Regular local school district · Kent County
Byron Center Public Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Byron Center Public Schools runs 7 public schools with 4,572 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 20.1 students per teacher is 3.2 higher than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 4,572
- Teachers (FTE)
- 227
- Students per teacher
- 20.1
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 8542 Byron Center Ave SW, Byron Center, MI 49315
- Phone
- (616)878-6100
- County
- Kent County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2607560
- State district ID
- MI-41040
- Total staff (FTE)
- 504
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 572 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district20.1
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 (4,302), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $66.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.6 million
- State revenue
- $34.9 million
- Local revenue
- $26.7 million
- Total spending
- $71.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,535
- Salaries
- $22.0 million31.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.9%
- State: 52.8%
- Local: 40.3%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,535
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Byron Center Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brown Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 438 | 19.9 |
| Byron Center High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,387 | 22.4 |
| Byron Center West Middle School | Middle | 6 to 9 | 729 | 20.8 |
| Countryside Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 426 | 19.4 |
| Heritage Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 398 | 19.0 |
| Marshall Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 463 | 20.1 |
| Robert L Nickels Intermediate School | Middle | 3 to 7 | 705 | 19.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kent County
- Grand Rapids Public Schools 13,692 students
- Kentwood Public Schools 9,631 students
- Forest Hills Public Schools 8,838 students
- Rockford Public Schools 7,509 students
- Grandville Public Schools 5,547 students
- Caledonia Community Schools 4,598 students
- Kent ISD 3,965 students
- Wyoming Public Schools 3,832 students
- Lowell Area Schools 3,470 students
- Northview Public Schools 3,173 students
- Cedar Springs Public Schools 3,011 students
- East Grand Rapids Public Schools 2,992 students
- Kenowa Hills Public Schools 2,947 students
- Sparta Area Schools 2,371 students
- Kelloggsville Public Schools 2,211 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.