School district · Michigan
Buchanan Community Schools
Buchanan Community Schools in Michigan: 6 public schools with 1,567 students and 17.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,892 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 1,567
- Students per teacher
- 17.7
- MI 15.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $14,892
- MI $16.3K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 88.3
- Counselors (FTE)
- 4.2
- Students per counselor
- 373
- MI 495 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 1.2
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$9.6K15
$9.7K16
$10.1K17
$10.1K18
$10.2K19
$10.3K20
$11.7K21
$12.6K22
$13.3K23
$14.9K24
- Federal
- 11% · $3.1M
- State
- 65% · $17.4M
- Local
- 24% · $6.3M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,132
- Support services
- $6,004
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $1M
- Long-term debt
- $10.2M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 2Middle schools: 1High schools: 1Other schools: 2
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Moccasin Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 2–4 | 354 | 18.8 |
Ottawa Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–1 | 230 | 15.1 |
Buchanan Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–7 | 358 | 19.5 |
Buchanan High SchoolFree meals for all | 8–12 | 561 | 18.1 |
Buchanan Step UpAlternativeFully virtual | K–12 | 15 | 6.4 |
Buchanan Virtual AcademyAlternativeFully virtual | K–12 | 49 | 19.2 |
Sources
- Address
- 401 W Chicago St, Buchanan, MI 49107
- Phone
- (269)695-8401
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).