At $16,174 per pupil, Way Academy - Flint ranks #172 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Way Academy - Flint operates 1 public schools serving 92 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 Genesee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,174 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 7.6% local, 61.8% state, and 30.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 84.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.5% African American, 21.1% White, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Way Academy Flint Flint Campus accounts for 100.0% of all Way Academy - Flint student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Way Academy - Flint a distant remainder — means Way Academy - Flint-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.
Way Academy - Flint reports 94.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Way Academy - Flint chronic absenteeism rate is 84.2% — 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.
Way Academy - Flint has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 92 students.
How much does Way Academy - Flint spend per student?
Way Academy - Flint spends $16,174 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Way Academy - Flint?
Way Academy - Flint students are 70.5% African American, 21.1% White, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.