Regular local school district · Branch County
Coldwater Community Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Coldwater Community Schools runs 5 public schools with 2,813 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 20.5 students per teacher is 3.6 higher than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,813
- Teachers (FTE)
- 137
- Students per teacher
- 20.5
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 401 Sauk River Dr, Coldwater, MI 49036
- Phone
- (517)279-5910
- County
- Branch County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2610140
- State district ID
- MI-12010
- Total staff (FTE)
- 314
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 469 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district20.5
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 (2,755), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $37.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.7 million
- State revenue
- $20.1 million
- Local revenue
- $12.8 million
- Total spending
- $46.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,899
- Salaries
- $13.2 million28.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $33.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.4%
- State: 53.4%
- Local: 34.2%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,899
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Coldwater Community Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Coldwater High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 981 | 28.0 |
| Jefferson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 3 | 378 | 18.0 |
| Lakeland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 375 | 19.7 |
| Larsen Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 1 | 463 | 17.1 |
| Legg Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 616 | 18.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Branch County
- Quincy Community Schools 1,099 students
- Bronson Community School District 963 students
- Union City Community Schools 909 students
- Branch ISD 567 students
- Pansophia Academy 514 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.