7% local, 21.8% state, and 15.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 59/100, ranked #208 of 707 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.
a 332:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 50.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.2% White, 1.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Inland Lakes Secondary School, enrolling 348 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Inland Lakes Secondary School accounts for 52.4% of all Inland Lakes Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Inland Lakes Schools a distant remainder — means Inland Lakes 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.
Inland Lakes Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 61.1% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Inland Lakes Schools student-counselor ratio is 332:1 — 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 Inland Lakes Schools is typically wider than the Inland Lakes Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Inland Lakes Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 50.6% — 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.