Regular local school district · Chippewa County
Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools runs 6 public schools with 1,806 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.7 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 1,806
- Teachers (FTE)
- 115
- Students per teacher
- 15.7
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 876 Marquette Ave, Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783
- Phone
- (906)632-5653
- County
- Chippewa County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2630990
- State district ID
- MI-17010
- Total staff (FTE)
- 264
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 301 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.7
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 (1,934), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $27.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.5 million
- State revenue
- $15.9 million
- Local revenue
- $8.5 million
- Total spending
- $25.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,041
- Salaries
- $10.0 million39.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 57.0%
- Local: 30.4%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,041
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lincoln SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 7 | 342 | 13.7 |
| Malcolm High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 71 | 14.2 |
| Sault Area Career Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Sault Area High SchoolCEP school | High | 8 to 12 | 688 | 23.7 |
| Sault Area Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 10 | 498 | 17.2 |
| Washington Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 1 | 195 | 13.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Chippewa County
- Rudyard Area Schools 603 students
- Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy 601 students
- Brimley Area Schools 463 students
- Pickford Public Schools 430 students
- Eastern Upper Peninsula ISD 320 students
- Ojibwe Charter School 125 students
- DeTour Area Schools 98 students
- Lake Superior Academy 93 students
- DeTour Arts and Technology Academy 77 students
- Whitefish Township Schools 42 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.