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Ironwood, Michigan - 2 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County #407 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,942 per pupil, Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County ranks #379 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
728
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$12,942
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County operates 2 public schools serving 728 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Gogebic County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,942 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 21.4% local, 43.5% state, and 35.1% 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 #407 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 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 385:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 57.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.4% White, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Luther L Wright K12 School, enrolling 770 students (94% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Gogebic Co Community Education, at 45 students, a 17x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Luther L Wright K12 School accounts for 94.5% of all Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County a distant remainder — means Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County-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.
Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 67.3% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County student-counselor ratio is 385:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County chronic absenteeism rate is 57.2% — 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 Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County'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 Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County?
Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 728 students.
How much does Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County spend per student?
Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County spends $12,942 per student. The district has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #407 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County?
Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County students are 83.4% White, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County?
Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #407 out of 707 districts in Michigan.