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Waterford School District, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Waterford School District runs 17 public schools with 6,773 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.9 students per teacher is 2.0 lower than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 17
- Students
- 6,773
- Teachers (FTE)
- 454
- Students per teacher
- 14.9
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 501 North Cass, Waterford, MI 48328
- Phone
- (248)706-4860
- County
- Oakland County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2635310
- State district ID
- MI-63300
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,202
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 452 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 22.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.9
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 (7,520), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $143.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $20.1 million
- State revenue
- $73.8 million
- Local revenue
- $49.9 million
- Total spending
- $125.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,662
- Salaries
- $49.2 million39.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $158.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.0%
- State: 51.3%
- Local: 34.7%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,662
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Waterford School District
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 9 elementary, 2 other, 1 ungraded. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Beaumont Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 298 | 17.5 |
| Childrens Village School | Other | K to 12 | 56 | 4.0 |
| Cooley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 377 | 18.0 |
| Donelson Hills Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 392 | 18.7 |
| Grayson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 437 | 18.2 |
| Haviland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 308 | 14.7 |
| Houghton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 278 | 14.6 |
| Kingsley Montgomery SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 45 | 4.1 |
| Knudsen Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 278 | 15.4 |
| Mason Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 731 | 16.6 |
| Pierce Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 733 | 18.3 |
| Riverside Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 291 | 15.3 |
| Schoolcraft Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 398 | 18.1 |
| Waterford Durant High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 120 | 10.0 |
| Waterford Kettering High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 909 | 22.7 |
| Waterford Lifetracks Program Crary Campus | Ungraded | 15 | 27 | 5.4 |
| Waterford Mott High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 963 | 17.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Oakland County
- Rochester Community School District 14,868 students
- Troy School District 12,283 students
- Walled Lake Consolidated Schools 11,818 students
- Farmington Public School District 9,110 students
- South Lyon Community Schools 8,387 students
- Huron Valley Schools 7,687 students
- Birmingham Public Schools 7,424 students
- Novi Community School District 6,770 students
- Clarkston Community School District 6,728 students
- Lake Orion Community Schools 6,589 students
- Oxford Community Schools 5,605 students
- Bloomfield Hills Schools 4,967 students
- Royal Oak Schools 4,904 students
- West Bloomfield School District 4,727 students
- Southfield Public School District 4,491 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.