An equity score of 65/100 ranks Morley Stanwood Community Schools #127 of 702 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,255 per pupil, Morley Stanwood Community Schools ranks #253 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,065
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,255
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 $15,255 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 812 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 65/100, ranked #127 of 702 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 largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Morley Stanwood Community Schools reports 62.4% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
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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