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Saginaw, Michigan - 1 schools
At $8,961 per pupil, Saginaw Covenant Academy ranks #801 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Saginaw Covenant Academy operates 1 public schools serving 122 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Saginaw County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,961 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 83 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 11.9% local, 74.4% state, and 13.8% 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 62.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.9% African American, 12.7% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Saginaw Covenant Academy, enrolling 221 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Saginaw Covenant Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Saginaw Covenant Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Saginaw Covenant Academy a distant remainder — means Saginaw Covenant Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Saginaw Covenant Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 95.1% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Saginaw Covenant Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 62.0% — 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.
Saginaw Covenant Academy has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 122 students.
How much does Saginaw Covenant Academy spend per student?
Saginaw Covenant Academy spends $8,961 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Saginaw Covenant Academy?
Saginaw Covenant Academy students are 67.9% African American, 12.7% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.