At $23,595 per pupil, Life Skills Center of Pontiac ranks #28 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Schools
$23,595
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Life Skills Center of Pontiac operates 1 public schools serving 37 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Oakland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,595 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 82 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 7.6% local, 60.3% state, and 32.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 104:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 75.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.8% African American, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino, 5.8% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Flex High School of Pontiac, enrolling 104 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Flex High School of Pontiac accounts for 100.0% of all Life Skills Center of Pontiac student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Life Skills Center of Pontiac a distant remainder — means Life Skills Center of Pontiac-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Life Skills Center of Pontiac reports 91.9% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Life Skills Center of Pontiac student-counselor ratio is 104:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Life Skills Center of Pontiac chronic absenteeism rate is 75.0% — 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 Life Skills Center of Pontiac'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 Life Skills Center of Pontiac?
Life Skills Center of Pontiac has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 37 students.
How much does Life Skills Center of Pontiac spend per student?
Life Skills Center of Pontiac spends $23,595 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Life Skills Center of Pontiac?
Life Skills Center of Pontiac students are 80.8% African American, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino, 5.8% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.