Grosse Pointe Public School System

A Comparison of Data from 1993 to 2009

Oct, 1993 Oct, 1993
(Actual $) (Inflation Adj.) Oct, 2009 % Change '93-
Student and Staff Data '09 (Adjusted)
Students 7,850 8,173 4.1%
Teachers 527 580 10.1%
Pupil : Teacher Ratio 14.90 14.09 -5.4%
Avg. Elementary Class Size 23.1 21.8 -5.6%
Public Librarians 14 0
Clerical Staff 93 58 -37.6%
Plant and Cafeteria Staff 108 76 -29.6%
Classroom Assistants 108 147 36.1%
Administrators 30 30 0.0%
Other Regular Staff 35 25 -28.6%
Total Employees 915 916 0.1%
Total Teachers and Classroom Assitants 635 727 14.5%
All Other Employees 280 189 -32.5%
GPPSS Rank Among All
MI Public School Districts Rank Change
- Total Revenue/Pupil 14 49 -35
- Total Expenditure/Pupil 12 52 -40
- Average Teacher Salary 14 1 13
- Administrative Cost/Pupil 56 387 -331
- Operations and Mntc Costs/Pupil 15 166 -151

General Fund Budget $62,808,803 $94,208,000 $108,121,594 14.8%

Per Pupil Cost $8,001 $12,001 $13,229 10.2%
Teacher Compensation Costs
- Average Salary/Teacher $55,619 $83,425 $82,714 -0.9%
- Average Retirement Expense/Teacher $5,306 $7,958 $14,012 76.1%
- Average Health Care Cost/Teacher $6,791 $10,186 $13,052 28.1%
- Average Total Compensation/Teacher $71,971 $107,952 $116,105 7.6%
- Total Teacher Compensation for GPPSS $37,928,668 $56,889,640 $67,341,116 18.4%
- Total Teacher Costs as a % of GF Budget 60.39% 60.39% 62.28% 3.1%
Tax and Millage Data % Change
- Homestead Property State Equalized Value $1,992,461,914 $2,988,630,000 $3,016,427,401 0.9%
- SEV Per Pupil $253,817 $380,709 $369,072 -3.1%
- Millage Revenue (All) $58,294,255 $87,437,370 $43,104,748 -50.7%
- Millage Revenue (Operating) $57,831,207 $86,743,200 $36,017,350 -58.5%
- Millage Revenue (Local) $58,294,255 $87,437,370 $25,006,183 -71.4%
- Operating Millage Revenue/Pupil $7,426 $11,139 $5,274 -52.7%

This document is NOT an official publication of the Grosse Pointe Public School System Prepared by: Brendan Walsh