An equity score of 69/100 ranks St. Ignace Area Schools #88 of 702 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,443 per pupil, St. Ignace Area Schools ranks #151 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
420
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,443
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
St. Ignace Area Schools operates 3 public schools serving 420 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 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 Mackinac County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,443 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 37.1% local, 45.6% state, and 17.3% 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 69/100, ranked #88 of 702 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 117:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 50.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 32.8% White, 23.7% African American, 0.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is St Ignace Elementarymiddle School, with a diversity index of 57.4/100.
St Ignace Elementarymiddle School accounts for 57.1% of all St. Ignace Area Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of St. Ignace Area Schools a distant remainder — means St. Ignace Area Schools-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.
St. Ignace Area Schools school enrollment varies 80× across entities
St. Ignace Area Schools school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 240 students (highest), a spread of 237 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.
St. Ignace Area Schools reports 54.4% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
St. Ignace Area Schools student-counselor ratio is 117:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
St. Ignace Area Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 50.7% — 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.
St. Ignace Area Schools has 3 schools, including 2 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 420 students.
How much does St. Ignace Area Schools spend per student?
St. Ignace Area Schools spends $16,443 per student. The district has an equity score of 69/100, ranking #88 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of St. Ignace Area Schools?
St. Ignace Area Schools students are 32.8% White, 23.7% African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for St. Ignace Area Schools?
St. Ignace Area Schools has an equity score of 69/100, ranking #88 out of 702 districts in Michigan.