Regular local school district · Marquette County
Marquette Area Public Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Marquette Area Public Schools runs 7 public schools with 3,233 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.6 students per teacher is about the same as the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 3,233
- Teachers (FTE)
- 184
- Students per teacher
- 17.6
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1201 W Fair Ave, Marquette, MI 49855
- Phone
- (906)225-5326
- County
- Marquette County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2600013
- State district ID
- MI-52170
- Total staff (FTE)
- 408
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 404 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.6
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 (3,172), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $41.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.2 million
- State revenue
- $24.0 million
- Local revenue
- $14.0 million
- Total spending
- $37.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,831
- Salaries
- $18.0 million48.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.8%
- State: 58.2%
- Local: 34.0%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,831
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Marquette Area Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bothwell Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 696 | 18.8 |
| Cherry Creek Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 430 | 17.9 |
| Graveraet Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 289 | 17.0 |
| Marquette Senior High School | High | 7 to 12 | 940 | 19.6 |
| Sandy Knoll School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 322 | 14.0 |
| Superior Hills Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 405 | 16.2 |
| Vandenboom Alternative High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 127 | 15.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Marquette County
- Negaunee Public Schools 1,554 students
- NICE Community School District 1,111 students
- Gwinn Area Community Schools 907 students
- Ishpeming Public School District No. 1 629 students
- Marquette-Alger Regional Education Service Agency 225 students
- North Star Montessori Academy 145 students
- Republic-Michigamme Schools 80 students
- Powell Township Schools 46 students
- Wells Township School District 8 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.