An equity score of 70/100 ranks Westwood Heights Schools #71 of 702 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,854 per pupil, Westwood Heights Schools ranks #451 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,907
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,854
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Westwood Heights Schools operates 5 public schools serving 1,907 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary 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 $13,854 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 12.4% local, 69.0% state, and 18.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 70/100, ranked #71 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 365.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 79.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.4% African American, 5.4% White, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Michael Hamady Elementary School, with a diversity index of 30.9/100.
Hamady Community High School accounts for 20.8% of all Westwood Heights Schools student enrollment
That concentration means Westwood Heights Schools-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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Westwood Heights Schools school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities
Westwood Heights Schools school enrollment ranges from 131 students (lowest) to 397 students (highest), a spread of 266 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
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.
Westwood Heights Schools student-counselor ratio is 365:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Westwood Heights Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 79.9% — 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.