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Milan, Michigan - 6 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Milan Area Schools #215 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,268 per pupil, Milan Area Schools ranks #188 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,918
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$14,268
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Milan Area Schools operates 6 public schools serving 1,918 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 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 Monroe County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,268 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 41.5% local, 50.0% state, and 8.5% 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 58/100, ranked #215 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 394.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 53.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.0% White, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Paddock Elementary School, with a diversity index of 33.5/100.
Its largest campus is Milan Middle School, enrolling 526 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Young Adult Program, at 4 students, a 132x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Milan Middle School accounts for 27.4% of all Milan Area Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Milan Area Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Milan Area Schools school enrollment varies 132× across entities
Milan Area Schools school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 526 students (highest), a spread of 522 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.
Milan Area Schools student-counselor ratio is 395:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Milan Area Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 53.2% — 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.
Milan Area Schools has 6 schools, including 3 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,918 students.
How much does Milan Area Schools spend per student?
Milan Area Schools spends $14,268 per student. The district has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #215 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Milan Area Schools?
Milan Area Schools students are 86.0% White, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% African American, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Milan Area Schools?
Milan Area Schools has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #215 out of 707 districts in Michigan.