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Pontiac, Michigan - 1 schools
At $23,210 per pupil, Life Skills Center of Pontiac ranks #19 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$23,210
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 $23,210 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 83 of 821 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 dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Life Skills Center of Pontiac has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 91.9% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
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 $23,210 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.