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Woodland, Michigan - 4 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Lakewood Public Schools #593 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,290 per pupil, Lakewood Public Schools ranks #494 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,653
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,290
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lakewood Public Schools operates 4 public schools serving 1,653 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 2 combined 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 Barry County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,290 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 26.8% local, 61.3% state, and 12.0% 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 34/100, ranked #593 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 375.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 50.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.2% White, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lakewood Early Childhood Center, with a diversity index of 31.0/100.
Its largest campus is Lakewood Middle School, enrolling 514 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Lakewood Early Childhood Center, at 134 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lakewood Middle School accounts for 31.1% of all Lakewood Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lakewood Public 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.
Lakewood Public Schools school enrollment varies 3.8× across entities
Lakewood Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 134 students (lowest) to 514 students (highest), a spread of 380 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Lakewood Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 375:1 — 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.
Lakewood Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 50.5% — 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.
Lakewood Public Schools has 4 schools, including 2 elementary, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 1,653 students.
How much does Lakewood Public Schools spend per student?
Lakewood Public Schools spends $12,290 per student. The district has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #593 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Lakewood Public Schools?
Lakewood Public Schools students are 87.2% White, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lakewood Public Schools?
Lakewood Public Schools has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #593 out of 707 districts in Michigan.