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Ann Arbor Public Schools
District details
School board members: 7
Students: 17,026 (2022-2023)
Schools: 32 (2022-2023)
Website: Link

Ann Arbor Public Schools is a school district in Michigan (Washtenaw County). During the 2023 school year, 17,026 students attended one of the district's 32 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018
• 2014

Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Leslie Wilkins (Nonpartisan)	22.4	39,986
✔		Don Wilkerson (Nonpartisan)	19.9	35,592
✔	Submit photo	Glynda Wilks (Nonpartisan)	19.8	35,298
	Submit photo	Megan Kanous (Nonpartisan)	18.1	32,413
	Submit photo	Ernesto Querijero (Nonpartisan)	13.8	24,714
	Submit photo	Eric Sturgis (Nonpartisan)	5.6	9,938
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	758

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 178,699
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Woodrow Williams II (Nonpartisan)

Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large

General election

Special general election for Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large

Incumbent Torchio Feaster won election in the special general election for Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Torchio Feaster (Nonpartisan)	98.6	52,236
		Other/Write-in votes	1.4	719

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,955
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Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susan Baskett (Nonpartisan)	13.6	27,891
✔	Submit photo	Jacinda Townsend Gides (Nonpartisan)	12.7	26,126
✔		Rima Mohammad (Nonpartisan)	12.4	25,493
✔	Submit photo	Susan Schmidt (Nonpartisan)	10.0	20,456
	Submit photo	Jeremy Lapham (Nonpartisan)	9.9	20,323
	Submit photo	Jamila James (Nonpartisan)	9.9	20,215
	Submit photo	Lena Kauffman (Nonpartisan)	5.7	11,709
		Kai Cortina (Nonpartisan)	5.2	10,707
	Submit photo	Andrew Spencer (Nonpartisan)	5.2	10,564
		Leslie Wilkins (Nonpartisan)	4.8	9,915
	Submit photo	Alex Wood (Nonpartisan)	4.5	9,211
	Submit photo	Barry Schumer (Nonpartisan)	3.4	6,888
	Submit photo	Paulette Metoyer (Nonpartisan)	2.4	4,999
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	467

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 204,964
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Heather Eckner (Nonpartisan)

Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Ernesto Querijero (Nonpartisan)	20.7	37,552
✔	Submit photo	Krystle DuPree (Nonpartisan)	18.5	33,547
✔		Jeff Gaynor (Nonpartisan)	18.3	33,191
	Submit photo	Jamila James (Nonpartisan)	11.6	21,162
		Angie Smith (Nonpartisan)	10.9	19,840
	Submit photo	Maggi Richards Kennel (Nonpartisan)	8.4	15,180
		John Spisak (Nonpartisan)	4.2	7,719
	Submit photo	Libby Hemphill (Nonpartisan)	4.2	7,572
	Submit photo	Xan Morgan (Nonpartisan)	3.3	5,940

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 181,703
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Susan Schmidt (Nonpartisan)
• Jon Strite (Nonpartisan)

Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jessica Kelly (Nonpartisan)	15.6	29,801
✔		Rebecca Lazarus (Nonpartisan)	15.2	28,990
✔		Bryan Johnson (Nonpartisan)	14.5	27,545
✔		Susan Baskett (Nonpartisan)	12.3	23,492
		Lucas Cole (Nonpartisan)	12.3	23,346
		Christine Stead (Nonpartisan)	11.0	21,021
		Patricia Ashford Manley (Nonpartisan)	9.6	18,288
	Submit photo	Suzanne Perkins (Nonpartisan)	9.1	17,385
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	585

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 190,453
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Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large

General election

General election for Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large

Incumbent Susan Baskett, incumbent Patricia Ashford Manley, and incumbent Christine Stead won election in the general election for Ann Arbor Board of Education At-large on November 4, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Susan Baskett (Nonpartisan)
✔		Patricia Ashford Manley (Nonpartisan)
✔		Christine Stead (Nonpartisan)

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Election rules

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Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Michigan are held on the first Tuesday after the First Monday in November every two years in even-numbered years.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384

Recent or upcoming election dates for all local school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all local school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

• Filing deadline date: July 21, 2026
• General election date: November 3, 2026

Election system

School board members in Michigan are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Michigan are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Michigan Election Law on school board candidate nominating petitions states, "(2)The nominating petition must be substantially in the form prescribed in section 544c, except that the petition must be nonpartisan." It also states, "At any regular election, the names of the several nonpartisan offices to be voted for shall be placed on a separate portion of the ballot containing no party designation in the following order: [...], and in a year in which an election for the office is held, local school district board member, metropolitan district officer, and district library board member."

