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Bay City, Michigan - 1 schools
An equity score of 79/100 ranks State Street Academy #27 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,395 per pupil, State Street Academy ranks #301 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
State Street Academy operates 1 public schools serving 258 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 Bay County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,395 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 7.0% local, 64.7% state, and 28.3% 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 79/100, ranked #27 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 53.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.7% White, 6.6% African American, 4.5% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is State Street Academy, enrolling 286 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
State Street Academy accounts for 100.0% of all State Street Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of State Street Academy a distant remainder — means State Street 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.
State Street Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 83.3% 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.
State Street Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 53.5% — 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.
State Street Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 258 students.
How much does State Street Academy spend per student?
State Street Academy spends $13,395 per student. The district has an equity score of 79/100, ranking #27 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of State Street Academy?
State Street Academy students are 79.7% White, 6.6% African American, 4.5% Asian, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for State Street Academy?
State Street Academy has an equity score of 79/100, ranking #27 out of 707 districts in Michigan.