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Lakeview, Michigan - 3 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm) #386 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,631 per pupil, Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm) ranks #436 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,037
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,631
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm) operates 3 public schools serving 1,037 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 Montcalm County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,631 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 31.0% local, 50.2% state, and 18.8% 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 47/100, ranked #386 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 334.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 37.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.5% White, 5.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lakeview Middle School, with a diversity index of 20.5/100.
Its largest campus is Lakeview High School, enrolling 368 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Lakeview High School accounts for 35.5% of all Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm) student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm)-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.
Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 54.2% 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.
Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm) student-counselor ratio is 334:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm) is typically wider than the Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm)-aggregate figure suggests.
Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm) chronic absenteeism rate is 37.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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