An equity score of 74/100 ranks Wellspring Preparatory High School #50 of 702 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,303 per pupil, Wellspring Preparatory High School ranks #248 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$15,303
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wellspring Preparatory High School operates 1 public schools serving 307 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Kent County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,303 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 15.8% local, 70.4% state, and 13.7% 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 74/100, ranked #50 of 702 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 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), and 84.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 43.4% African American, 21.0% White, 19.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Wellspring Preparatory High School accounts for 87.0% of all Wellspring Preparatory High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Wellspring Preparatory High School a distant remainder — means Wellspring Preparatory High School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Wellspring Preparatory High School reports 64.8% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Wellspring Preparatory High School chronic absenteeism rate is 84.3% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Wellspring Preparatory High School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Wellspring Preparatory High School?
Wellspring Preparatory High School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 307 students.
How much does Wellspring Preparatory High School spend per student?
Wellspring Preparatory High School spends $15,303 per student. The district has an equity score of 74/100, ranking #50 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Wellspring Preparatory High School?
Wellspring Preparatory High School students are 43.4% African American, 21.0% White, 19.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Wellspring Preparatory High School?
Wellspring Preparatory High School has an equity score of 74/100, ranking #50 out of 702 districts in Michigan.