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Owendale, Michigan - 2 schools
At $13,388 per pupil, Owendale-Gagetown Area School District ranks #303 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
151
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$13,388
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Owendale-Gagetown Area School District operates 2 public schools serving 151 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 Huron County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,388 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 31.2% local, 52.1% state, and 16.7% 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 52.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.2% White, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools.
Owendalegagetown Jrsr High School accounts for 45.7% of all Owendale-Gagetown Area School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Owendale-Gagetown Area School District a distant remainder — means Owendale-Gagetown Area School District-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.
Owendale-Gagetown Area School District reports 72.3% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Owendale-Gagetown Area School District chronic absenteeism rate is 52.8% — 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 Owendale-Gagetown Area School District'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 Owendale-Gagetown Area School District?
Owendale-Gagetown Area School District has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 151 students.
How much does Owendale-Gagetown Area School District spend per student?
Owendale-Gagetown Area School District spends $13,388 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Owendale-Gagetown Area School District?
Owendale-Gagetown Area School District students are 91.2% White, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.