Public schools in Belleville, MI

Belleville has 7 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, enrolling 4,614 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Van Buren Public Schools runs 6 of them.

The 2 districts and agencies that run Belleville's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in BellevilleDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Van Buren Public Schools64,319$16,563
Keystone Academy1629$11,340

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Belleville, 1,669 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Belleville High School1,66922.438.8%Van Buren Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Belleville, 1,136 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Owen Intermediate School57518.546.1%Van Buren Public Schools
McBride Middle School56116.345.3%Van Buren Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 elementary schools in Belleville, 1,809 students

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Belleville's public schools compare with Michigan's

The median Belleville school has 18.4 students per full-time teacher, more than the Michigan median of 16.5. 71% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 41% across the state. Its median school enrolls 561 students (state 360).

Belleville against Michigan, schools open in 2024-25 with students
BellevilleMichigan
Median students per teacher18.416.5
Median school size (students)561360
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)71%41%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%76%
Charter schools14%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 7 Belleville schools and the 3,326 Michigan schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Belleville

  1. Van Buren Public SchoolsRuns 6 of Belleville's 7 public schools and spent $16,563 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$16,563
  2. Belleville High School, the largest high school in Belleville1,669 students in 2024-25, 22.4 per teacher.1,669
  3. Compare Van Buren Public Schools with Keystone AcademyBelleville's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MichiganMichigan's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Belleville addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Michigan

  1. Detroit179 schools
  2. Grand Rapids127 schools
  3. Flint50 schools
  4. Kalamazoo45 schools
  5. Muskegon43 schools
  6. Saginaw43 schools
  7. Warren43 schools
  8. Ann Arbor42 schools

Questions about schools in Belleville

  1. How many public schools are in Belleville, MI?
    7 public schools with an address in Belleville were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, enrolling 4,614 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Belleville?
    Belleville High School, with 1,669 students in 2024-25 (Van Buren Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Belleville's schools?
    Van Buren Public Schools (6 schools), Keystone Academy (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25