This database contains PDF copies of each Michigan district’s collective bargaining agreements for teachers, bus drivers, aides, office staff and other employees. Union contracts spell out not just salaries and benefits, but also information about class size, employee evaluations, school calendars, and more.

Also available: District-specific contract summaries and analysis.

This searchable and sortable database enables users to compare the academic performance of 592 public high schools based on the Mackinac Center's "Michigan Public High School Context and Performance Report Card." Statistics for each high school include locale type, enrollment, percentage of students who qualify for a free or reduced-price lunch and "CAP Score."

This database contains information about 2008-2009 district-provided employee health insurance. Users can find the insurance providers, plan types and titles, number and type of employees enrolled, monthly premium costs and the amount employees contribute to the premium for nearly every district in the state.

These data are taken from the National Public Education Finance Survey and show major categories of revenue and expenditure for each public school district for fiscal 2004 through fiscal 2010. The figures appear as both dollar amounts per category and dollar amounts per pupil. Each district is compared to the state average.

Part of the Mackinac Center’s ongoing government transparency project “Show Michigan the Money,” this database links users to the checkbook registers of the school districts that publish such data online. Users can track districts' expenditures check by check at these sites. More districts are expected to publish their registers online in the months to come.