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Reed City, Michigan - 3 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Reed City Area Public Schools #455 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,611 per pupil, Reed City Area Public Schools ranks #443 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,394
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,611
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Reed City Area Public Schools operates 3 public schools serving 1,394 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high 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 Osceola County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,611 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 23.3% local, 62.7% state, and 14.0% 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 43/100, ranked #455 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 471:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 49.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.6% White, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Gt Norman Elementary School, with a diversity index of 21.1/100.
Its largest campus is Gt Norman Elementary School, enrolling 540 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Gt Norman Elementary School accounts for 37.1% of all Reed City Area Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Reed City Area Public Schools-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.
Reed City Area Public Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 52.7% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Reed City Area Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 471:1 — 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.
Reed City Area Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 49.7% — 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 Reed City Area Public 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 Reed City Area Public Schools?
Reed City Area Public Schools has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 1,394 students.
How much does Reed City Area Public Schools spend per student?
Reed City Area Public Schools spends $12,611 per student. The district has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #455 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Reed City Area Public Schools?
Reed City Area Public Schools students are 89.6% White, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Reed City Area Public Schools?
Reed City Area Public Schools has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #455 out of 707 districts in Michigan.