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Saint Johns, Michigan - 7 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks St. Johns Public Schools #488 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,951 per pupil, St. Johns Public Schools ranks #561 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,606
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$11,951
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
St. Johns Public Schools operates 7 public schools serving 2,606 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 2 high, 1 middle 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 Clinton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,951 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 28.5% local, 59.7% state, and 11.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 41/100, ranked #488 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (25 AP courses district-wide), a 466.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 50.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.9% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Strive Academy, with a diversity index of 44.6/100.
Its largest campus is St Johns High School, enrolling 790 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Strive Academy, at 38 students, a 21x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
St Johns High School accounts for 30.3% of all St. Johns Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means St. Johns Public 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.
St. Johns Public Schools school enrollment varies 21× across entities
St. Johns Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 38 students (lowest) to 790 students (highest), a spread of 752 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
St. Johns Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 466:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
St. Johns Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 50.9% — 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. Johns Public Schools has 7 schools, including 2 high, 1 middle, 4 combined. Total enrollment is 2,606 students.
How much does St. Johns Public Schools spend per student?
St. Johns Public Schools spends $11,951 per student. The district has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #488 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of St. Johns Public Schools?
St. Johns Public Schools students are 82.9% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for St. Johns Public Schools?
St. Johns Public Schools has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #488 out of 707 districts in Michigan.