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Leland, Michigan - 1 schools
An equity score of 62/100 ranks Leland Public School District #172 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,214 per pupil, Leland Public School District ranks #97 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Leland Public School District operates 1 public schools serving 450 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Leelanau County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,214 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 70.1% local, 13.1% state, and 16.8% 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 62/100, ranked #172 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 421:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 47.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.4% White, 14.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Leland Public School, enrolling 421 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Leland Public School accounts for 93.6% of all Leland Public School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Leland Public School District a distant remainder — means Leland Public School District-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.
Leland Public School District student-counselor ratio is 421:1 — 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.
Leland Public School District chronic absenteeism rate is 47.3% — 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 Leland Public School District'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 Leland Public School District?
Leland Public School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 450 students.
How much does Leland Public School District spend per student?
Leland Public School District spends $16,214 per student. The district has an equity score of 62/100, ranking #172 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Leland Public School District?
Leland Public School District students are 82.4% White, 14.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian, 0.2% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Leland Public School District?
Leland Public School District has an equity score of 62/100, ranking #172 out of 707 districts in Michigan.