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Rockford Public Schools is a school district in Kent County, Michigan. In 2025, primary homes here pay a total of 29.68–42.26 mills in property tax, depending on the city or township; rentals, second homes and businesses pay 47.68–60.26 mills. It levied property tax in 7 tax areas in 2025. In the 2024–25 school year it reported $116 million in general fund spending, or $15,427 per pupil.

Total property tax rate, primary homes

29.68–42.26

mills in 2025 · 7 tax areas · about $4,828–$6,876 a year on a median home (estimate)

Total property tax rate, rentals, second homes and businesses

47.68–60.26

mills in 2025 · includes the school operating tax

Levies, 2025

4

in 7 tax areas

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 Rockford 42.2638 $6,876 60.2638
Plainfield Charter Township 32.6362 $5,310 50.6362
Grattan Township 31.3040 $5,093 49.3040
Algoma Township 31.1000 $5,060 49.1000
Cannon Township 31.0726 $5,056 49.2650
Courtland Township 30.2028 $4,914 48.2028
Oakfield Township 29.6758 $4,828 47.6758

Rates differ across Rockford Public Schools because it covers parts of 7 local governments, each with its own levies: Algoma Township, Cannon Township, the City of Rockford, Courtland Township, Grattan Township, Oakfield Township and Plainfield Charter Township.

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 Rockford · 42.2638 primary homes, 60.2638 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 34.1106, winter 8.1532; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 43.1106, winter 17.1532.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
Allocated or Charter Operating City of Rockford 12.8424 $2,089 12.8424
School Debt Rockford Public Schools 7.0000 $1,139 7.0000
State Education Tax State of Michigan 6.0000 $976 6.0000
ISD Voted Special Education Kent ISD 4.3364 $706 4.3364
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
Debt or Street Lights (Real Property Only) City of Rockford 0.9500 $155 0.9500
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Extra Voted Millage Rockford Public Schools 0.8875 $144 0.8875
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Building and Site Rockford Public Schools 0.4662 $76 0.4662
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) Rockford Public Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000
Plainfield Charter Township · 32.6362 primary homes, 50.6362 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.2682, winter 11.3680; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 30.2682, winter 20.3680.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Rockford Public Schools 7.0000 $1,139 7.0000
State Education Tax State of Michigan 6.0000 $976 6.0000
ISD Voted Special Education Kent ISD 4.3364 $706 4.3364
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
Allocated or Charter Operating Plainfield Charter Township 3.7000 $602 3.7000
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Extra Voted Millage Rockford Public Schools 0.8875 $144 0.8875
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Building and Site Rockford Public Schools 0.4662 $76 0.4662
Voted Operating Plainfield Charter Township 0.4648 $76 0.4648
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) Rockford Public Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000
Grattan Township · 31.3040 primary homes, 49.3040 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.2682, winter 10.0358; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 30.2682, winter 19.0358.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Rockford Public Schools 7.0000 $1,139 7.0000
State Education Tax State of Michigan 6.0000 $976 6.0000
ISD Voted Special Education Kent ISD 4.3364 $706 4.3364
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
Voted Operating Grattan Township 2.1776 $354 2.1776
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Extra Voted Millage Rockford Public Schools 0.8875 $144 0.8875
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Allocated or Charter Operating Grattan Township 0.6550 $107 0.6550
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Building and Site Rockford Public Schools 0.4662 $76 0.4662
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) Rockford Public Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000
Algoma Township · 31.1000 primary homes, 49.1000 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.2682, winter 9.8318; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 30.2682, winter 18.8318.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Rockford Public Schools 7.0000 $1,139 7.0000
State Education Tax State of Michigan 6.0000 $976 6.0000
ISD Voted Special Education Kent ISD 4.3364 $706 4.3364
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
Voted Operating Algoma Township 1.9116 $311 1.9116
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Extra Voted Millage Rockford Public Schools 0.8875 $144 0.8875
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Allocated or Charter Operating Algoma Township 0.7170 $117 0.7170
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Building and Site Rockford Public Schools 0.4662 $76 0.4662
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) Rockford Public Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000
Cannon Township · 31.0726 primary homes, 49.2650 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.2682, winter 9.8044; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 30.2682, winter 18.9968.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Rockford Public Schools 7.0000 $1,139 7.0000
State Education Tax State of Michigan 6.0000 $976 6.0000
ISD Voted Special Education Kent ISD 4.3364 $706 4.3364
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
Voted Operating Cannon Township 1.8783 $306 1.8783
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Extra Voted Millage Rockford Public Schools 0.8875 $144 0.8875
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Allocated or Charter Operating Cannon Township 0.7229 $118 0.7229
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Building and Site Rockford Public Schools 0.4662 $76 0.4662
Zoo and Museum Kent County 0.4134 $67 0.4134
Ready by Five Kent County 0.2476 $40 0.4400
ISD Allocated Operating Kent ISD 0.0841 $14 0.0841
Veterans Kent County 0.0491 $8 0.0491
School Operating (Non-Homestead) Rockford Public Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000
Courtland Township · 30.2028 primary homes, 48.2028 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.2682, winter 8.9346; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 30.2682, winter 17.9346.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Rockford Public Schools 7.0000 $1,139 7.0000
State Education Tax State of Michigan 6.0000 $976 6.0000
ISD Voted Special Education Kent ISD 4.3364 $706 4.3364
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
Voted Operating Courtland Township 0.9891 $161 0.9891
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Extra Voted Millage Rockford Public Schools 0.8875 $144 0.8875
Allocated or Charter Operating Courtland Township 0.7423 $121 0.7423
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Building and Site Rockford Public Schools 0.4662 $76 0.4662
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) Rockford Public Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000
Oakfield Township · 29.6758 primary homes, 47.6758 other

