| Description | Style | Detroit City School District, 2010-11 | Per Pupil | Lansing Public School District, 2010-11 | Per Pupil | Per Pupil Percent Difference |
| Average Daily Attendance: As Defined by State Law | | 67,219.10 | 1.00 | 12,298.24 | 1.00 | 0.0% |
| Revenue: Local Sources of Revenue Subtotal | B | 171,182,455.86 | 2,546.63 | 31,071,659.39 | 2,526.51 | 0.8% |
| Revenue: Revenue From Intermediate Sources | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0% |
| Revenue: Revenue From State Sources | | 561,780,593.82 | 8,357.45 | 90,449,130.31 | 7,354.64 | 13.6% |
| Revenue: Federal Sources of Revenue Subtotal | B | 454,306,126.47 | 6,758.59 | 26,394,270.39 | 2,146.18 | 214.9% |
| Revenue: Total Revenue From All Sources | BI | 1,187,269,176.15 | 17,662.68 | 147,915,060.09 | 12,027.34 | 46.9% |
| Expenditures: Instruction: Subtotal | B | 557,813,886.45 | 8,298.44 | 89,916,655.88 | 7,311.34 | 13.5% |
| Expenditures: Support Services: Total By Object: Subtotal All Support Services | B | 478,472,487.85 | 7,118.10 | 65,357,145.43 | 5,314.35 | 33.9% |
| Expenditures: Non-Instructional Services: Food Services Operations: Subtotal | B | 31,446,886.96 | 467.83 | 6,949,105.17 | 565.05 | -17.2% |
| Expenditures: Non-Instructional Services: Enterprise Operations: Subtotal | B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0% |
| Expenditures: Direct Program Support: Direct Support Subtotal | B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0% |
| Current Total Expenditures | BI | 1,067,733,261.26 | 15,884.37 | 162,222,906.48 | 13,190.74 | 20.4% |
| Expenditures: Facilities Acquisition and Construction Services: Non-Property Expenditures (Construction) | | 6,677,381.57 | 99.34 | 210,731.98 | 17.14 | 479.7% |
| Expenditures: Community Services: NOT Including Property | | 7,001,870.25 | 104.16 | 625,316.26 | 50.85 | 104.9% |
| Expenditures: Direct Cost Programs: Direct Cost Programs Subtotal | B | 3,691,280.87 | 54.91 | 350,662.54 | 28.51 | 92.6% |
| Expenditures: Property | | 258,166,712.63 | 3,840.67 | 2,126,972.32 | 172.95 | 2,120.7% |
| Expenditures: Total Expenditures For Education | BI | 1,343,270,506.58 | 19,983.46 | 165,536,589.58 | 13,460.19 | 48.5% |
| Expenditures: Other Uses: Other Uses Subtotal | B | 171,095,159.94 | 2,545.34 | 6,366,160.89 | 517.65 | 391.7% |