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Lansing, Michigan - 1 schools
An equity score of 73/100 ranks Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy #60 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,277 per pupil, Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy ranks #499 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy operates 1 public schools serving 348 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 Ingham County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,277 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 5.6% local, 77.7% state, and 16.7% 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 73/100, ranked #60 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.
and 92.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.0% African American, 8.9% Hispanic or Latino, 3.5% White across the district's schools.
Midmichigan Leadership Academy accounts for 90.8% of all Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy a distant remainder — means Mid-Michigan Leadership 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.
Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.7% 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.
Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 92.7% — 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 Mid-Michigan Leadership 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 Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy?
Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 348 students.
How much does Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy spend per student?
Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy spends $12,277 per student. The district has an equity score of 73/100, ranking #60 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy?
Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy students are 68.0% African American, 8.9% Hispanic or Latino, 3.5% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy?
Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy has an equity score of 73/100, ranking #60 out of 707 districts in Michigan.