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Kaleva Norman Dickson School District

Brethren, Michigan · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

514
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
31
Classroom teachers (FTE)
16.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 41
  • Grade 1 44
  • Grade 2 40
  • Grade 3 40
  • Grade 4 31
  • Grade 5 44
  • Grade 6 49
  • Grade 7 41
  • Grade 8 44
  • Grade 9 34
  • Grade 10 29
  • Grade 11 46
  • Grade 12 31

By race/ethnicity

  • White 88%
  • Hispanic/Latino 4%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 4%
  • Black or African American 3%
  • Two or more races <1%
  • Asian <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

71% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 367 of 514 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 67%
  • Reduced-price lunch 4%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$15,418 spent per student on day-to-day operations Michigan median: $14,724 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,350
  • Support services $5,836
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,232

Where the money comes from

  • Local 44%
  • State 42%
  • Federal 14%

Total revenue $10.3 milliontotal spending $9.3 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

75

District office

4400 N HIGH BRIDGE RD, Brethren MI 49619

County

Manistee County

Official website

NCES District ID

2620010

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About Kaleva Norman Dickson School District

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

It is our mission to help learners of all ages to develop the skills to succeed.KND is located in the eastern half of Manistee county.  It is located 20 minutes from Lake Michigan. It is approximately 25 miles east of Manistee and 35 miles west of Cadillac. Its area is covered in a wilderness setting with many natural features including the Big and Little Manistee Rivers, the Manistee National Forest, the Pine River, and Bear Creek.Our district covers over 350 square miles, yet we have less than 1,000 students K-12. Due to the large size of our district many of our bus drivers log almost 100 miles a day!The name Kaleva Norman Dickson is a combination of the three townships in the district.KND was originally 10 (?) separate, small rural school districts. These districts were combined in 1963 to form the present district.There are three schools in the district. Kaleva & Wellston elementary, and Brethren middle/high school.There are about 622 students in the entire school district -as of 11/14/2011.
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