At $11,779 per pupil, Bay-Arenac Community High School ranks #707 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
172
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$11,779
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bay-Arenac Community High School operates 1 public schools serving 172 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 $11,779 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 9.7% local, 76.1% state, and 14.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 180:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 57.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.4% White, 12.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.3% African American across the district's schools.
Bayarenac Community High School accounts for 100.0% of all Bay-Arenac Community High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bay-Arenac Community High School a distant remainder — means Bay-Arenac Community High School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Bay-Arenac Community High School reports 86.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Bay-Arenac Community High School student-counselor ratio is 180:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Bay-Arenac Community High School chronic absenteeism rate is 57.8% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Bay-Arenac Community High School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Bay-Arenac Community High School?
Bay-Arenac Community High School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 172 students.
How much does Bay-Arenac Community High School spend per student?
Bay-Arenac Community High School spends $11,779 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Bay-Arenac Community High School?
Bay-Arenac Community High School students are 74.4% White, 12.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.3% African American, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.