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Jonesville Community Schools

Jonesville, Michigan · Superintendent: Brandon Wheeler · #288 of 316 Michigan districts by enrollment

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1,180

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,321

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Michigan median

16.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Michigan median 16.8

Jonesville Community Schools is a public school district based in Jonesville, Michigan, serving 1,180 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #288 of the 316 Michigan districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 9% of them. Its schools average 295 students each, fewer than the Michigan median of 421. Its superintendent is Brandon Wheeler. It spends about $11,321 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.2 students per teacher.

How Jonesville Community compares

Jonesville CommunityMichigan median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,321

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

Instruction spending per student$7,211

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

Students per school295

Michigan median 421 · 30% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.2

Michigan median 16.8 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor236

Michigan median 585 · 60% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$17.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 6%State 75%Local 18%

Measure	Jonesville Community	Michigan median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,321	$11,576	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,211	$7,157	FY2020-21
Total spending	$15.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$17.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	73	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	152	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.2	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	236	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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Brandon Wheeler

Superintendent, Jonesville Community Schools

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
Oscoda Area SchoolsOscoda	1,199	2	$11,572	16.9	#284
Hart Public School DistrictHart	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
Jonesville Community SchoolsJonesville · this district	1,180	4	$11,321	16.2	#288

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Strasburg School District 31JStrasburg, CO	1,180	$9,531	17.9
North Central Parke Comm Schl CorpRockville, IN	1,180	$10,864	9.7
Crawford Co. R-IICuba, MO	1,180	$9,387	12.6
Brooks County ISDFalfurrias, TX	1,180	$14,592	14.2

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-jonesville-community-schools