Regular local school district · Arenac County
Standish-Sterling Community Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Standish-Sterling Community Schools runs 3 public schools with 1,483 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.5 students per teacher is 1.6 higher than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,483
- Teachers (FTE)
- 80
- Students per teacher
- 18.5
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3789 Wyatt Rd, Standish, MI 48658
- Phone
- (989)846-3670
- County
- Arenac County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2632940
- State district ID
- MI-06050
- Total staff (FTE)
- 211
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 494 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.5
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 (1,462), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $20.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.0 million
- State revenue
- $12.8 million
- Local revenue
- $4.5 million
- Total spending
- $18.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,434
- Salaries
- $7.9 million43.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.8%
- State: 63.2%
- Local: 22.0%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,434
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Standish-Sterling Community Schools
By level: 1 high, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| StandishSterling Central Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 654 | 21.1 |
| StandishSterling Central JrSr High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 660 | 20.0 |
| Sterling Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 168 | 15.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Arenac County
- Au Gres-Sims School District 414 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.