An equity score of 42/100 ranks Pontiac Academy for Excellence #486 of 702 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,372 per pupil, Pontiac Academy for Excellence ranks #773 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Pontiac Academy for Excellence operates 1 public schools serving 551 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 Oakland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,372 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 82 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 6.0% local, 64.6% state, and 29.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 42/100, ranked #486 of 702 in Michigan against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 553:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 85.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.6% African American, 26.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% White across the district's schools.
Pontiac Academy for Excellence accounts for 100.0% of all Pontiac Academy for Excellence student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pontiac Academy for Excellence a distant remainder — means Pontiac Academy for Excellence-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.
Pontiac Academy for Excellence reports 95.3% 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.
Pontiac Academy for Excellence student-counselor ratio is 553:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Pontiac Academy for Excellence chronic absenteeism rate is 85.2% — 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 Pontiac Academy for Excellence'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 Pontiac Academy for Excellence?
Pontiac Academy for Excellence has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 551 students.
How much does Pontiac Academy for Excellence spend per student?
Pontiac Academy for Excellence spends $10,372 per student. The district has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #486 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Pontiac Academy for Excellence?
Pontiac Academy for Excellence students are 65.6% African American, 26.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% White, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Pontiac Academy for Excellence?
Pontiac Academy for Excellence has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #486 out of 702 districts in Michigan.