Muskegon Area Isd operates 2 public schools serving 1,534 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Muskegon County.
The funding mix is 43.3% local, 31.1% state, and 25.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 44.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.1% White, 19.4% African American, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Wesley School, enrolling 127 students (86% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Lakeshore Learning Center, at 21 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Muskegon Area Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 44.1% — 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.
Muskegon Area Isd has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 1,534 students.
What is the demographic composition of Muskegon Area Isd?
Muskegon Area Isd students are 66.1% White, 19.4% African American, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.