Regular local school district · Clare County
Clare Public Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Clare Public Schools runs 4 public schools with 1,554 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,554
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92
- Students per teacher
- 16.9
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 201 E State St, Clare, MI 48617
- Phone
- (989)386-9945
- County
- Clare County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2609750
- State district ID
- MI-18010
- Total staff (FTE)
- 201
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 777 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.9
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 (1,548), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $20.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.1 million
- State revenue
- $13.4 million
- Local revenue
- $3.8 million
- Total spending
- $17.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,135
- Salaries
- $7.0 million40.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 65.9%
- Local: 18.8%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,135
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Clare Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Clare High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 478 | 19.1 |
| Clare Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 474 | 16.3 |
| Clare Pioneer High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 45 | 15.0 |
| Clare Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 557 | 16.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Clare County
- Harrison Community Schools 1,184 students
- Farwell Area Schools 1,000 students
- Clare-Gladwin Regional Education Service District 419 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.