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Erie, Michigan - 4 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe) #404 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,806 per pupil, Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe) ranks #589 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,028
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,806
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe) operates 4 public schools serving 1,028 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 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 Monroe County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,806 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 18.2% local, 72.3% state, and 9.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 46/100, ranked #404 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 632:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 50.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.3% White, 8.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mason Senior High School, with a diversity index of 32.4/100.
Its largest campus is Mason Central School, enrolling 421 students (43% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mason Virtual Academy, at 20 students, a 21x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mason Central School accounts for 41.0% of all Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe) student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe)-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.
Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe) school enrollment varies 21× across entities
Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe) school enrollment ranges from 20 students (lowest) to 421 students (highest), a spread of 401 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 50.1% 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.
Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe) student-counselor ratio is 632:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe) chronic absenteeism rate is 50.3% — 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 Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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