Regular local school district · Lapeer County
Dryden Community Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Dryden Community Schools runs 2 public schools with 438 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.2 students per teacher is 4.7 lower than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 438
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36
- Students per teacher
- 12.2
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3866 Rochester Rd, Dryden, MI 48428
- Phone
- (810)448-4092
- County
- Lapeer County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2612240
- State district ID
- MI-44050
- Total staff (FTE)
- 86
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 438 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.2
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 (434), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $6.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $731,000
- State revenue
- $3.7 million
- Local revenue
- $2.1 million
- Total spending
- $5.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,675
- Salaries
- $1.9 million34.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.2%
- State: 56.1%
- Local: 32.7%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,675
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Dryden Community Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dryden Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 224 | 10.2 |
| Dryden High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 214 | 15.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lapeer County
- Lapeer Community Schools 4,089 students
- North Branch Area Schools 2,431 students
- Imlay City Community Schools 1,782 students
- Almont Community Schools 1,389 students
- Chatfield School 483 students
- Lapeer ISD 318 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.