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Madison School District (Lenawee)

Adrian, Michigan · Superintendent: Nicholas Steinmetz · #225 of 316 Michigan districts by enrollment

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1,585

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,831

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Michigan median

16.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Michigan median 16.8

Madison School District (Lenawee) is a public school district based in Adrian, Michigan, serving 1,585 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #225 of the 316 Michigan districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 29% of them. Its schools average 528 students each, more than the Michigan median of 421. Its superintendent is Nicholas Steinmetz. It spends about $11,831 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.3 students per teacher.

How Madison School District (Lenawee) compares

Madison School District (Lenawee)Michigan median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,831

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

Instruction spending per student$8,353

Michigan median $7,157 · 17% above · FY2020-21

Students per school528

Michigan median 421 · 25% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.3

Michigan median 16.8 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor528

Michigan median 585 · 10% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$21.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 12%State 66%Local 22%

Measure	Madison School District (Lenawee)	Michigan median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,831	$11,576	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,353	$7,157	FY2020-21
Total spending	$19.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$21.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	97	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	216	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.3	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	528	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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Nicholas Steinmetz

Superintendent, Madison School District (Lenawee)

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
Lakewood Public SchoolsWoodland	1,595	4	$11,127	19.7	#224
Madison School District (Lenawee)Adrian · this district	1,585	3	$11,831	16.3	#225
Buchanan Community SchoolsBuchanan	1,577	6	$11,702	17.9	#226
Carrollton Public SchoolsSaginaw	1,576	5	$13,204	15.3	#227
Newaygo Public School DistrictNewaygo	1,567	3	$11,018	17.8	#228

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Spackenkill Union Free School DistrictPoughkeepsie, NY	1,585	$29,497	10.5
Coldspring-Oakhurst CISDColdspring, TX	1,585	$12,892	13.5
Hempstead ISDHempstead, TX	1,585	$12,614	16.3
Madison County Public SchoolsMadison, VA	1,585	$13,491	13.8

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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