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Lowell Area Schools

A public school district in Lowell, Michigan, with 7 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

3,470
Students enrolled
194.8
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
412.3
All staff, full-time equivalent
$13,907
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 3,470 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 2,830th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 97th of 880 in Michigan. Larger than 84% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $13,907 in fiscal year 2023
More than 34% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Lowell Area Schools spent $14,193 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,693 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

Source: The College Scorecard

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The figures

Lowell Area Schools spent $14,193 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,693 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2024$14,193$48.8 million3,436
FY2023$13,907$48.6 million3,498
FY2022$12,374$43.5 million3,517
FY2021$11,060$39.7 million3,587
FY2020$10,191$38.5 million3,774
FY2019$9,746$37.1 million3,809
FY2018$9,286$35.8 million3,851
FY2017$8,965$34.7 million3,876
FY2016$8,887$33.9 million3,820
FY2015$8,762$33.4 million3,809
FY2014$8,703$32.5 million3,729
FY2013$8,466$32.2 million3,799
FY2012$8,321$31.6 million3,794
FY2011$8,230$31.7 million3,853
FY2010$8,176$32.2 million3,939
FY2009$8,015$31.6 million3,948
FY2008$7,820$30.8 million3,934
FY2007$7,878$30.6 million3,879
FY2006$7,551$29.8 million3,946
FY2005$7,693$30.0 million3,900

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Lowell Area Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$3.3 million5.3%
State$38.0 million61.8%
Local$20.2 million32.9%
Total$61.4 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

7 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Lowell Area Schools
SchoolStudents
Alto Elementary School417
Bushnell Elementary School253
Cherry Creek Elementary School485
Lowell Middle School790
Lowell Senior High School1,058
Murray Lake Elementary433
Unity Alternative School19

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
2622050

Elsewhere

Sources

Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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