Regular local school district · Gratiot County
Alma Public Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Alma Public Schools runs 5 public schools with 1,815 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.5 students per teacher is 1.4 lower than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,815
- Teachers (FTE)
- 117
- Students per teacher
- 15.5
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1500 Pine Ave, Alma, MI 48801
- Phone
- (989)463-3111
- County
- Gratiot County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2602640
- State district ID
- MI-29010
- Total staff (FTE)
- 302
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 605 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.5
Michigan16.9
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 (1,954), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $27.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.1 million
- State revenue
- $17.4 million
- Local revenue
- $7.9 million
- Total spending
- $25.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,111
- Salaries
- $11.7 million45.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $26.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.5%
- State: 63.5%
- Local: 28.9%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,111
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Alma Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alma Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 552 | 16.2 |
| Donald L Pavlik Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 457 | 18.3 |
| Hillcrest Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 400 | 17.4 |
| Luce Road Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 141 | 8.8 |
| Pine Avenue Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 265 | 16.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Gratiot County
- Ithaca Public Schools 971 students
- St. Louis Public Schools 882 students
- Breckenridge Community Schools 634 students
- Fulton Schools 553 students
- Gratiot-Isabella RESD 257 students
- Ashley Community Schools 203 students
More in Michigan
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.