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Sault S Marie, Michigan - 1 schools
At $9,080 per pupil, Lake Superior Academy ranks #795 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Lake Superior Academy operates 1 public schools serving 85 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 Chippewa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,080 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 83 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 2.7% local, 75.7% state, and 21.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 55.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.9% White, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lake Superior Academy, enrolling 93 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Lake Superior Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Lake Superior Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lake Superior Academy a distant remainder — means Lake Superior Academy-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.
Lake Superior Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 55.9% — 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.
Lake Superior Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 85 students.
How much does Lake Superior Academy spend per student?
Lake Superior Academy spends $9,080 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Lake Superior Academy?
Lake Superior Academy students are 69.9% White, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.