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Johannesburg, Michigan - 3 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools #518 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,444 per pupil, Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools ranks #464 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
717
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,444
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools operates 3 public schools serving 717 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 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 Otsego County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,444 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 65.2% local, 25.6% state, and 9.2% 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 39/100, ranked #518 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.
a 205:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 44.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.6% White, 1.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Johannesburglewiston High School, with a diversity index of 13.0/100.
Johannesburglewiston Elementarymiddle School accounts for 43.7% of all Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools-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.
Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools 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.
Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools student-counselor ratio is 205:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 44.3% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools'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 Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools?
Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools has 3 schools, including 2 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 717 students.
How much does Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools spend per student?
Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools spends $12,444 per student. The district has an equity score of 39/100, ranking #518 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools?
Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools students are 93.6% White, 1.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools?
Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools has an equity score of 39/100, ranking #518 out of 707 districts in Michigan.