Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District

Public school district · Saginaw County · Michigan · NCES district ID 2606780

Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District spent $14,375 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 55% of the other Michigan districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $14,214). Its 4 schools enrolled 1,448 students in 2024-25; 54.6% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $14,234 per student, down 1.0% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 70-74% (Michigan: 81.8%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Michigan districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Bridgeport-Spaulding Community in enrollment (1,424 to 1,480 students) and Bridgeport-Spaulding Community itself.

Current spending per student, Michigan districts closest in size to Bridgeport-Spaulding Community, FY23Benton Harbor Area Schools $20,390; Bridgeport-Spaulding Community $14,375; Watervliet Public Schools $14,138; Hopkins Public Schools $13,939; Montrose Community $13,486; New Haven Community Schools $13,219; Ida Public Schools $12,583; Houghton-Portage Township Schools $12,288; University Preparatory Science and Math (PSAD) $12,198; Westfield Academy $11,905; State median, 1,000+ students $14,214.10k15k20k25kBenton Harbor Area Schools$20,390Bridgeport-Spaulding Community$14,375Watervliet Public Schools$14,138Hopkins Public Schools$13,939Montrose Community$13,486New Haven Community Schools$13,219Ida Public Schools$12,583Houghton-Portage Township Scho…$12,288University Preparatory Science…$12,198Westfield Academy$11,905State median, 1,000+ students $14,214
Current spending per student, Michigan districts closest in size to Bridgeport-Spaulding Community, FY23Benton Harbor Area Schools $20,390; Bridgeport-Spaulding Community $14,375; Watervliet Public Schools $14,138; Hopkins Public Schools $13,939; Montrose Community $13,486; New Haven Community Schools $13,219; Ida Public Schools $12,583; Houghton-Portage Township Schools $12,288; University Preparatory Science and Math (PSAD) $12,198; Westfield Academy $11,905; State median, 1,000+ students $14,214.10k15k20k25kBenton Harbor Area Schools$20,390Bridgeport-Spaulding Community$14,375Watervliet Public Schools$14,138Hopkins Public Schools$13,939Montrose Community$13,486New Haven Community Schools$13,219Ida Public Schools$12,583Houghton-Portage Township Schools$12,288University Preparatory Science and …$12,198Westfield Academy$11,905State median, 1,000+ students $14,214
Current spending per student, Michigan districts closest in size to Bridgeport-Spaulding Community, FY23Benton Harbor Area Schools $20,390; Bridgeport-Spaulding Community $14,375; Watervliet Public Schools $14,138; Hopkins Public Schools $13,939; Montrose Community $13,486; New Haven Community Schools $13,219; Ida Public Schools $12,583; Houghton-Portage Township Schools $12,288; University Preparatory Science and Math (PSAD) $12,198; Westfield Academy $11,905; State median, 1,000+ students $14,214.10k15k20k25kBenton Harbor Area Schools$20,390Bridgeport-Spaulding Community$14,375Watervliet Public Schools$14,138Hopkins Public Schools$13,939Montrose Community$13,486New Haven Community Schools$13,219Ida Public Schools$12,583Houghton-Portage Township Schools$12,288University Preparatory Science and Math (PS…$12,198Westfield Academy$11,905State median, 1,000+ students $14,214
Current spending per student, Michigan districts closest in size to Bridgeport-Spaulding Community, FY23Benton Harbor Area Schools $20,390; Bridgeport-Spaulding Community $14,375; Watervliet Public Schools $14,138; Hopkins Public Schools $13,939; Montrose Community $13,486; New Haven Community Schools $13,219; Ida Public Schools $12,583; Houghton-Portage Township Schools $12,288; University Preparatory Science and Math (PSAD) $12,198; Westfield Academy $11,905; State median, 1,000+ students $14,214.10k15k20k25kBenton Harbor Area Schools$20,390Bridgeport-Spaulding Community$14,375Watervliet Public Schools$14,138Hopkins Public Schools$13,939Montrose Community$13,486New Haven Community Schools$13,219Ida Public Schools$12,583Houghton-Portage Township Schools$12,288University Preparatory Science and Math…$12,198Westfield Academy$11,905State median, 1,000+ students $14,214

Where the money came from

$26,833,000 in revenue: 54.6% state, 16.3% local and 29.1% federal. Total spending including $12,438,000 of capital outlay was $33,797,000, or $23,276 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $14,658,000; Local $4,375,000; Federal $7,800,000; total $26,833,000.
  • State$14,658,000 55%
  • Local$4,375,000 16%
  • Federal$7,800,000 29%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 347 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25

