At $19,143 per pupil, Pathways Academy ranks #69 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Pathways Academy operates 1 public schools serving 119 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 Wayne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,143 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 82 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 7.0% local, 80.4% state, and 12.6% 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 140:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 79.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.1% African American, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pathways Academy, enrolling 140 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 33.6% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (119 to 159 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 10.0 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $2,407,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 23.6% went to instruction, 71.1% to support services, and 2.1% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Pathways Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Pathways Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pathways Academy a distant remainder — means Pathways Academy-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.
Pathways Academy reports 99.2% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Pathways Academy student-counselor ratio is 140:1 — 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.
Pathways Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 79.3% — 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.
Pathways Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 119 students.
How much does Pathways Academy spend per student?
Pathways Academy spends $19,143 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Pathways Academy?
Pathways Academy students are 97.1% African American, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.