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Ithaca, Michigan - 3 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Ithaca Public Schools #516 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,459 per pupil, Ithaca Public Schools ranks #459 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,020
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,459
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ithaca Public Schools operates 3 public schools serving 1,020 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Gratiot County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,459 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 28.3% local, 60.5% state, and 11.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 39/100, ranked #516 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 442:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 49.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.6% White, 8.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is South Elementary School, with a diversity index of 24.4/100.
Its largest campus is Ithaca High School, enrolling 442 students (46% of the district's total enrollment).
Ithaca High School accounts for 43.3% of all Ithaca Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ithaca Public 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.
Ithaca Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 442:1 — 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.
Ithaca Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 49.3% — 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.
Ithaca Public Schools has 3 schools, including 2 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,020 students.
How much does Ithaca Public Schools spend per student?
Ithaca Public Schools spends $12,459 per student. The district has an equity score of 39/100, ranking #516 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Ithaca Public Schools?
Ithaca Public Schools students are 88.6% White, 8.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Ithaca Public Schools?
Ithaca Public Schools has an equity score of 39/100, ranking #516 out of 707 districts in Michigan.