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Bay City, Michigan - 2 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks Bay City Academy #493 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,557 per pupil, Bay City Academy ranks #783 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
515
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$9,557
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Bay City Academy operates 2 public schools serving 515 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined 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 $9,557 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 83 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.3% local, 81.3% state, and 17.4% 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 41/100, ranked #493 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.
a 373:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 62.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.3% White, 5.0% African American, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Bay City Academy Farragut Campus accounts for 68.2% of all Bay City Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bay City Academy a distant remainder — means Bay City Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Bay City Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 75.1% 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 — including this one — 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.
Bay City Academy student-counselor ratio is 373:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Bay City Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 62.6% — 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.
Bay City Academy has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 515 students.
How much does Bay City Academy spend per student?
Bay City Academy spends $9,557 per student. The district has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #493 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of Bay City Academy?
Bay City Academy students are 79.3% White, 5.0% African American, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Bay City Academy?
Bay City Academy has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #493 out of 707 districts in Michigan.