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Saline, Michigan - 8 schools
An equity score of 45/100 ranks Saline Area Schools #416 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,867 per pupil, Saline Area Schools ranks #141 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,870
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$14,867
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Saline Area Schools operates 8 public schools serving 4,870 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 3 high, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Washtenaw County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,867 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 44.8% local, 49.0% state, and 6.1% 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 45/100, ranked #416 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 2 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (27 AP courses district-wide), a 511.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 13.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.9% White, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Harvest Elementary School, with a diversity index of 44.0/100.
Its largest campus is Saline High School, enrolling 1,519 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Young Adult Program, at 17 students, a 89x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Saline High School accounts for 31.2% of all Saline Area Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Saline Area Schools-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.
Saline Area Schools school enrollment varies 89× across entities
Saline Area Schools school enrollment ranges from 17 students (lowest) to 1,519 students (highest), a spread of 1,502 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Saline Area Schools student-counselor ratio is 511:1 — 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.
Saline Area Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 13.5% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Saline Area Schools has 8 schools, including 3 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. Total enrollment is 4,870 students.
How much does Saline Area Schools spend per student?
Saline Area Schools spends $14,867 per student. The district has an equity score of 45/100, ranking #416 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Saline Area Schools?
Saline Area Schools students are 79.9% White, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% Asian, 2.3% African American, averaged across 8 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Saline Area Schools?
Saline Area Schools has an equity score of 45/100, ranking #416 out of 707 districts in Michigan.