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Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm)

Lakeview, Michigan · Superintendent: Kelly Nielsen · #311 of 316 Michigan districts by enrollment

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1,009

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,057

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Michigan median

16.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Michigan median 16.8

Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm) is a public school district based in Lakeview, Michigan, serving 1,009 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #311 of the 316 Michigan districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 2% of them. Its schools average 336 students each, fewer than the Michigan median of 421. Its superintendent is Kelly Nielsen. It spends about $12,057 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.0 students per teacher.

How Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm) compares

Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm)Michigan median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,057

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

Instruction spending per student$7,058

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

Students per school336

Michigan median 421 · 20% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.0

Michigan median 16.8 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor504

Michigan median 585 · 14% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$15.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 12%State 55%Local 33%

Measure	Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm)	Michigan median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,057	$11,576	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,058	$7,157	FY2020-21
Total spending	$12.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$15.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	63	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	164	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.0	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	504	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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Kelly Nielsen

Superintendent, Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm)

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
Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm)Lakeview · this district	1,009	3	$12,057	16.0	#311
LakeVille Community School DistrictOtisville	1,007	3	$11,348	17.7	#312
Ravenna Public SchoolsRavenna	1,007	3	$11,294	16.2	#313
Bendle Public SchoolsBurton	1,001	4	$12,993	15.4	#314
Hanover-Horton School DistrictHorton	1,001	3	$10,730	18.9	#315

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Ellicott School District No. 22Ellicott, CO	1,009	$10,666	14.2
Santa Fe TrailScranton, KS	1,009	$12,912	12.2
Coahoma County School DistrictClarksdale, MS	1,009	$13,661	11.6
Stillwater Central School DistrictStillwater, NY	1,009	$19,615	11.2

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-lakeview-community-schools-montcalm