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Traverse City Area Public Schools

Traverse City, Michigan · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

8,584
Students enrolled
16
Public schools
450
Classroom teachers (FTE)
19.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 38
  • Kindergarten 754
  • Grade 1 561
  • Grade 2 585
  • Grade 3 583
  • Grade 4 578
  • Grade 5 626
  • Grade 6 643
  • Grade 7 631
  • Grade 8 704
  • Grade 9 686
  • Grade 10 667
  • Grade 11 751
  • Grade 12 777

By race/ethnicity

  • White 89%
  • Hispanic/Latino 4%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 3%
  • Black or African American 3%
  • Asian 2%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Two or more races <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

28% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,426 of 8,546 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 26%
  • Reduced-price lunch 3%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$15,423 spent per student on day-to-day operations Michigan median: $14,724 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,413
  • Support services $6,252
  • Other (food service, etc.) $759

Where the money comes from

  • Local 52%
  • State 42%
  • Federal 6%

Total revenue $164.5 milliontotal spending $162.2 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: SmallStudents: 42% suburb, 35% city, 23% rural

Total staff (FTE)

1,086

District office

1009 S OAK ST, Traverse City MI 49684

County

Grand Traverse County

Official website

NCES District ID

2633870

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About Traverse City Area Public Schools

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

TCAPS is a place where students, staff, and our community continue to "reach higher!"
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Public Schools in Traverse City Area Public Schools (18)

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West Senior High

Traverse City, MI · Grades 09–12 · 1,384 students · High

Central High School

Traverse City, MI · Grades 08–12 · 1,326 students · High

West Middle School

Traverse City, MI · Grades 06–08 · 1,081 students · Middle

East Middle School

Traverse City, MI · Grades 06–08 · 829 students · Middle

Central Grade School

Traverse City, MI · Grades PK–07 · 510 students · Elementary

Eastern Elementary School

Traverse City, MI · Grades PK–05 · 475 students · Elementary

Willow Hill Elementary School

Traverse City, MI · Grades PK–05 · 429 students · Elementary

Westwoods Elementary School

Traverse City, MI · Grades PK–05 · 365 students · Elementary

Long Lake Elementary School

Traverse City, MI · Grades PK–05 · 364 students · Elementary

Cherry Knoll Elementary School

Traverse City, MI · Grades PK–05 · 333 students · Elementary

TCAPS Montessori School

Traverse City, MI · Grades PK–08 · 331 students · Elementary

Silver Lake Elementary School

Traverse City, MI · Grades PK–05 · 286 students · Elementary

Traverse Heights Elem School

Traverse City, MI · Grades PK–05 · 245 students · Elementary

Courtade Elementary School

Traverse City, MI · Grades PK–05 · 215 students · Elementary

Blair Elementary School

Traverse City, MI · Grades PK–05 · 202 students · Elementary

Traverse City High School

Traverse City, MI · Grades 09–12 · 171 students · High

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