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Merrill Community Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Merrill Community Schools runs 3 public schools with 458 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.1 students per teacher is 3.8 lower than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 458
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 555 W Alice St, Merrill, MI 48637
- Phone
- (989)643-7261
- County
- Saginaw County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2623610
- State district ID
- MI-73230
- Total staff (FTE)
- 93
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 458 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.1
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 (544), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $8.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $5.0 million
- Local revenue
- $2.5 million
- Total spending
- $6.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,710
- Salaries
- $2.4 million35.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $12.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 58.4%
- Local: 29.1%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,710
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Merrill Community Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Merrill Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 196 | 10.9 |
| Merrill High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 165 | 18.3 |
| Merrill Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 97 | 13.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Saginaw County
- Saginaw School District of the City of 5,005 students
- Saginaw Township Community Schools 4,548 students
- Freeland Community School District 2,016 students
- Birch Run Area Schools 1,806 students
- Swan Valley School District 1,802 students
- Saginaw ISD 1,668 students
- Carrollton Public Schools 1,576 students
- Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District 1,477 students
- Chesaning Union Schools 1,386 students
- Frankenmuth School District 1,364 students
- Hemlock Public School District 1,239 students
- St. Charles Community Schools 703 students
- North Saginaw Charter Academy 679 students
- Francis Reh PSA 505 students
- Saginaw Preparatory Academy 376 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.