Regular local school district · LaPorte County
Michigan City Area Schools, IN: schools, enrollment and spending
Michigan City Area Schools runs 14 public schools with 5,030 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.6 students per teacher is 1.9 lower than the Indiana figure of 15.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 5,030
- Teachers (FTE)
- 369
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- IN: 15.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 408 S Carroll Ave, Michigan City, IN 46360
- Phone
- (219)873-2000
- County
- LaPorte County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1806570
- State district ID
- IN-4925
- Total staff (FTE)
- 659
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 335 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.6
Indiana15.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (5,317), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $80.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.4 million
- State revenue
- $43.9 million
- Local revenue
- $27.5 million
- Total spending
- $80.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,135
- Salaries
- $34.6 million43.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $53.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.6%
- State: 54.3%
- Local: 34.1%
Indiana overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 55.5%
- Local: 35.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,135
Indiana$12,675
United States$16,826
Schools in Michigan City Area Schools
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary, 2 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| A K Smith Area Career CenterCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Barker Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 390 | 11.8 |
| Coolspring Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 249 | 13.8 |
| Edgewood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 350 | 15.9 |
| Joy Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 416 | 14.3 |
| Knapp Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 407 | 15.7 |
| Lake Hills Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 345 | 14.4 |
| Little Wolves Early Learning Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 38 | 12.7 |
| Marsh Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 296 | 13.5 |
| Martin T Krueger Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 324 | 11.2 |
| Michigan City High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,506 | 16.0 |
| Niemann Elementary School | Prekindergarten | PK | 0 | |
| Pine Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 396 | 12.8 |
| Springfield Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 312 | 16.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in LaPorte County
- La Porte Community School Corp 6,089 students
- New Prairie United School Corp 2,815 students
- South Central Com School Corp 986 students
- MSD of New Durham Township School District 908 students
- Tri-Township Cons School Corp 284 students
- Renaissance Academy Charter School 244 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.