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Hart Public School District

Hart, Michigan · Superintendent: Mark Platt · #285 of 316 Michigan districts by enrollment

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1,192

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,649

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Michigan median

15.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Michigan median 16.8

Hart Public School District is a public school district based in Hart, Michigan, serving 1,192 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #285 of the 316 Michigan districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 10% of them. Its schools average 397 students each, about the same as the Michigan median of 421. Its superintendent is Mark Platt. It spends about $11,649 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.1 students per teacher.

How Hart compares

HartMichigan median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,649

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

Instruction spending per student$7,183

Michigan median $7,157 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school397

Michigan median 421 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.1

Michigan median 16.8 · 10% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor596

Michigan median 585 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$18.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 18%State 50%Local 33%

Measure	Hart	Michigan median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,649	$11,576	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,183	$7,157	FY2020-21
Total spending	$16.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$18.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	79	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	251	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.1	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	596	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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Mark Platt

Superintendent, Hart Public 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
Mason County Central SchoolsScottville	1,203	5	$10,633	20.1	#283
Oscoda Area SchoolsOscoda	1,199	2	$11,572	16.9	#284
Hart Public School DistrictHart · this district	1,192	3	$11,649	15.1	#285
Westwood Heights SchoolsFlint	1,188	5	$10,978	17.0	#286
Harrison Community SchoolsHarrison	1,184	4	$12,447	15.2	#287

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Pitman Boro School DistrictPitman, NJ	1,193	$24,555	11.9
NausetOrleans, MA	1,192	$24,461	9.4
Plumsted Township School DistrictNew Egypt, NJ	1,192	$24,622	12.5
Lennox School District 41-4Lennox, SD	1,192	$9,609	16.6

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.

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