An equity score of 47/100 ranks Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County #394 of 702 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,547 per pupil, Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County ranks #349 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$14,547
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 $14,547 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 812 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 47/100, ranked #394 of 702 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 largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County reports 57.2% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
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 $14,547 per student. The district has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #394 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 47/100, ranking #394 out of 702 districts in Michigan.