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Pontiac City School District, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Pontiac City School District runs 10 public schools with 3,851 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.0 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 3,851
- Teachers (FTE)
- 241
- Students per teacher
- 16.0
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 47200 Woodward Ave, Pontiac, MI 48342
- Phone
- (248)451-6883
- County
- Oakland County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2628740
- State district ID
- MI-63030
- Total staff (FTE)
- 712
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 428 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 25.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.0
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 (3,754), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $85.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $22.0 million
- State revenue
- $13.6 million
- Local revenue
- $49.9 million
- Total spending
- $77.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,626
- Salaries
- $24.3 million31.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $131.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 25.7%
- State: 15.9%
- Local: 58.4%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,626
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Pontiac City School District
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alcott SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 334 | 23.9 |
| Bethune Adult Education | High | 12 | 0 | |
| Herrington SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 319 | 21.3 |
| Kennedy CenterCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 57 | 7.1 |
| Owen Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 383 | 22.5 |
| Pontiac Academy for Student Success | High | 9 to 12 | 7 | |
| Pontiac High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 992 | 17.4 |
| Pontiac Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 790 | 20.3 |
| Rogers SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 280 | 21.5 |
| Whitman Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 611 | 12.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Oakland County
- Rochester Community School District 14,868 students
- Troy School District 12,283 students
- Walled Lake Consolidated Schools 11,818 students
- Farmington Public School District 9,110 students
- South Lyon Community Schools 8,387 students
- Huron Valley Schools 7,687 students
- Birmingham Public Schools 7,424 students
- Waterford School District 6,773 students
- Novi Community School District 6,770 students
- Clarkston Community School District 6,728 students
- Lake Orion Community Schools 6,589 students
- Oxford Community Schools 5,605 students
- Bloomfield Hills Schools 4,967 students
- Royal Oak Schools 4,904 students
- West Bloomfield School District 4,727 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.