1,434 students in 2022-23, 1,453 students in 2023-24, 1,448 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,434, 2023-24: 1,453, 2024-25: 1,44805001k1.5k2022-231,4342023-241,4532024-251,448
Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,434, 2023-24: 1,453, 2024-25: 1,44805001k1.5k2022-231,4342023-241,4532024-251,448
Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,434, 2023-24: 1,453, 2024-25: 1,44805001k1.5k2022-231,4342023-241,4532024-251,448
Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,434, 2023-24: 1,453, 2024-25: 1,44805001k1.5k2022-231,4342023-241,4532024-251,448

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,43472.919.7
2023-241,45368.921.1
2024-251,44873.919.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$4,521,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $3,114 per student

Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District booked $4,521,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 73 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $62,016 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 48 in 100 Michigan districts with a figure (state median $62,387, 536 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Michigan teacher salary at $65,198 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$3,729,00082.5%
Special education$792,00017.5%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $2,509 in 2018-19, $2,626 in 2019-20, $2,475 in 2020-21, $2,597 in 2021-22, $3,114 in 2022-23.

Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,509, 2019-20: $2,626, 2020-21: $2,475, 2021-22: $2,597, 2022-23: $3,11401k2k3k4k2018-19$2,5092019-20$2,6262020-21$2,4752021-22$2,5972022-23$3,114
Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,509, 2019-20: $2,626, 2020-21: $2,475, 2021-22: $2,597, 2022-23: $3,11401k2k3k4k2018-19$2,5092019-20$2,6262020-21$2,4752021-22$2,5972022-23$3,114
Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,509, 2019-20: $2,626, 2020-21: $2,475, 2021-22: $2,597, 2022-23: $3,11401k2k3k4k2018-19$2,5092019-20$2,6262020-21$2,4752021-22$2,5972022-23$3,114
Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,509, 2019-20: $2,626, 2020-21: $2,475, 2021-22: $2,597, 2022-23: $3,11401k2k3k4k2018-19$2,5092019-20$2,6262020-21$2,4752021-22$2,5972022-23$3,114

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District scored proficient or above: 15-19% in reading and 5-9% in math, against 44% in reading and 34% in math across Michigan. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Michigan, not across states. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtMichiganStudents tested
Reading and language arts15-19%44%595
Math5-9%34%593

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

70-74% of the 137 students in Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 81.8% across Michigan. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtMichigan
Four-year graduation rate70‑74%81.8%
Students in the class137115,301

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

2 elementary schools, 568 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Martin G Atkins Elementary School38117.295.8%Schoolwide program
Thomas White School18721.394.7%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 379 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
BridgeportSpaulding Middle SchoolSchrah37917.494.2%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 501 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Bridgeport High School50123.789.2%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District

  1. Michigan districts by spending per studentBridgeport-Spaulding Community School District ranks 157 of 347 Michigan districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($14,375).#157 of 347
  2. Every school district in MichiganBridgeport-Spaulding Community School District is the number 269 by size of 892 Michigan districts, with 1,452 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#269 of 892
  3. Westfield AcademyThe next larger Michigan district: 1,463 students in fall 2022, $11,905 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,905
  4. Benton Harbor Area SchoolsThe next smaller Michigan district: 1,448 students in fall 2022, $20,390 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$20,390
  5. Compare Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District with Westfield AcademyEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Bridgeport High School, its largest high school501 students in 2024-25, 23.7 per teacher.501
  7. Teacher salary spending across MichiganBridgeport-Spaulding Community School District spent $62,016 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $62,387); spending, not a salary.$62,016
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District

  1. How many schools and students are in Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District?
    4 schools were open in 2024-25 (2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high), enrolling 1,448 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District spend per student?
    $14,375 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Michigan median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $14,214 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $14,234 per student, down 1.0% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District's money come from?
    $26,833,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 54.6% state, 16.3% local and 29.1% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 701 of the 2,321 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 30.2%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District spend on teacher salaries?
    $4,521,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $3,114 per student. Divided by the 73 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $62,016 per teacher, more than 48 in 100 Michigan districts (state median $62,387). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Michigan teacher salary at $65,198 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District scored proficient or above: 15-19% in reading and 5-9% in math, against 44% in reading and 34% in math across Michigan. Michigan's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District?
    70-74% of the 137 students in Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 81.8% across Michigan. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District's NCES district ID?
    2606780. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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