Regular local school district · Roscommon County
Houghton Lake Community Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Houghton Lake Community Schools runs 3 public schools with 1,076 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.4 students per teacher is 4.5 lower than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,076
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 4433 W Houghton Lake Dr, Houghton Lake, MI 48629
- Phone
- (989)366-2031
- County
- Roscommon County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2618600
- State district ID
- MI-72020
- Total staff (FTE)
- 223
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 1,076 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.4
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 (1,158), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $17.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.7 million
- State revenue
- $4.4 million
- Local revenue
- $9.9 million
- Total spending
- $14.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,784
- Salaries
- $5.6 million37.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 26.0%
- Local: 58.2%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,784
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Houghton Lake Community Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Collins Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 489 | 15.3 |
| Houghton Lake Community EducationCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 103 | 4.5 |
| Houghton Lake JrSr High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 484 | 15.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Roscommon County
- Roscommon Area Public Schools 791 students
- Charlton Heston Academy 717 students
- C.O.O.R. ISD 346 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.