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Bay City, Michigan - 6 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks Bangor Township Schools #631 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,827 per pupil, Bangor Township Schools ranks #716 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,646
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$10,827
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bangor Township Schools operates 6 public schools serving 2,646 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Bay County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,827 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 16.5% local, 71.2% state, and 12.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 30/100, ranked #631 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), and 36.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.5% White, 10.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Christa Mcauliffe Middle School, with a diversity index of 36.3/100.
Its largest campus is John Glenn High School, enrolling 864 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Bangor Township Virtual School, at 182 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
John Glenn High School accounts for 32.1% of all Bangor Township Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bangor Township Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Bangor Township Schools school enrollment varies 4.7× across entities
Bangor Township Schools school enrollment ranges from 182 students (lowest) to 864 students (highest), a spread of 682 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Bangor Township Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 54.2% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Bangor Township Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 36.0% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.