Regular local school district · Kalamazoo County
Portage Public Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Portage Public Schools runs 14 public schools with 8,497 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 14
- Students
- 8,497
- Teachers (FTE)
- 499
- Students per teacher
- 17.0
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 8107 Mustang Dr, Portage, MI 49002
- Phone
- (269)323-5000
- County
- Kalamazoo County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2628950
- State district ID
- MI-39140
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,039
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 607 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 36.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.0
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 (8,599), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $125.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.3 million
- State revenue
- $72.9 million
- Local revenue
- $45.4 million
- Total spending
- $126.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,688
- Salaries
- $48.1 million38.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $160.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 58.1%
- Local: 36.1%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,688
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Portage Public Schools
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 8 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| 12th Street Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 589 | 19.0 |
| Amberly Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 513 | 16.5 |
| Angling Road Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 360 | 15.0 |
| Central Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 439 | 16.3 |
| Haverhill Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 378 | 13.5 |
| Lake Center Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 494 | 17.6 |
| Moorsbridge Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 591 | 20.4 |
| Portage Central High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,391 | 20.8 |
| Portage Central Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 719 | 17.5 |
| Portage Community High School | High | 9 to 12 | 137 | 12.5 |
| Portage North Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 609 | 16.5 |
| Portage Northern High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,194 | 19.0 |
| Portage West Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 717 | 18.4 |
| Woodland Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 348 | 13.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kalamazoo County
- Kalamazoo Public Schools 12,273 students
- Gull Lake Community Schools 3,412 students
- Vicksburg Community Schools 2,560 students
- Comstock Public Schools 1,871 students
- Kalamazoo RESA 1,613 students
- Parchment School District 1,567 students
- Schoolcraft Community Schools 1,085 students
- Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools 995 students
- Climax-Scotts Community Schools 650 students
- Paramount Charter Academy 373 students
- Kalamazoo Covenant Academy 184 students
- Oakland Academy 149 students
- Youth Advancement Academy 19 students
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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.