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Ionia, Michigan - 1 schools
At $18,067 per pupil, Ionia Township S/D #2 ranks #53 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
14
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$18,067
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ionia Township S/D #2 operates 1 public schools serving 14 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Ionia County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,067 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 83 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 38.8% local, 14.9% state, and 46.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 20.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 100.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is North Levalley Elem School, enrolling 10 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
North Levalley Elem School accounts for 71.4% of all Ionia Township S/D #2 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ionia Township S/D #2 a distant remainder — means Ionia Township S/D #2-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Ionia Township S/D #2 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 57.1% 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.
Ionia Township S/D #2 chronic absenteeism rate is 20.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Ionia Township S/D #2 is typically wider than the Ionia Township S/D #2-aggregate figure suggests.