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Tekonsha, Michigan - 1 schools
At $13,658 per pupil, Tekonsha Community Schools ranks #254 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Tekonsha Community Schools operates 1 public schools serving 185 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Calhoun County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,658 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 23.3% local, 52.0% state, and 24.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), and 56.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.7% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Tekonsha Schools, enrolling 193 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Tekonsha Schools accounts for 100.0% of all Tekonsha Community Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Tekonsha Community Schools a distant remainder — means Tekonsha Community 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.
Tekonsha Community Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 58.9% 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.
Tekonsha Community Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 56.5% — 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.
How many schools are in Tekonsha Community Schools?
Tekonsha Community Schools has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 185 students.
How much does Tekonsha Community Schools spend per student?
Tekonsha Community Schools spends $13,658 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Tekonsha Community Schools?
Tekonsha Community Schools students are 91.7% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.