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Rochester Community School District

Rochester Hls, Michigan · Superintendent: Nicholas Russo · #6 of 316 Michigan districts by enrollment

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14,868

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,794

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Michigan median

19.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Michigan median 16.8

Rochester Community School District is a public school district based in Rochester Hls, Michigan, serving 14,868 students in 21 schools. By enrollment it ranks #6 of the 316 Michigan districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 98% of them. Its schools average 708 students each, more than the Michigan median of 421. Its superintendent is Nicholas Russo. It spends about $11,794 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 19.3 students per teacher.

How Rochester Community compares

Rochester CommunityMichigan median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,794

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

Instruction spending per student$7,157

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

Students per school708

Michigan median 421 · 68% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher19.3

Michigan median 16.8 · 15% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor451

Michigan median 585 · 23% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$217.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 64%Local 32%

Measure	Rochester Community	Michigan median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,794	$11,576	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,157	$7,157	FY2020-21
Total spending	$222.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$217.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	771	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,057	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	19.3	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	451	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 Russo

Superintendent, Rochester Community 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
Ann Arbor Public SchoolsAnn Arbor	16,871	32	$15,265	14.9	#4
Plymouth-Canton Community SchoolsPlymouth	16,083	23	$11,951	17.7	#5
Rochester Community School DistrictRochester Hls · this district	14,868	21	$11,794	19.3	#6
Chippewa Valley SchoolsClinton Township	14,276	20	$11,752	18.5	#7
Grand Rapids Public SchoolsGrand Rapids	13,692	48	$14,164	16.3	#8

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Oceanside UnifiedOceanside, CA	14,890	$14,594	22.7
Renton School DistrictRenton, WA	14,873	$16,287	18.5
Cecil County Public SchoolsElkton, MD	14,853	$15,518	13.9
Calvert County Public SchoolsPrince Frederick, MD	14,849	$13,934	15.2

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-rochester-community-school-district