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Brandon School District

Ortonville, Michigan · Superintendent: Carly Stone · #184 of 316 Michigan districts by enrollment

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2,032

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,369

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Michigan median

16.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Michigan median 16.8

Brandon School District is a public school district based in Ortonville, Michigan, serving 2,032 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #184 of the 316 Michigan districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 42% of them. Its schools average 406 students each, about the same as the Michigan median of 421. Its superintendent is Carly Stone. It spends about $11,369 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.1 students per teacher.

How Brandon compares

BrandonMichigan median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,369

Michigan median $11,576 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,597

Michigan median $7,157 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Students per school406

Michigan median 421 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.1

Michigan median 16.8 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor339

Michigan median 585 · 42% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$37.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 52%Local 40%

Measure	Brandon	Michigan median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,369	$11,576	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,597	$7,157	FY2020-21
Total spending	$30.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$37.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	126	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	321	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.1	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	339	585	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Michigan median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Carly Stone

Superintendent, Brandon School District

Source: Michigan CEPI Educational Entity Master, checked 2026-10-04. Report a change

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Peer districts in Michigan

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Allegan Public SchoolsAllegan	2,046	8	$11,795	17.2	#181
Ludington Area School DistrictLudington	2,045	3	$11,678	16.9	#182
Fremont Public School DistrictFremont	2,043	5	$11,378	17.0	#183
Brandon School DistrictOrtonville · this district	2,032	5	$11,369	16.1	#184
Pinckney Community SchoolsPinckney	2,023	6	$10,412	17.9	#185

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Nooksack Valley School DistrictEverson, WA	2,033	$14,556	17.4
Social Circle CitySocial Circle, GA	2,032	$11,732	14.6
SeekonkSeekonk, MA	2,032	$18,474	11.7
Calhoun CountyBlountstown, FL	2,031	$10,661	15.9

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-mi-brandon-school-district