Wayne County · Michigan
Detroit, MI public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Detroit Public Schools Community District — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
Detroit Public Schools Community District is the primary public district for Detroit, MI. It enrolls 48,548 students in 107 schools with 3,019 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $17,882 per pupil, 3% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 48,548NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 107Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 16.1Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $17,882Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in Detroit
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 8.7%
- $80,687,000
- State revenue
- 58.9%
- $549,237,000
- Federal revenue
- 32.5%
- $302,788,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Detroit property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 46 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe Detroit Public Schools Community District (LEAID 2601103) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
Keep going
Other Detroit data on this site.
NCES LEAID 2601103. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.