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Madison Heights, Michigan - 5 schools
An equity score of 78/100 ranks Madison District Public Schools #28 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,379 per pupil, Madison District Public Schools ranks #65 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
914
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$17,379
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Madison District Public Schools operates 5 public schools serving 914 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 2 high, 1 middle 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 $17,379 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 34.1% local, 46.9% state, and 19.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 78/100, ranked #28 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 229.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 71.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.2% African American, 32.0% White, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Madison District Early Childhood Education Center, with a diversity index of 66.7/100.
Its largest campus is Madison Elementary School, enrolling 411 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Madison Preparatory High School, at 5 students, a 82x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Madison Elementary School accounts for 45.0% of all Madison District Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Madison District Public Schools-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.
Madison District Public Schools school enrollment varies 82× across entities
Madison District Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 411 students (highest), a spread of 406 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Madison District Public Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 74.4% 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 approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Madison District Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 229:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Madison District Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 71.6% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Madison District Public Schools'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 Madison District Public Schools?
Madison District Public Schools has 5 schools, including 2 combined, 2 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 914 students.
How much does Madison District Public Schools spend per student?
Madison District Public Schools spends $17,379 per student. The district has an equity score of 78/100, ranking #28 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Madison District Public Schools?
Madison District Public Schools students are 57.2% African American, 32.0% White, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Madison District Public Schools?
Madison District Public Schools has an equity score of 78/100, ranking #28 out of 707 districts in Michigan.