Lenawee Isd

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Adrian, Michigan - 3 schools

462
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
-
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types

District-Level NCES Analysis

Lenawee Isd operates 3 public schools serving 462 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 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 Lenawee County.

The funding mix is 61.3% local, 29.0% state, and 9.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.

and 47.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.3% White, 11.1% Hispanic or Latino, 5.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Maurice Spear Campus, with a diversity index of 55.8/100.

Its largest campus is Milton C Porter Ed Center, enrolling 105 students (61% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Maurice Spear Campus, at 21 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.

Milton C Porter Ed Center accounts for 22.7% of all Lenawee Isd student enrollment

That concentration means Lenawee Isd-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.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Lenawee Isd school enrollment varies 5.0× across entities

Lenawee Isd school enrollment ranges from 21 students (lowest) to 105 students (highest), a spread of 84 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.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Lenawee Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 51.7% 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.

Source: ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system

Lenawee Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 47.6% — 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.

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22

Where does the funding come from?

9.7%
Federal
29.0%
State
61.3%
Local

Student Demographics

Average demographic composition across 3 schools in Lenawee Isd.

White 80.3%
Hispanic or Latino 11.1%
African American 5.4%
Multiracial 2.9%

Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.

Student-body diversity

Average diversity index 31.5/100

Average Simpson diversity index across Lenawee Isd's schools, below the Michigan average of 36.2.

Most mixed schools

  1. 1 Maurice Spear Campus 55.8
  2. 2 Milton C Porter Ed Center 22.7
  3. 3 Jclisd Academy a Regional Middle College 15.9

Programs & Resources

47.6%
Chronically Absent

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.

Schools in Lenawee Isd

School Enrollment
Milton C Porter Ed Center
105
Jclisd Academy a Regional Middle College
46
Maurice Spear Campus
21

How Lenawee Isd Compares to Similar-Size Districts

The Michigan districts closest to this one in total enrollment.

District Enrollment Spending Funding Mix
Pickford Public Schools Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
Taylor Preparatory High School Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
Brimley Area Schools Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
Montcalm Area Isd Similar size No spending data Less locally funded
Pellston Public Schools Similar size No spending data Similar funding mix

Comparisons are relative to Lenawee Isd's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many schools are in Lenawee Isd?

Lenawee Isd has 3 schools, including 2 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 462 students.

What is the demographic composition of Lenawee Isd?

Lenawee Isd students are 80.3% White, 11.1% Hispanic or Latino, 5.4% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.