Public schools in Troy, MI

Troy has 25 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 4 middle, 16 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 14,695 students. They are run by 5 districts and agencies; Troy School District runs 21 of them.

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

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

DistrictSchools in TroyDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Troy School District2112,461$15,761
Lighthouse Connections Academy12,454$9,253
Warren Consolidated Schools112,660$17,520
Avondale School District13,821$17,217
Birmingham Public School District17,314$20,475

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 Troy, 3,688 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Troy High School2,03218.47.8%Troy
Athens High School1,46818.114.0%Troy
Troy College and Career High School18811.836.2%Troy

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 middle schools in Troy, 2,932 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Larson Middle School86519.19.8%Troy
Boulan Park Middle School83918.46.2%Troy
Baker Middle School62917.818.9%Troy
Smith Middle School59917.48.0%Troy

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.

16 elementary schools in Troy, 5,996 students

The other 6 elementary 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 other schools in Troy, 2,079 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Lighthouse Connections Academy2,05624.262.2%Lighthouse Connections Academy
Troy Center for Transition234.621.7%Troy

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 Troy's public schools compare with Michigan's

The median Troy school has 15.8 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the Michigan median of 16.5. 16% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 41% across the state. Its median school enrolls 406 students (state 360).

Troy against Michigan, schools open in 2024-25 with students
TroyMichigan
Median students per teacher15.816.5
Median school size (students)406360
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)16%41%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)8.0%76%
Charter schools4.0%11%

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

  1. Troy School DistrictRuns 21 of Troy's 25 public schools and spent $15,761 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,761
  2. Troy High School, the largest high school in Troy2,032 students in 2024-25, 18.4 per teacher.2,032
  3. Compare Troy School District with Lighthouse Connections AcademyTroy'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 Troy 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 Troy

  1. How many public schools are in Troy, MI?
    25 public schools with an address in Troy were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 4 middle, 16 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 14,695 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Troy?
    Troy High School, with 2,032 students in 2024-25 (Troy School District).
  3. Which districts run Troy's schools?
    Troy School District (21 schools), Lighthouse Connections Academy (1 school), Warren Consolidated Schools (1 school), Avondale School District (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