See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303 and Section 168.699

Winning an election

The candidate or candidates that receive the most votes in the nonpartisan general election are elected to office.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.307

Term length and staggering

All school districts other community school districts in Michigan have board member terms of either four or six years depending on the board by-laws. As of 2022, 60% of school districts in Michigan had six-year board member terms, and 40% -- including community school districts -- had four-year board member terms.

Community school districts in Michigan have four-year board member terms. Initial terms for the first board members of newly organized community school districts are two, four, or six years to stagger elections.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.11a and Michigan Statute Section 380.384

For community school districts in Michigan, as close to half of school board members as possible for each district are elected every two years, which means either three or four seats are up for election at each even-year election. At the first board member election after community school districts are first organized, all seven board member seats are elected. Two members are elected to two-year terms, three members are elected to four-year terms, and two members are elected to six-year terms, with higher vote totals dictating longer initial terms. After initial terms, all board members have four-year terms, which results in staggered elections: four seats up in one election and three seats up in the next election.

Michigan statute requires that at least one board member must be elected every two years at each regular even-year election. Specific seat staggering details for school districts other than community school districts are determined at the local level by the district board's bylaws. Most districts with four-year board member terms elect as close to half of board members as possible every two years. Most districts with six-year board member terms elect as close to one-third of board members as possible every two years.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384 and Michigan Statute Section 168.301

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School board members in Michigan are elected at large by all voters in the district.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303, Section 168.307, and Section 380.384 (3)

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

School board candidates must file affidavits and nomination petitions or candidate filing fees by 4 p.m. on the 15th Tuesday before the November election. This means that the school board candidate filing deadline is in late July every even-numbered year.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 168.303

Newly elected school board members in Michigan officially take office on January 1 of the year following the election.

See law: Michigan Statute Section 380.384 and Section 168.302

 

About the district

School board

Ann Arbor Public Schools consists of seven members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Torchio Feaster	At-large	2023	2029
Don Wilkerson	At-large	2025	2028
Leslie Wilkins	At-large	2025	2028
Glynda Wilks	At-large	2025	2028
Rima Mohammad	At-large	2023	2026
Susan Schmidt	At-large	2023	2026
Susan Baskett	At-large	2003	2026

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Overlapping state house districts

Ann Arbor Public Schools

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
Michigan House of Representatives District 33	Morgan Foreman	Democratic Party	28%	19%
Michigan House of Representatives District 23	Jason Morgan	Democratic Party	24%	26%
Michigan House of Representatives District 48	Jennifer Conlin	Democratic Party	23%	9%
Michigan House of Representatives District 47	Carrie Rheingans	Democratic Party	22%	7%
Michigan House of Representatives District 32	Jimmie Wilson Jr.	Democratic Party	3%	6%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2020-2021

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$19,942,000	$1,143	6%
Local:	$201,583,000	$11,551	58%
State:	$126,512,000	$7,250	36%
Total:	$348,037,000	$19,944

Expenditures, 2020-2021

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$327,127,000	$18,745
Total Current Expenditures:	$266,396,000	$15,265
Instructional Expenditures:	$161,342,000	$9,245	49%
Student and Staff Support:	$47,992,000	$2,750	15%
Administration:	$28,210,000	$1,616	9%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$28,852,000	$1,653	9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$45,867,000	$2,628
Construction:	$26,677,000	$1,528
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$4,359,000	$249
Interest on Debt:	$8,645,000	$495

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	71	88	25-29	50-54	PS	65-69	73
2018-2019	66	88	26	43	40-59	63	75
2017-2018	56	73	22	40	21-39	55	64
2016-2017	66	89	24	42	40-59	63	75
2015-2016	66	90	29	44	40-49	62	75
2014-2015	63	86	27	42	21-39	60	70
2013-2014	69	88	33	46	40-59	67	75
2012-2013	68	89	33	47	50-59	64	75
2011-2012	66	87	31	41	50-59	63	73
2010-2011	91	97	73	83	>=80	92	95

