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Whittemore, Michigan - 2 schools
An equity score of 66/100 ranks Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools #121 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,573 per pupil, Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools ranks #269 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools operates 2 public schools serving 689 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 Iosco County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,573 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 28.3% local, 51.2% state, and 20.4% 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 66/100, ranked #121 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 260:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 67.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.9% White, 5.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools.
Whittemoreprescott Area Elementary accounts for 50.4% of all Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools a distant remainder — means Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 78.0% 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.
Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools student-counselor ratio is 260:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools is typically wider than the Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 67.4% — 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 Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools'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 Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools?
Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 689 students.
How much does Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools spend per student?
Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools spends $13,573 per student. The district has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #121 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools?
Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools students are 86.9% White, 5.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools?
Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #121 out of 707 districts in Michigan.