School district · Michigan

Traverse City Area Public Schools

Traverse City Area Public Schools in Michigan: 16 public schools with 8,546 students and 19.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $15,423 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 16
Students: 8,546
Students per teacher: 19.0; MI 15.8 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $15,423; 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): 450
Counselors (FTE): 14.8
Students per counselor: 576; MI 495 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 0.0; Librarians (FTE): 2.4

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.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$9.7K15

$10.0K16

$10.3K17

$10.5K18

$10.6K19

$10.8K20

$11.8K21

$12.9K22

$14.8K23

$15.4K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 5.7% · $9.3M
State: 42% · $69.5M
Local: 52% · $85.7M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $8,413
Support services: $6,252
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $20.6M
Long-term debt: $95.3M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 11Middle schools: 2High schools: 3

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Blair Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	202	11.2	Traverse City
Central Grade SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–7	510	17.0	Traverse City
Cherry Knoll Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	333	15.1	Traverse City
Courtade Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	215	14.3	Traverse City
Eastern Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	475	18.5	Traverse City
Long Lake Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	364	16.4	Traverse City
Silver Lake Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	286	16.0	Traverse City
TCAPS Montessori SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	331	16.4	Traverse City
Traverse Heights Elem SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	245	13.3	Traverse City
Westwoods Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	365	17.8	Traverse City
Willow Hill Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	429	18.3	Traverse City
East Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	829	19.9	Traverse City
West Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	1,081	20.8	Traverse City
Central High SchoolFree meals for all	8–12	1,326	23.7	Traverse City
Traverse City High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	171	16.4	Traverse City
West Senior HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,384	24.7	Traverse City

Sources

Address: 1009 S Oak St, Traverse City, MI 49684
Phone: (231)933-1700

Website

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).