Regular local school district · Ionia County
Saranac Community Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Saranac Community Schools runs 2 public schools with 850 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 850
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49
- Students per teacher
- 17.3
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 225 Pleasant St, Saranac, MI 48881
- Phone
- (616)642-1400
- County
- Ionia County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2630930
- State district ID
- MI-34120
- Total staff (FTE)
- 118
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 425 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.3
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 (864), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $931,000
- State revenue
- $7.7 million
- Local revenue
- $3.6 million
- Total spending
- $10.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,086
- Salaries
- $4.1 million39.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $26.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.6%
- State: 63.1%
- Local: 29.3%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,086
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Saranac Community Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Saranac Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 433 | 15.5 |
| Saranac JrSr High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 406 | 20.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Ionia County
- Ionia Public Schools 2,675 students
- Portland Public Schools 1,993 students
- Belding Area School District 1,652 students
- Ionia ISD 230 students
- Berlin Township S/D #3 School District 15 students
- Easton Township S/D #6 School District 10 students
- Ionia Township S/D #2 School District 10 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.