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Michigan Center School District

Michigan Center, Michigan · Superintendent: Brady Cook · #249 of 316 Michigan districts by enrollment

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1,423

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,607

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Michigan median

18.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Michigan median 16.8

Michigan Center School District is a public school district based in Michigan Center, Michigan, serving 1,423 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #249 of the 316 Michigan districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 21% of them. Its schools average 474 students each, more than the Michigan median of 421. Its superintendent is Brady Cook. It spends about $11,607 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 18.2 students per teacher.

How Michigan Center compares

Michigan CenterMichigan median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,607

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

Instruction spending per student$7,645

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

Students per school474

Michigan median 421 · 13% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.2

Michigan median 16.8 · 8% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor474

Michigan median 585 · 19% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$18.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 66%Local 19%

Measure	Michigan Center	Michigan median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,607	$11,576	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,645	$7,157	FY2020-21
Total spending	$16.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$18.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	78	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	148	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.2	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	474	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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Brady Cook

Superintendent, Michigan Center 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
Kingsley Area SchoolsKingsley	1,430	3	$10,888	16.8	#247
Columbia School DistrictBrooklyn	1,428	4	$10,499	15.7	#248
Michigan Center School DistrictMichigan Center · this district	1,423	3	$11,607	18.2	#249
Watervliet School DistrictWatervliet	1,423	5	$10,697	16.7	#250
Hopkins Public SchoolsHopkins	1,419	4	$10,988	15.3	#251

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Green Forest School DistrictGreen Forest, AR	1,425	$10,507	9.8
Reading Community CityReading, OH	1,424	$10,306	15.1
Dieringer School DistrictLake Tapps, WA	1,424	$16,650	17.4
Switzerland County School CorporationVevay, IN	1,422	$9,302	18.2

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-michigan-center-school-district