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Paw Paw Public School District

Paw Paw, Michigan · Superintendent: Jeremy Davison · #176 of 316 Michigan districts by enrollment

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2,146

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,015

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Michigan median

16.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Michigan median 16.8

Paw Paw Public School District is a public school district based in Paw Paw, Michigan, serving 2,146 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #176 of the 316 Michigan districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 44% of them. Its schools average 429 students each, about the same as the Michigan median of 421. Its superintendent is Jeremy Davison. It spends about $11,015 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.6 students per teacher.

How Paw Paw compares

Paw PawMichigan median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,015

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

Instruction spending per student$6,788

Michigan median $7,157 · 5% below · FY2020-21

Students per school429

Michigan median 421 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.6

Michigan median 16.8 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor536

Michigan median 585 · 8% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$29.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 63%Local 26%

Measure	Paw Paw	Michigan median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,015	$11,576	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,788	$7,157	FY2020-21
Total spending	$25.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$29.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	129	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	280	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.6	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	536	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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Jeremy Davison

Superintendent, Paw Paw 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
Eastpointe Community SchoolsEastpointe	2,178	8	$12,340	17.1	#174
Three Rivers Community SchoolsThree Rivers	2,154	6	$12,588	15.6	#175
Paw Paw Public School DistrictPaw Paw · this district	2,146	5	$11,015	16.6	#176
Escanaba Area Public SchoolsEscanaba	2,130	5	$11,124	17.8	#177
Van Dyke Public SchoolsWarren	2,085	6	$13,865	13.9	#178

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Berkeley School District 87Berkeley, IL	2,147	$17,669	11.5
Poteau Public SchoolsPoteau, OK	2,146	$10,982	15.1
Richland County CUSD 1Olney, IL	2,145	$12,629	15.0
West Feliciana ParishSt. Francisville, LA	2,145	$17,472	9.4

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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