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Ludington, Michigan - 1 schools
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District-Level NCES Analysis
West Shore Educational Service District operates 1 public schools serving 357 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 Mason County.
The funding mix is 52.1% local, 36.2% state, and 11.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 57.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.8% White, 11.1% Hispanic or Latino, 6.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Developmental Classroomswsesd, enrolling 117 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Developmental Classroomswsesd accounts for 32.8% of all West Shore Educational Service District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means West Shore Educational Service District-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.
West Shore Educational Service District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 74.5% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
West Shore Educational Service District chronic absenteeism rate is 57.3% — 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 West Shore Educational Service District'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 West Shore Educational Service District?
West Shore Educational Service District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 357 students.
What is the demographic composition of West Shore Educational Service District?
West Shore Educational Service District students are 77.8% White, 11.1% Hispanic or Latino, 6.0% African American, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.