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Rogers City, Michigan - 2 schools
An equity score of 60/100 ranks Rogers City Area Schools #195 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,814 per pupil, Rogers City Area Schools ranks #145 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
452
Total Enrollment
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$14,814
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Rogers City Area Schools operates 2 public schools serving 452 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary 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 Presque Isle County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,814 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 35.4% local, 49.7% state, and 14.9% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 60/100, ranked #195 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 532:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 36.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.4% White, 1.2% Asian, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Rogers City High School, enrolling 252 students (58% of the district's total enrollment).
Rogers City High School accounts for 55.8% of all Rogers City Area Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Rogers City Area Schools a distant remainder — means Rogers City Area 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.
Rogers City Area Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 58.3% 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.
Rogers City Area Schools student-counselor ratio is 532:1 — 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.
Rogers City Area Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 36.5% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Rogers City Area Schools has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 452 students.
How much does Rogers City Area Schools spend per student?
Rogers City Area Schools spends $14,814 per student. The district has an equity score of 60/100, ranking #195 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Rogers City Area Schools?
Rogers City Area Schools students are 94.4% White, 1.2% Asian, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Rogers City Area Schools?
Rogers City Area Schools has an equity score of 60/100, ranking #195 out of 707 districts in Michigan.