North Dickinson County Schools operates 1 public schools serving 260 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 Dickinson County.
The funding mix is 45.7% local, 40.2% state, and 14.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 352.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 28.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.2% White, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is North Dickinson School, enrolling 250 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
North Dickinson School accounts for 96.2% of all North Dickinson County Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of North Dickinson County Schools a distant remainder — means North Dickinson County 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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
North Dickinson County Schools student-counselor ratio is 352:1 — 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.
North Dickinson County Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 28.8% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within North Dickinson County Schools is typically wider than the North Dickinson County Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to North Dickinson County Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in North Dickinson County Schools?
North Dickinson County Schools has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 260 students.
What is the demographic composition of North Dickinson County Schools?
North Dickinson County Schools students are 93.2% White, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.