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Covenant High School Grand Rapids

Charter schoolKent County

Covenant High School Grand Rapids is a public school academy in Kent County, Michigan. In the 2024–25 school year it reported $3.4 million in general fund spending, or $15,180 per pupil.

School finances, 2024–25 school year

General fund figures, as published by the Michigan Department of Education.

Pupils

222

full-time equivalent

General fund spending

$3.4M

the main operating fund

Spending per pupil

$15,180

general fund

Average teacher salary

$0

8 teachers (full-time equivalent)

Spending

Item Total Per pupil
Basic instruction $583,968 $2,635
Added needs instruction $678,680 $3,062
Adult education instruction $0
Total instruction $1,262,648 $5,697
Instructional staff support $194,083 $876
Administration $1,361,922 $6,145
Operations and maintenance $506,487 $2,285
Transportation $9,056 $41
Total support services $2,100,401 $9,477
Current operating spending $3,363,049 $15,175
Facilities acquisition $0 $0
Total general fund spending $3,364,229 $15,180

Revenue

Item Total Per pupil
Local $214,670 $969
State $3,082,376 $13,908
Federal $336,572 $1,519
Total general fund revenue $3,633,618 $16,396

Salaries

Item Total Per pupil
Instructional salaries $0 $0
Support service salaries $0 $0
Teacher salaries, basic instruction $0

Taxable value in the district

Item Total Per pupil
Primary homes (homestead) $0 $0
Rentals, second homes and businesses (non-homestead) $0 $0

Every figure, including each per-pupil figure, is the publisher's own. Total instruction is the three instruction lines above it, and current operating spending is total instruction plus total support services. Total support services and total revenue can also include amounts the bulletin does not list separately. Adult education and teacher salaries have no per-pupil figure here, because the bulletin does not divide them by the pupil count. Pupils per teacher: 26.

Source: Bulletin 1014: Michigan Public Schools Ranked by Select Financial Information, data export, Michigan Department of Education, retrieved September 26, 2026.

Transparency checks

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Required by law

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  • Found: Audit for the latest fiscal year filed (posted on its website)

    The Grand Rapids transparency page (linked from the homepage through "Transparency Reporting") embeds a Google Drive folder with "2024-25 Audit Financial Statement CHSGR", opened 2026-09-27: the report on financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2025. Posted on the school's site, which the publisher's rule of 2026-09-27 counts as filed.

    MCL 388.1618 · FY2025 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Audit for the latest fiscal year filed (posted on its website)

  • Not found: FOIA procedures and written public summary posted

    No FOIA link on the homepage or the transparency page. The "Procurement Policies" folder holds "2025 Freedom of Information Act - GR 8350", which is Board Policy 8350 (Confidentiality), and "2020-21 FOIA", Covenant House Academy Detroit's board policies 8310 (Public Records), 8350 and 3121; neither is FOIA procedures and guidelines or a written public summary.

    MCL 15.234(4) · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for FOIA procedures and written public summary posted

  • Not found: Transparency page: operating budget and budget revisions

    The newest budget in the "Board Approved Budgets" folder is "Financials Initial Budget 25-26 GR" (with the 2024-25 amendment); no 2026-27 budget.

    MCL 388.1618(2)(a) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: operating budget and budget revisions

  • Found: Transparency page: personnel cost and spending-by-function charts

    "2024-25 Budget Transparency Report Personnel Expenditures CHSGR" and "Operating Expenditures CHSGR" in the "Expenditure Pie Charts" folder.

    MCL 388.1618(2)(b) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: personnel cost and spending-by-function charts

  • Not found: Transparency page: labor agreements, health plans, audit, benefit bids, policies and check register

    "Medical Plan Bids" says only "We have no medical benefit plan bids." with no reason. The page also states staff do not work under collective bargaining agreements and posts the staff health care plan, the FY2025 audit, the procurement and reimbursement policies and a 2023-2024 accounts payable check register.

    MCL 388.1618(2)(c) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: labor agreements, health plans, audit, benefit bids, policies and check register

  • Not found: Transparency page: superintendent's pay, and pay of everyone paid over $100,000

    "Section 4 - Salary and Benefit Description" says only that the school uses Youth Vision Solutions as its educational service provider; its folder holds salary documents for 2022-23 and 2023-24, and "Employee Compensation Information" adds 2025-26 teacher salary bands and average salaries. Nothing gives the superintendent's compensation or states there is no employee over $100,000 for a later year.

    MCL 388.1618(2)(d) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: superintendent's pay, and pay of everyone paid over $100,000

  • Found: Transparency page: association dues

    "2024-25 Dues and Fees CHSGR".

    MCL 388.1618(2)(e) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: association dues

  • Found: Transparency page: lobbying spending

    States "There were no district paid lobbying costs for 2024-25."

    MCL 388.1618(2)(f) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: lobbying spending

  • Found: Transparency page: district credit cards

    "2024-2025 Credit Cards CHSGR".

    MCL 388.1618(2)(h) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: district credit cards

  • Found: Transparency page: administrators' out-of-state trips

    "2024-25 Out of State Travel CHSGR".

    MCL 388.1618(2)(i) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: administrators' out-of-state trips

  • Found: Management company's information posted, and authorizer and company named in the site footer

    The footer says "Authorized by Grand Valley State University / Operated by Youth Vision Solutions"; the transparency page posts the management charter contract (July 2025) and the 2024-25 ESP operating and transparency expenditure reports.

    MCL 380.503c; MCL 380.503 · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Management company's information posted, and authorizer and company named in the site footer

Good practice

0 found · 0 not found · 11 not read yet

11 checks not read yet

  • Current budget posted

  • Budgets for the past three years posted

  • Latest audit posted

  • Budget posted as a spreadsheet or data file

  • Regular meeting schedule for the year posted

  • Agendas posted for the past 12 months

  • Minutes posted for the past 12 months

  • Members' names and a way to contact them posted

  • Check register (payments) posted

  • Employee pay or salary schedule posted

  • Current contracts posted

About

Type
Public School Academy
Notes
No Treasury filing since 2018. Website from the NCES Common Core of Data district directory (2025-2026), checked in the built-in browser 2026-09-27 (Covenant Schools, Detroit and Grand Rapids).

Codes

Michigan CEPI code
41900
Michigan Treasury unit code
414900
NCES district ID
2601066

Sources

Where this page's facts come from.

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