Regular local school district · Grand Traverse County
Traverse City Area Public Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Traverse City Area Public Schools runs 16 public schools with 8,584 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 19.1 students per teacher is 2.2 higher than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 16
- Students
- 8,584
- Teachers (FTE)
- 450
- Students per teacher
- 19.1
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1009 S Oak St, Traverse City, MI 49684
- Phone
- (231)933-1700
- County
- Grand Traverse County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2633870
- State district ID
- MI-28010
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,086
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 613 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 31.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.1
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 (9,007), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $128.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.4 million
- State revenue
- $55.0 million
- Local revenue
- $64.4 million
- Total spending
- $136.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,200
- Salaries
- $50.9 million37.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $96.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 42.7%
- Local: 50.0%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,200
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Traverse City Area Public Schools
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 11 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Blair Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 202 | 11.2 |
| Central Grade SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 7 | 510 | 17.6 |
| Central High SchoolCEP school | High | 8 to 12 | 1,326 | 23.7 |
| Cherry Knoll Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 333 | 15.1 |
| Courtade Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 215 | 14.3 |
| East Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 829 | 20.2 |
| Eastern Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 475 | 19.0 |
| Long Lake Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 364 | 16.5 |
| Silver Lake Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 286 | 16.8 |
| TCAPS Montessori SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 331 | 16.6 |
| Traverse City High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 171 | 17.1 |
| Traverse Heights Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 245 | 13.6 |
| West Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,081 | 20.8 |
| West Senior HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,384 | 24.7 |
| Westwoods Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 365 | 18.2 |
| Willow Hill Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 429 | 18.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Grand Traverse County
- Kingsley Area Schools 1,430 students
- Northwest Education Services 1,003 students
- Grand Traverse Academy 824 students
- The Greenspire School 269 students
- Mill Creek Academy 233 students
- Woodland School 209 students
- Old Mission Peninsula School 146 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.