Regular local school district · Manistee County
Bear Lake Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Bear Lake Schools runs 2 public schools with 280 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.7 students per teacher is 2.2 lower than the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 280
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19
- Students per teacher
- 14.7
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 7748 Cody St, Bear Lake, MI 49614
- Phone
- (231)864-3133
- County
- Manistee County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2604320
- State district ID
- MI-51020
- Total staff (FTE)
- 42
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 280 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.7
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 (307), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $765,000
- State revenue
- $2.0 million
- Local revenue
- $1.8 million
- Total spending
- $3.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,326
- Salaries
- $1.4 million39.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.8%
- State: 44.8%
- Local: 38.4%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,326
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Bear Lake Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bear Lake Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 147 | 16.3 |
| Bear Lake High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 133 | 22.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Manistee County
- Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy 3,934 students
- Manistee Area Public Schools 1,247 students
- Kaleva Norman Dickson School District 514 students
- Onekama Consolidated Schools 294 students
- Manistee ISD 119 students
- Casman Alternative Academy 65 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.