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Waverly Community Schools

Lansing, Michigan · Superintendent: Glenn Mitcham · #127 of 316 Michigan districts by enrollment

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2,854

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,264

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 6% above the Michigan median

16.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Michigan median 16.8

Waverly Community Schools is a public school district based in Lansing, Michigan, serving 2,854 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #127 of the 316 Michigan districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 60% of them. Its schools average 476 students each, more than the Michigan median of 421. Its superintendent is Glenn Mitcham. It spends about $12,264 per student on day-to-day operations, 6% more than the Michigan median. It has roughly 16.3 students per teacher.

How Waverly Community compares

Waverly CommunityMichigan median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,264

Michigan median $11,576 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,265

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

Students per school476

Michigan median 421 · 13% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.3

Michigan median 16.8 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor571

Michigan median 585 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$47.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 49%Local 42%

Measure	Waverly Community	Michigan median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,264	$11,576	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,265	$7,157	FY2020-21
Total spending	$38.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$47.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	175	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	424	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.3	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	571	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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Glenn Mitcham

Superintendent, Waverly Community 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
Hamtramck School District of the City ofHamtramck	2,877	8	$12,895	14.6	#124
Fenton Area Public SchoolsFenton	2,872	6	$10,760	15.1	#125
Owosso Public SchoolsOwosso	2,863	6	$11,047	16.5	#126
Waverly Community SchoolsLansing · this district	2,854	6	$12,264	16.3	#127
Kearsley Community School DistrictFlint	2,834	7	$10,869	16.5	#128

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
East Haven School DistrictEast Haven, CT	2,857	$21,649	12.2
Lafayette CountyOxford, MS	2,854	$10,476	13.2
Grand Island Central School DistrictGrand Island, NY	2,854	$18,982	11.7
University CityUniversity City, MO	2,853	$16,796	12.6

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.

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