Public schools in Taylor, MI

Taylor has 15 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 2 middle, 9 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 7,713 students. They are run by 5 districts and agencies; Taylor School District runs 11 of them.

The 5 districts and agencies that run Taylor's public schools

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

DistrictSchools in TaylorDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Taylor School District115,419$18,464
Quest Charter Academy1762$12,130
Taylor Exemplar Academy1695$12,151
Trillium Academy1681$11,950
Taylor Preparatory High School1464$11,563

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.

3 high schools in Taylor, 2,101 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Taylor High School1,37118.558.8%Taylor
Taylor Preparatory High School40518.055.6%Taylor Preparatory High School
Taylor Virtual Learning Academy32564.265.2%Taylor

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 Taylor, 1,156 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Robert J West Middle School64117.166.5%Taylor
Hoover Middle School51513.879.4%Taylor

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.

9 elementary schools in Taylor, 3,815 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.

One other school in Taylor, 641 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Trillium Academy64114.260.1%Trillium Academy

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 Taylor's public schools compare with Michigan's

The median Taylor school has 17.0 students per full-time teacher, more than the Michigan median of 16.5. 100% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 41% across the state. Its median school enrolls 405 students (state 360).

Taylor against Michigan, schools open in 2024-25 with students
TaylorMichigan
Median students per teacher17.016.5
Median school size (students)405360
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)100%41%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%76%
Charter schools27%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 15 Taylor 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 Taylor

  1. Taylor School DistrictRuns 11 of Taylor's 15 public schools and spent $18,464 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,464
  2. Taylor High School, the largest high school in Taylor1,371 students in 2024-25, 18.5 per teacher.1,371
  3. Compare Taylor School District with Quest Charter AcademyTaylor'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 Taylor 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 Taylor

  1. How many public schools are in Taylor, MI?
    15 public schools with an address in Taylor were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 2 middle, 9 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 7,713 students. 4 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Taylor?
    Taylor High School, with 1,371 students in 2024-25 (Taylor School District).
  3. Which districts run Taylor's schools?
    Taylor School District (11 schools), Quest Charter Academy (1 school), Taylor Exemplar Academy (1 school), Trillium Academy (1 school), and 1 more. 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