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Manistee, Michigan - 1 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy #586 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,821 per pupil, Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy ranks #771 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy operates 1 public schools serving 3,389 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Manistee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,821 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 83 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.8% local, 87.2% state, and 10.9% 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 34/100, ranked #586 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 983.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, . Demographically, the student body averages 52.7% White, 25.2% African American, 10.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy a distant remainder — means Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy-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.
Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 72.6% 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.
Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy student-counselor ratio is 984:1 — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy'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 Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy?
Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 3,389 students.
How much does Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy spend per student?
Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy spends $9,821 per student. The district has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #586 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy?
Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy students are 52.7% White, 25.2% African American, 10.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy?
Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #586 out of 707 districts in Michigan.