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Godfrey-Lee Public Schools

School districtKent County

Godfrey-Lee Public Schools is a school district in Kent County, Michigan. In 2025, primary homes here pay a total of 51.25 mills in property tax; rentals, second homes and businesses pay 68.99 mills. It levied property tax in 1 tax area in 2025. In the 2024–25 school year it reported $33 million in general fund spending, or $20,074 per pupil.

Total property tax rate, primary homes

51.25

mills in 2025 · 1 tax area · about $8,338 a year on a median home (estimate)

Total property tax rate, rentals, second homes and businesses

68.99

mills in 2025 · includes the school operating tax

Levies, 2025

3

in 1 tax area

Total property tax rates here, 2025

What property pays to every taxing body (the State, county, schools, local government and others), by tax area. A mill is $1 of tax per $1,000 of taxable value.

Compare with every tax area in Kent County →

City or township Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
City of Wyoming 51.2464 $8,338 68.9896

Kent County's certified rates split each area's total between a summer and a winter tax bill; open an area below to see its split.

Primary homes, which their owners live in, pay the homestead rate; so do qualified farmland and a few other kinds of property exempt from the school operating tax. Rentals, second homes and most businesses pay the non-homestead rate, which includes it. What these terms mean

Median home, estimated: the yearly tax a new buyer would pay on a primary home at Kent County's median value, $325,400 (Census Bureau, 2024): half the value times the mills, divided by 1,000. An estimate, not a bill. How the estimate works

Every levy, by tax area

City of Wyoming · 51.2464 primary homes, 68.9896 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 48.2200, winter 3.0264; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 65.9632, winter 3.0264.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Godfrey-Lee Public Schools 14.0000 $2,278 14.0000
Voted Operating City of Wyoming 8.4247 $1,371 8.4247
State Education Tax State of Michigan 6.0000 $976 6.0000
Allocated or Charter Operating City of Wyoming 4.6579 $758 4.6579
ISD Voted Special Education Kent ISD 4.3364 $706 4.3364
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
Building and Site Godfrey-Lee Public Schools 2.6644 $433 2.6644
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Interurban Transit Partnership Interurban Transit Partnership 1.3817 $225 1.3817
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Zoo and Museum Kent County 0.4134 $67 0.4134
Ready by Five Kent County 0.2476 $40 0.2476
ISD Allocated Operating Kent ISD 0.0841 $14 0.0841
Veterans Kent County 0.0491 $8 0.0491
School Operating (Non-Homestead) Godfrey-Lee Public Schools 0.0000 $0 17.7432

Where the property tax goes here

Each tax area's total for primary homes, split by who levies it.

Of the $8,338 a year a new buyer of a median primary home here would pay (an estimate), about $2,711 goes to Godfrey-Lee Public Schools (33%). The rest goes to the other bodies that levy here: the State, the county, the schools and others.

Its total rate for primary homes ranks 1st highest of Kent County's 94 tax areas. See every area

  • State
  • County
  • ISD and college
  • School district
  • City, township or village
  • Library, transit and other
  • City of Wyoming Godfrey-Lee Public Schools 51.2464 mills $8,338

    City of Wyoming with Godfrey-Lee Public Schools: 51.2464 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 16.6644, City, township or village 13.0826, Library, transit and other 2.4649), estimated $8,338 a year for a new buyer

The figures as a table
Tax area State County ISD and college School district City, township or village Library, transit and other Total Estimated tax
City of Wyoming, Godfrey-Lee Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 16.6644 13.0826 2.4649 51.2464 $8,338

Median home, estimated: the yearly tax a new buyer would pay on a primary home at Kent County's median value, $325,400 (Census Bureau, 2024): half the value times the mills, divided by 1,000. An estimate, not a bill. How the estimate works

What Godfrey-Lee Public Schools levies, 2025

Only its own millages, part of the totals above, and how many tax areas each is levied in.

Levy Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills Tax areas
School Debt 14.0000 $2,278 14.0000 1
Building and Site 2.6644 $433 2.6644 1
School Operating (Non-Homestead) 0.0000 $0 17.7432 1

Median home, estimated: the yearly tax a new buyer would pay on a primary home at Kent County's median value, $325,400 (Census Bureau, 2024): half the value times the mills, divided by 1,000. An estimate, not a bill. How the estimate works

School finances, 2024–25 school year

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

Pupils

1,641

full-time equivalent

General fund spending

$33M

the main operating fund

Spending per pupil

$20,074

general fund

Average teacher salary

$74,182

78 teachers (full-time equivalent)

Spending

Item Total Per pupil
Basic instruction $12,807,789 $7,803
Added needs instruction $4,190,984 $2,553
Adult education instruction $0
Total instruction $16,998,772 $10,356
Instructional staff support $5,308,429 $3,234
Administration $4,130,066 $2,516
Operations and maintenance $2,944,628 $1,794
Transportation $444,791 $271
Total support services $12,827,915 $7,815
Current operating spending $29,826,688 $18,171
Facilities acquisition $0 $0
Total general fund spending $32,950,289 $20,074

Revenue

Item Total Per pupil
Local $3,677,683 $2,241
State $23,619,001 $14,389
Federal $2,765,440 $1,685
Total general fund revenue $30,155,088 $18,371

Salaries

Item Total Per pupil
Instructional salaries $14,932,282 $9,097
Support service salaries $9,160,691 $5,581
Teacher salaries, basic instruction $5,778,799

Taxable value in the district

Item Total Per pupil
Primary homes (homestead) $88,517,298 $53,927
Rentals, second homes and businesses (non-homestead) $63,186,695 $38,495

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: 21.

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

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About

Type
School District

Codes

Census of Governments ID
179898
Census GEOID (school district)
2616080
Michigan CEPI code
41120
Michigan Treasury unit code
414120
NCES district ID
2616080

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