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Saint Ignace, Michigan - 3 schools
An equity score of 64/100 ranks St. Ignace Area Schools #147 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,802 per pupil, St. Ignace Area Schools ranks #230 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
420
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,802
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 $13,802 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 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 64/100, ranked #147 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.
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 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.
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 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 52.3% 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.
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 $13,802 per student. The district has an equity score of 64/100, ranking #147 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 64/100, ranking #147 out of 707 districts in Michigan.