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Morley, Michigan - 3 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Morley Stanwood Community Schools #204 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,990 per pupil, Morley Stanwood Community Schools ranks #369 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,065
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,990
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Morley Stanwood Community Schools operates 3 public schools serving 1,065 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Mecosta County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,990 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 22.5% local, 58.1% state, and 19.3% 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 59/100, ranked #204 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 66.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.3% White, 3.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Morley Stanwood Elementary School, with a diversity index of 20.8/100.
Morley Stanwood Elementary School accounts for 41.0% of all Morley Stanwood Community Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Morley Stanwood Community 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.
Morley Stanwood Community Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 61.4% 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). 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.
Morley Stanwood Community Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 66.7% — 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 Morley Stanwood Community Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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