Traverse City, MI
Kids in Traverse City
Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.
- Public-school students
- 18,052
- NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
- Pupil–teacher ratio
- 14.8
- 1,221 teachers across 16 districts and 47 schools.
- Districts / schools
- 16 / 47
- Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.
- Bedrooms you set
- 1
- A household this size usually wants a studio.
- Childcare in this setup
- $0
- No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
- Leftover with current kids
- $1,950
- After tax, rent and everything else.
Largest public school districts
The 12 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the Traverse City metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.
- Traverse City Area Public Schools
TRAVERSE CITY
- Students
- 8,584
- Schools
- 16
- Pupil–teacher
- 19.1
- Kingsley Area Schools
KINGSLEY
- Students
- 1,430
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.8
- Kalkaska Public Schools
KALKASKA
- Students
- 1,341
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.9
- Benzie County Central Schools
BENZONIA
- Students
- 1,140
- Schools
- 6
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.4
- Grand Traverse Academy
TRAVERSE CITY
- Students
- 824
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.3
- Glen Lake Community Schools
MAPLE CITY
- Students
- 735
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.2
- Forest Area Community Schools
FIFE LAKE
- Students
- 493
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.9
- Suttons Bay Public Schools
SUTTONS BAY
- Students
- 491
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 16.9
- Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools
FRANKFORT
- Students
- 489
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.2
- Leland Public School District
LELAND
- Students
- 421
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.8
- The Greenspire School
TRAVERSE CITY
- Students
- 269
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.2
- Woodland School
TRAVERSE CITY
- Students
- 209
- Schools
- 1
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.9
Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.
Public schools by level
- Primary
- 24
- Elementary grades
- Middle
- 6
- Middle or junior high
- High
- 13
- Secondary grades
- Other
- 9
- K–12, ungraded, alternative
52 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.
Where the Traverse City metro sits
Roughly the core of the Traverse City, MI metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
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If this were a family of four
Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in Traverse City would be -$485 a month, with $1,086 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →
Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.