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	81	87	40-44	65-69	PS	80-84	86
2018-2019	70	83	38	52	40-59	67	79
2017-2018	57	67	26	43	21-39	57	66
2016-2017	68	82	33	49	40-59	66	77
2015-2016	70	85	37	50	60-69	67	78
2014-2015	67	81	33	46	40-59	66	75
2013-2014	82	89	57	65	60-79	83	89
2012-2013	81	88	55	70	60-69	81	88
2011-2012	79	88	54	60	70-79	81	86
2010-2011	90	94	74	77	>=80	90	94

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	91	>=95	80-84	75-79	>=50	85-89	95
2018-2019	89	>=95	75-79	75-79	PS	85-89	94
2017-2018	89	>=95	75-79	80-84	>=50	90-94	91
2016-2017	90	90-94	80-84	75-79	>=50	85-89	93
2015-2016	89	>=95	75-79	75-79	PS	85-89	92
2014-2015	89	>=95	80-84	80-84	PS	80-84	89
2013-2014	89	>=95	75-79	85-89	>=50	80-84	92
2012-2013	87	>=95	75-79	70-79	>=50	80-84	89
2011-2012	87	90-94	70-74	75-79	PS	85-89	93
2010-2011	84	90-94	70-74	75-79	>=50	70-74	87

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023	17,026	-0.3
2021-2022	17,070	-2.2
2020-2021	17,451	-3.6
2019-2020	18,073	0.1
2018-2019	18,054	1.3
2017-2018	17,820	1.4
2016-2017	17,565	1.9
2015-2016	17,233	2.7
2014-2015	16,761	1.8
2013-2014	16,454	-1.2
2012-2013	16,654	0.1
2011-2012	16,635	-0.8
2010-2011	16,764	0.7
2009-2010	16,646	0.7
2008-2009	16,523	-1.3
2007-2008	16,742	-1.3
2006-2007	16,952	-1.2
2005-2006	17,150	0.0
2004-2005	17,156	2.7
2003-2004	16,701	-0.4
2002-2003	16,774	0.0
2001-2002	16,772	1.4
2000-2001	16,539	0.6
1999-2000	16,434	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2022-2023

RACE	Ann Arbor Public Schools (%)	Michigan K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.2	0.6
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	13.6	3.6
Black	13.5	18.1
Hispanic	10.5	8.9
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.0	0.1
Two or More Races	11.7	5.1
White	50.5	63.6

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Ann Arbor Public Schools had 1,232.98 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 13.81.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	36.50
Kindergarten:	89.00
Elementary:	425.30
Secondary:	540.18
Total:	1,232.98

Ann Arbor Public Schools employed 47.00 district administrators and 64.40 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	47.00
District Administrative Support:	11.40
School Administrators:	64.40
School Administrative Support:	153.28

Other staff, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	349.90
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	37.40
Total Guidance Counselors:	42.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	41.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	32.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00
Student Support Services:	220.91
Other Support Services:	430.90

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

Ann Arbor Public Schools operates 32 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Abbot School	326	KG-5
Angell School	298	KG-5
Ann Arbor Open At Mack School	517	KG-8
Ann Arbor Steam At Northside School	601	KG-8
Bach Elementary School	344	KG-5
Burns Park Elementary School	487	KG-5
Carpenter School	445	KG-5
Clague Middle School	718	6-8
Clifford E Bryant Comm School	226	KG-2
Community High School	506	9-12
Correctional Services	3	9-12
Dicken Elementary School	291	KG-5
Eberwhite School	352	KG-5
Forsythe Middle School	578	6-8
Haisley Elementary School	369	PK-5
Huron High School	1,635	9-12
John Allen School	381	KG-5
Lakewood Elementary School	265	KG-5
Logan Elementary School	362	KG-5
Martin Luther King Elem School	508	KG-5
Mary D Mitchell School	432	KG-5
Pathways To Success Academic Campus	258	9-12
Pattengill School	221	3-5
Pioneer High School	1,700	9-12
Pittsfield School	237	KG-5
Scarlett Middle School	615	6-8
Skyline High School	1,315	9-12
Slauson Middle School	736	6-8
Tappan Middle School	680	6-8
Thurston Elementary School	495	KG-5
Uriah H Lawton School	438	KG-5
Wines Elementary School	401	PK-5

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