Billed in 2 parts, in mills: primary homes summer 21.2682, winter 8.4076; rentals, second homes and businesses summer 30.2682, winter 17.4076.

Levy Levied by Primary homes mills Median home est. yearly tax Rentals, second homes and businesses mills
School Debt Rockford Public Schools 7.0000 $1,139 7.0000
State Education Tax State of Michigan 6.0000 $976 6.0000
ISD Voted Special Education Kent ISD 4.3364 $706 4.3364
County Allocated Operating Kent County 4.0605 $661 4.0605
Community College Grand Rapids Community College 1.6793 $273 1.6793
Library Kent District Library 1.0832 $176 1.0832
ISD Voted Vocational Education Kent ISD 0.9310 $151 0.9310
Extra Voted Millage Rockford Public Schools 0.8875 $144 0.8875
Jail Kent County 0.7417 $121 0.7417
Allocated or Charter Operating Oakfield Township 0.7311 $119 0.7311
Senior Citizens Kent County 0.4914 $80 0.4914
Voted Operating Oakfield Township 0.4733 $77 0.4733
Building and Site Rockford Public Schools 0.4662 $76 0.4662
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) Rockford Public Schools 0.0000 $0 18.0000

Where the property tax goes here

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

Of the $4,828–$6,876 a year a new buyer of a median primary home here would pay (an estimate), about $1,359 goes to Rockford Public Schools (20–28%). The rest goes to the other bodies that levy here: the State, the county, the schools and others.

Rockford Public Schools's 7 tax areas rank between 8th and 64th highest of Kent County's 94 for primary homes. See every area

  • State
  • County
  • ISD and college
  • School district
  • City, township or village
  • Library, transit and other
  • City of Rockford Rockford Public Schools 42.2638 mills $6,876

    City of Rockford with Rockford Public Schools: 42.2638 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 8.3537, City, township or village 13.7924, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $6,876 a year for a new buyer

  • Plainfield Charter Township Rockford Public Schools 32.6362 mills $5,310

    Plainfield Charter Township with Rockford Public Schools: 32.6362 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 8.3537, City, township or village 4.1648, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $5,310 a year for a new buyer

  • Grattan Township Rockford Public Schools 31.3040 mills $5,093

    Grattan Township with Rockford Public Schools: 31.3040 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 8.3537, City, township or village 2.8326, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $5,093 a year for a new buyer

  • Algoma Township Rockford Public Schools 31.1000 mills $5,060

    Algoma Township with Rockford Public Schools: 31.1000 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 8.3537, City, township or village 2.6286, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $5,060 a year for a new buyer

  • Cannon Township Rockford Public Schools 31.0726 mills $5,056

    Cannon Township with Rockford Public Schools: 31.0726 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 8.3537, City, township or village 2.6012, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $5,056 a year for a new buyer

  • Courtland Township Rockford Public Schools 30.2028 mills $4,914

    Courtland Township with Rockford Public Schools: 30.2028 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 8.3537, City, township or village 1.7314, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $4,914 a year for a new buyer

