Regular local school district · Hillsdale County
Hillsdale Community Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Hillsdale Community Schools runs 5 public schools with 1,263 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.6 students per teacher is 1.3 lower than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,263
- Teachers (FTE)
- 81
- Students per teacher
- 15.6
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 30 S Norwood Ave, Hillsdale, MI 49242
- Phone
- (517)437-4401
- County
- Hillsdale County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2618390
- State district ID
- MI-30020
- Total staff (FTE)
- 188
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 253 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.6
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 (1,328), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $17.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.8 million
- State revenue
- $11.2 million
- Local revenue
- $3.7 million
- Total spending
- $16.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,504
- Salaries
- $7.1 million43.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 63.1%
- Local: 21.1%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,504
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Hillsdale Community Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bailey Early Childhood CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 34 | 4.9 |
| Davis Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 366 | 15.9 |
| Gier Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 434 | 16.1 |
| Hillsdale High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 370 | 18.5 |
| Horizon Alternative SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 55 | 55.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hillsdale County
- Jonesville Community Schools 1,180 students
- Reading Community Schools 690 students
- Camden-Frontier School 432 students
- Pittsford Area Schools 366 students
- Hillsdale ISD 332 students
- North Adams-Jerome Public Schools 301 students
- Will Carleton Charter School Academy 276 students
- Litchfield Community Schools 253 students
- Waldron Area Schools 205 students
- Hillsdale Preparatory School 60 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.