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At $10,333 per pupil, Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan ranks #749 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan operates 1 public schools serving 92 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 Berrien County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,333 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 12.7% local, 64.3% state, and 23.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 39.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.6% African American, 19.6% White, 13.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan accounts for 100.0% of all Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan a distant remainder — means Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan-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.
Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 87.0% 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.
Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan chronic absenteeism rate is 39.3% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan'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 Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan?
Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 92 students.
How much does Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan spend per student?
Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan spends $10,333 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan?
Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan students are 61.6% African American, 19.6% White, 13.4% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.