Regular local school district · Berrien County
Benton Harbor Area Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Benton Harbor Area Schools runs 6 public schools with 1,240 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.2 students per teacher is 5.7 lower than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 1,240
- Teachers (FTE)
- 111
- Students per teacher
- 11.2
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 870 Colfax Ave, Benton Harbor, MI 49022
- Phone
- (269)605-1000
- County
- Berrien County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2604830
- State district ID
- MI-11010
- Total staff (FTE)
- 323
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 413 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.2
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 (1,613), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $32.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.4 million
- State revenue
- $11.9 million
- Local revenue
- $10.1 million
- Total spending
- $24.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,065
- Salaries
- $8.9 million36.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $325,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 32.0%
- State: 36.8%
- Local: 31.1%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,065
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Benton Harbor Area Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Benton Harbor High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 469 | 14.2 |
| Career and Alternative Pathways to Education CenterCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 59 | 7.4 |
| Discovery Enrichment CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 80 | 7.3 |
| Fair Plain East ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 150 | 11.5 |
| Fair Plain Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 240 | 10.9 |
| Martin Luther King Jr ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 229 | 10.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Berrien County
- Berrien Springs Public Schools 4,993 students
- Niles Community Schools 3,143 students
- St. Joseph Public Schools 2,930 students
- Lakeshore School District (Berrien) 2,635 students
- Buchanan Community Schools 1,577 students
- Watervliet School District 1,423 students
- Brandywine Community Schools 1,301 students
- Coloma Community Schools 1,095 students
- Berrien RESA 907 students
- Bridgman Public Schools 810 students
- Countryside Academy 770 students
- Eau Claire Public Schools 587 students
- New Buffalo Area Schools 516 students
- River Valley School District 460 students
- Benton Harbor Charter School Academy 418 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.