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Marquette, Michigan - 1 schools
At $11,094 per pupil, North Star Montessori Academy ranks #699 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
190
Total Enrollment
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$11,094
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
North Star Montessori Academy operates 1 public schools serving 190 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 Marquette County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,094 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 9.2% local, 71.3% state, and 19.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 145:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 86.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.2% White, 2.1% African American, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is North Star Montessori Academy, enrolling 145 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
North Star Montessori Academy accounts for 76.3% of all North Star Montessori Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of North Star Montessori Academy a distant remainder — means North Star Montessori 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.
North Star Montessori Academy student-counselor ratio is 145:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
North Star Montessori Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 86.9% — 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 North Star Montessori Academy'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 Star Montessori Academy?
North Star Montessori Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 190 students.
How much does North Star Montessori Academy spend per student?
North Star Montessori Academy spends $11,094 per student.
What is the demographic composition of North Star Montessori Academy?
North Star Montessori Academy students are 86.2% White, 2.1% African American, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.