Regular local school district · Wayne County
Van Buren Public Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Van Buren Public Schools runs 8 public schools with 4,273 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 4,273
- Teachers (FTE)
- 245
- Students per teacher
- 17.4
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 555 W Columbia Ave, Belleville, MI 48111
- Phone
- (734)697-1054
- County
- Wayne County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2634560
- State district ID
- MI-82430
- Total staff (FTE)
- 572
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 712 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.4
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 (4,345), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $65.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.6 million
- State revenue
- $35.0 million
- Local revenue
- $25.2 million
- Total spending
- $64.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,849
- Salaries
- $26.5 million41.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $60.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.5%
- State: 53.2%
- Local: 38.3%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,849
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Van Buren Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Belleville High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 1,669 | 22.6 |
| Early Childhood Center of VBPSCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 0 | |
| Edgemont Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 358 | 14.3 |
| McBride Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 9 | 561 | 16.5 |
| Owen Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Middle | 4 to 6 | 575 | 18.5 |
| Rawsonville Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 313 | 14.9 |
| Savage Road Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 342 | 19.0 |
| Tyler Road Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 388 | 16.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Wayne County
- Detroit Public Schools Community District 48,828 students
- Dearborn City School District 19,262 students
- Plymouth-Canton Community Schools 16,083 students
- Livonia Public Schools School District 13,076 students
- Wayne-Westland Community School District 9,861 students
- Wayne RESA 8,615 students
- Northville Public Schools 7,022 students
- Grosse Pointe Public Schools 6,419 students
- Woodhaven-Brownstown School District 5,688 students
- Taylor School District 5,404 students
- Lincoln Park School District of the City of 4,895 students
- Wyandotte School District of the City of 4,171 students
- Southgate Community School District 3,760 students
- Allen Park Public Schools 3,713 students
- Crestwood School District 3,688 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.