About Northwest Education Services
Northwest Education Services is a public school system serving Grand Traverse County, Michigan, based in Traverse City. It serves 1,003 students across 5 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: small district. By enrollment it is the #359 largest of Michigan’s 880 school systems.
Size and structure
Northwest Education Services enrolls 1,003 students in 5 schools — an average of about 201 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #359 of 880 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Northwest Education Services, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,003 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Northwest Education Services employs about 199 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 5.0:1 — below the Michigan average of about 16.5:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 684.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Michigan funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Northwest Education Services are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Michigan reports accountability through MI School Data, hosting the federally required MI School Index (0–100 across ESSA components such as proficiency, growth, graduation, English-learner progress and chronic absenteeism) and a Parent Dashboard. Look up Northwest Education Services on the MI School Data Parent Dashboard.
Accreditation status
Michigan has no state accreditation requirement; the Michigan Department of Education directs districts to Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor used across the state. Look up Northwest Education Services in the free Cognia registry.
Northwest Education Services vs. Michigan
See every Michigan district side by side in the Michigan directory.
Look up Northwest Education Services’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):