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Western School District, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Western School District runs 6 public schools with 2,688 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.4 students per teacher is 1.5 higher than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,688
- Teachers (FTE)
- 146
- Students per teacher
- 18.4
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1400 S Dearing Rd, Parma, MI 49269
- Phone
- (517)841-8170
- County
- Jackson County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2635940
- State district ID
- MI-38010
- Total staff (FTE)
- 319
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 448 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.4
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 (2,840), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $38.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.9 million
- State revenue
- $26.1 million
- Local revenue
- $8.2 million
- Total spending
- $31.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,224
- Salaries
- $14.3 million44.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $29.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.1%
- State: 68.4%
- Local: 21.5%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,224
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Western School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bean Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 409 | 21.5 |
| Parma Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 408 | 17.0 |
| Warner Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 371 | 18.6 |
| Western High School | High | 9 to 12 | 809 | 20.2 |
| Western Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 594 | 16.5 |
| Woodville Community CenterCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 97 | 19.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jackson County
- Jackson Public Schools 4,310 students
- Northwest Community Schools 3,507 students
- Columbia School District 1,428 students
- Michigan Center School District 1,423 students
- Grass Lake Community Schools 1,334 students
- Napoleon Community Schools 1,290 students
- Jackson ISD 1,278 students
- Hanover-Horton School District 1,001 students
- Springport Public Schools 932 students
- East Jackson Community Schools 723 students
- Vandercook Lake Public Schools 629 students
- Paragon Charter Academy 627 students
- Concord Community Schools 617 students
- Da Vinci Schools 439 students
- Jackson Preparatory & Early College 260 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.