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Walkerville, Michigan - 1 schools
An equity score of 85/100 ranks Walkerville Public Schools #14 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,172 per pupil, Walkerville Public Schools ranks #99 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Walkerville Public Schools operates 1 public schools serving 276 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 Oceana County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,172 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 20.2% local, 39.1% state, and 40.6% 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 85/100, ranked #14 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.
a 198:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 90.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.7% White, 20.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Walkerville Public School, enrolling 198 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Walkerville Public School accounts for 71.7% of all Walkerville Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Walkerville Public Schools a distant remainder — means Walkerville Public 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.
Walkerville Public Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 77.5% 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 — including this one — 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.
Walkerville Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 198:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Walkerville Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 90.9% — 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.
How many schools are in Walkerville Public Schools?
Walkerville Public Schools has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 276 students.
How much does Walkerville Public Schools spend per student?
Walkerville Public Schools spends $16,172 per student. The district has an equity score of 85/100, ranking #14 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Walkerville Public Schools?
Walkerville Public Schools students are 73.7% White, 20.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Walkerville Public Schools?
Walkerville Public Schools has an equity score of 85/100, ranking #14 out of 707 districts in Michigan.