At $17,153 per pupil, Big Bay De Noc School District ranks #124 of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Big Bay De Noc School District operates 1 public schools serving 176 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Delta County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,153 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 812 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis.
and 42.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 58.3% White, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Big Bay De Noc School, enrolling 192 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Big Bay De Noc School accounts for 100.0% of all Big Bay De Noc School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Big Bay De Noc School District a distant remainder — means Big Bay De Noc School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Big Bay De Noc School District reports 56.8% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Big Bay De Noc School District chronic absenteeism rate is 42.7% — 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 Big Bay De Noc School District'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 Big Bay De Noc School District?
Big Bay De Noc School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 176 students.
How much does Big Bay De Noc School District spend per student?
Big Bay De Noc School District spends $17,153 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Big Bay De Noc School District?
Big Bay De Noc School District students are 58.3% White, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.