  • Oakfield Township Rockford Public Schools 29.6758 mills $4,828

    Oakfield Township with Rockford Public Schools: 29.6758 mills in total (State 6.0000, County 6.0037, ISD and college 7.0308, School district 8.3537, City, township or village 1.2044, Library, transit and other 1.0832), estimated $4,828 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 Rockford, Rockford Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 8.3537 13.7924 1.0832 42.2638 $6,876
Plainfield Charter Township, Rockford Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 8.3537 4.1648 1.0832 32.6362 $5,310
Grattan Township, Rockford Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 8.3537 2.8326 1.0832 31.3040 $5,093
Algoma Township, Rockford Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 8.3537 2.6286 1.0832 31.1000 $5,060
Cannon Township, Rockford Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 8.3537 2.6012 1.0832 31.0726 $5,056
Courtland Township, Rockford Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 8.3537 1.7314 1.0832 30.2028 $4,914
Oakfield Township, Rockford Public Schools 6.0000 6.0037 7.0308 8.3537 1.2044 1.0832 29.6758 $4,828

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 Rockford 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 7.0000 $1,139 7.0000 7
Extra Voted Millage 0.8875 $144 0.8875 7
Building and Site 0.4662 $76 0.4662 7
School Operating (Non-Homestead) 0.0000 $0 18.0000 7

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

7,518

full-time equivalent

General fund spending

$116M

the main operating fund

Spending per pupil

$15,427

general fund

Average teacher salary

$75,397

382 teachers (full-time equivalent)

Spending

Item Total Per pupil
Basic instruction $57,902,883 $7,702
Added needs instruction $9,174,271 $1,220
Adult education instruction $331,818
Total instruction $67,408,972 $8,966
Instructional staff support $13,773,720 $1,832
Administration $12,769,519 $1,698
Operations and maintenance $11,507,462 $1,531
Transportation $5,366,314 $714
Total support services $43,417,015 $5,775
Current operating spending $110,825,987 $14,741
Facilities acquisition $0 $0
Total general fund spending $115,984,774 $15,427

Revenue

Item Total Per pupil
Local $23,765,335 $3,161
State $87,016,187 $11,574
Federal $4,068,258 $541
Total general fund revenue $114,867,195 $15,279

Salaries

Item Total Per pupil
Instructional salaries $64,199,946 $8,539
Support service salaries $30,632,497 $4,074
Teacher salaries, basic instruction $28,817,532

Taxable value in the district

Item Total Per pupil
Primary homes (homestead) $2,339,402,548 $311,165
Rentals, second homes and businesses (non-homestead) $441,497,033 $58,724

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: 20.

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

    Posts its audit for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025: "Audit Report 2024-2025". Posted on the district's site, which the publisher's rule of 2026-09-27 counts as filed: MDE's receipt dates are not public.

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

  • Found: FOIA procedures and written public summary posted

    The FOIA page carries the district's written public summary on the page (requests, responses, deposits, fees, appeals). Its Board Policies link opens the district's Neola books, whose Administrative Guideline Manual has AG 8310A "Public Records" (revised December 13, 2021), the procedures. go.neola.com's robots.txt bars automated readers from its policy pages, so they were read page by page in the built-in browser under the publisher's 2026-10-03 approval.

    MCL 15.234(4) · Read October 3, 2026 on its website · Evidence for FOIA procedures and written public summary posted

  • Found: Transparency page: operating budget and budget revisions

    Fiscal Year 2026-2027 General Fund Budget Adoption and "Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Special Revenue Budget Adoption", with the 2025-2026 adoptions and amendments.

    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

    Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Personnel Expenditures and "Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Operating Expenditures".

    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

  • Found: Transparency page: labor agreements, health plans, audit, benefit bids, policies and check register

    The Rockford Education Association and Educational Support Personnel agreements; 2026 MESSA, BCBS, dental and vision summaries; "Medical Benefit Plan Bids"; "Audit Report 2024-2025"; the procurement policy and Policy 3400 on expense reimbursement; "All Funds Check Register 2024-2025".

    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

  • Found: Transparency page: superintendent's pay, and pay of everyone paid over $100,000

    Total Compensation For Wages Greater Than $100,000, Calendar Year 2025.

    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

    A table of district-paid association dues by organization, totaling $29,647.41.

    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 "District did not incur any district paid lobbying costs for fiscal year 2024-2025."

    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

    District Credit Card Information.

    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

    District paid out-of-state travel costs for administrators fiscal year 2024-2025.

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

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About

Type
School District

Codes

Census of Governments ID
179892
Census GEOID (school district)
2630030
Michigan CEPI code
41210
Michigan Treasury unit code
414210
NCES district ID
2630030

Sources

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