Michigan · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Michigan The 50 Michigan districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
$29,076 Top per-pupil spend
$17,924 Avg across top 50
50 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
New Buffalo Area Schools spends $29,076 per student, the most of any Michigan district listed, against an average of $17,924 across the top 50.
$29,076 top spend (New Buffalo Area Schools)
$15,698 lowest on this list
1.9× spread across the listed districts
536 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 New Buffalo Area Schools New Buffalo 536 3 $29,076 2 Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy Sault Sainte Marie 596 1 $22,390 3 Bloomfield Hills Schools Bloomfield Hills 5,143 11 $22,272 4 Detroit Public Schools Community District Detroit 48,548 107 $21,771 5 Redford Union Schools District No. 1 Redford 2,075 8 $21,445 6 Glen Lake Community Schools Maple City 711 1 $21,418 7 Flint School District of the City of Flint 2,840 14 $20,946 8 Harbor Springs School District Harbor Springs 737 3 $19,741 9 Ecorse Public Schools Ecorse 1,119 6 $19,738 10 Southfield Public School District Southfield 4,933 13 $19,303 11 Birmingham Public Schools Beverly Hills 7,314 13 $19,274 12 Wyandotte School District of the City of Wyandotte 4,318 9 $19,096 13 Ypsilanti Community Schools Ypsilanti 3,721 12 $18,855 14 Van Dyke Public Schools Warren 2,004 6 $18,544 15 Garden City Public Schools Garden City 3,228 8 $18,419 16 Pontiac City School District Pontiac 3,402 10 $18,379 17 Westwood Community School District Dearborn Heights 1,491 6 $18,117 18 Whitmore Lake Public School District Whitmore Lake 652 2 $17,689 19 Berkley School District Oak Park 3,913 7 $17,673 20 Ann Arbor Public Schools Ann Arbor 17,026 32 $17,642 21 Lincoln Park School District of the City of Lincoln Park 4,864 10 $17,618 22 Hazel Park School District of the City of Hazel Park 2,947 11 $17,578 23 Mount Clemens Community School District Mount Clemens 753 3 $17,409 24 Madison District Public Schools Madison Heights 914 5 $17,379 25 Lansing Public School District Lansing 10,023 28 $17,109 26 Grosse Pointe Public Schools Grosse Pointe Woods 6,516 12 $16,927 27 Madison Academy Flint 541 2 $16,825 28 Dearborn City School District Dearborn 20,128 37 $16,677 29 American International Academy Westland 566 3 $16,613 30 Grand Rapids Public Schools Grand Rapids 13,787 51 $16,601 31 Bridgman Public Schools Bridgman 849 3 $16,596 32 Lamphere Public Schools Madison Heights 2,341 7 $16,591 33 Benton Harbor Area Schools Benton Harbor 1,448 6 $16,532 34 Beecher Community School District Flint 595 3 $16,439 35 Hamtramck School District of the City of Hamtramck 3,062 8 $16,418 36 Taylor School District Taylor 5,419 13 $16,413 37 Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools Galesburg 971 4 $16,412 38 Battle Creek Public Schools Battle Creek 3,753 13 $16,363 39 The Dearborn Academy Dearborn 515 1 $16,287 40 Romulus Community Schools Romulus 2,281 8 $16,226 41 South Redford School District Redford 2,812 7 $16,196 42 Farmington Public School District Farmington 9,041 16 $16,080 43 Wayne-Westland Community School District Westland 9,773 16 $16,057 44 Riverside Academy Dearborn 777 3 $16,056 45 Muskegon Public Schools of the City of Muskegon 3,353 7 $15,994 46 Shelby Public Schools Shelby 1,126 4 $15,896 47 East Jordan Public Schools East Jordan 743 3 $15,858 48 Waterford School District Waterford 7,058 17 $15,819 49 Southgate Community School District Southgate 3,370 9 $15,761 50 Brown City Community Schools Brown City 717 2 $15,698
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Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with
500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures
include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
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