Regular local school district · Isabella County
Shepherd Public Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Shepherd Public Schools runs 5 public schools with 1,746 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 17.8 students per teacher is 0.9 higher than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,746
- Teachers (FTE)
- 98
- Students per teacher
- 17.8
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 258 W Wright Ave, Shepherd, MI 48883
- Phone
- (989)828-5520
- County
- Isabella County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2631380
- State district ID
- MI-37060
- Total staff (FTE)
- 248
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 873 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.8
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 (1,737), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $23.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.2 million
- State revenue
- $15.7 million
- Local revenue
- $5.4 million
- Total spending
- $20.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,994
- Salaries
- $8.9 million42.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $25.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 67.3%
- Local: 23.2%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,994
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Shepherd Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Odyssey MiddleHigh SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 69 | 23.0 |
| Shepherd Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 544 | 16.0 |
| Shepherd High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 519 | 23.6 |
| Shepherd Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 390 | 17.7 |
| Winn Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 224 | 14.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Isabella County
- Mt. Pleasant City School District 3,341 students
- Beal City Public Schools 641 students
- Renaissance Public School Academy 428 students
- Flextech High School Shepherd 79 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.