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Ann Arbor, Michigan - 1 schools
At $11,409 per pupil, Multicultural Academy ranks #654 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
191
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$11,409
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Multicultural Academy operates 1 public schools serving 191 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 Washtenaw County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,409 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 1.6% local, 76.1% state, and 22.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 52.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.8% White, 12.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.3% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Multicultural Academy, enrolling 324 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Multicultural Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Multicultural Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Multicultural Academy a distant remainder — means Multicultural 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.
Multicultural Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 76.4% 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 — including this one — 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.
Multicultural Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 52.5% — 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.
Multicultural Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 191 students.
How much does Multicultural Academy spend per student?
Multicultural Academy spends $11,409 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Multicultural Academy?
Multicultural Academy students are 64.8% White, 12.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.3% Asian, 10.2% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.