Record · District
WAY Michigan
A public school district in Detroit, Michigan, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 156
- Students enrolled
- 9.3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 21.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,250
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 156 in 2024–25
- Ranks 15,588th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 791st of 880 in Michigan. Larger than 12% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,250 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 18% 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
WAY Michigan spent $13,992 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $15,366 in fiscal year 2015
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
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $13,992 | $1.7 million | 119 |
| FY2023 | $12,250 | $2.2 million | 180 |
| FY2022 | $11,546 | $2.1 million | 183 |
| FY2021 | $10,607 | $2.0 million | 191 |
| FY2020 | $8,790 | $1.7 million | 195 |
| FY2019 | $9,144 | $1.8 million | 195 |
| FY2018 | $6,662 | $1.8 million | 269 |
| FY2017 | $8,248 | $998,000 | 121 |
| FY2016 | $9,974 | $768,000 | 77 |
| FY2015 | $15,366 | $630,000 | 41 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $401,000 | 20.3% |
| State | $1.5 million | 76.4% |
| Local | $67,000 | 3.4% |
| Total | $2.0 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
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| WAY Michigan | 156 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for federal programs
- Grades
- Grade 6 to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 2601074
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Michigan — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Michigan — A to Z, each with its page.
- Michigan on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2015 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2015 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2015 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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