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Spring Lake Public Schools

Spring Lake, Michigan · Superintendent: Dennis Furton · #171 of 316 Michigan districts by enrollment

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2,275

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,049

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Michigan median

15.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Michigan median 16.8

Spring Lake Public Schools is a public school district based in Spring Lake, Michigan, serving 2,275 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #171 of the 316 Michigan districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 46% of them. Its schools average 379 students each, about the same as the Michigan median of 421. Its superintendent is Dennis Furton. It spends about $12,049 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.9 students per teacher.

How Spring Lake compares

Spring LakeMichigan median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,049

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

Instruction spending per student$7,926

Michigan median $7,157 · 11% above · FY2020-21

Students per school379

Michigan median 421 · 10% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.9

Michigan median 16.8 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor758

Michigan median 585 · 30% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$38.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 6%State 57%Local 38%

Measure	Spring Lake	Michigan median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,049	$11,576	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,926	$7,157	FY2020-21
Total spending	$33.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$38.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	143	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	316	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.9	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	758	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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Dennis Furton

Superintendent, Spring Lake Public Schools

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
Fitzgerald Public SchoolsWarren	2,307	6	$13,478	15.1	#169
Charlotte Public SchoolsCharlotte	2,293	7	$10,489	17.6	#170
Spring Lake Public SchoolsSpring Lake · this district	2,275	6	$12,049	15.9	#171
Chelsea School DistrictChelsea	2,257	4	$13,499	15.9	#172
Kelloggsville Public SchoolsGrand Rapids	2,211	6	$12,426	16.3	#173

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Delhi UnifiedDelhi, CA	2,276	$13,877	17.8
Bourbonnais School District 53Bourbonnais, IL	2,276	$14,773	14.0
East Porter County School CorporationKouts, IN	2,275	$8,620	14.3
Crete Public SchoolsCrete, NE	2,275	$13,547	15.6

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-spring-lake-public-schools