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Bay City School District, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Bay City School District runs 13 public schools with 6,030 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.2 students per teacher is about the same as the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 6,030
- Teachers (FTE)
- 373
- Students per teacher
- 16.2
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 601 Blend St, Bay City, MI 48706
- Phone
- (989)686-9700
- County
- Bay County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2604260
- State district ID
- MI-09010
- Total staff (FTE)
- 810
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 603 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 19.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.2
Michigan16.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (6,875), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $96.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $16.9 million
- State revenue
- $61.9 million
- Local revenue
- $18.0 million
- Total spending
- $89.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,966
- Salaries
- $39.2 million44.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $39.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.4%
- State: 64.0%
- Local: 18.6%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,966
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Bay City School District
By level: 4 high, 2 middle, 7 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Auburn Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 474 | 19.0 |
| Bay City Adult EducationCTP | High | 9 to 12 | 65 | |
| Bay City Central High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 921 | 17.1 |
| Bay City Eastern High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 137 | 13.7 |
| Bay City Western High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,009 | 24.0 |
| Hampton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 399 | 16.6 |
| Handy Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 598 | 13.9 |
| Kolb Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 451 | 14.1 |
| MacGregor Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 290 | 11.6 |
| Mackensen Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 265 | 14.7 |
| McAlearSawden Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 378 | 14.5 |
| Washington Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 362 | 12.1 |
| Western Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 681 | 17.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Bay County
- Bangor Township Schools 2,691 students
- Essexville-Hampton Public Schools 1,523 students
- Pinconning Area Schools 1,095 students
- Bay-Arenac ISD 678 students
- Bay City Academy 558 students
- State Street Academy 286 students
- Bay-Arenac Community High School 180 students
More in Michigan
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.