Best Public Schools in Bay County, Michigan & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				PSAT English Language Arts (2024)	PSAT Mathematics (2024)	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2024)	SAT Mathematics (2024)	M-Step English Language Arts (2024)					M-Step Math (2024)					M-Step Science (2024)			M-Step Social Studies (2024)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Science 11th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
State Street Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-10	1110 State St	Bay City	48706	Bay County	State Street Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(989) 684-6484	259	22	11.7	100.0%	186 (71.8%)	18 (6.9%)	32 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.9%)								(n/a)	47.4	21.1				19.2	21.4		42.1		11.5	14.3	25.0	15.8	25.0	40.0			20.0		$11,850	$2,230	$9,620
Bay City Academy Farragut Campus	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	301 N Farragut St	Bay City	48708	Bay County	Bay City Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(989) 414-8254	363	20	18.2	86.8%	237 (65.3%)	24 (6.6%)	38 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (17.4%)								(n/a)	70.4	33.3	26.3		26.7	12.5	32.3	44.4	27.6	26.7	12.5	16.1	40.7	17.2	22.6	44.4	42.1	12.9	22.2	21.1	$11,160	$2,989	$8,172
Bay City Central High School	Public	9-12	1624 Columbus Ave	Bay City	48708	Bay County	Bay City School District	No	No	No	No	(989) 893-9541	989	55	18.1	68.5%	644 (65.1%)	61 (6.2%)	160 (16.2%)	5 (0.5%)	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	112 (11.3%)	36.5	456^th of 743 public high schools	38.6%		44.2	398^th of 735 public high schools	45.9%	58			48.5	12.7													29.9			30.8	$15,918	$2,057	$13,861
Bay City Eastern High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	201 Woodside Ln	Bay City	48708	Bay County	Bay City School District	No	Yes	No	No	(989) 895-5550	131	9	15.2	85.5%	82 (62.6%)	20 (15.3%)	19 (14.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.6%)								(n/a)																					$22,643	$5,719	$16,924
Handy Middle School	Public	6-8	601 Blend St	Bay City	48706	Bay County	Bay City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 684-1723	618	48	12.8	78.8%	420 (68.0%)	39 (6.3%)	99 (16.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (9.1%)	21.4	692^nd of 897 public middle schools	22.9%		25.1	647^th of 883 public middle schools	26.7%	45	51.1	9.0						27.6	20.3				19.8	15.9		17.6			8.5		$17,729	$3,813	$13,916
Washington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1821 McKinley St	Bay City	48708	Bay County	Bay City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 894-2744	390	28	13.9	93.6%	221 (56.7%)	25 (6.4%)	93 (23.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (12.8%)	15.5	1244^th of 1486 public elementary schools	16.3%		12.3	1272^nd of 1470 public elementary schools	13.5%	28					14.3	38.3	22.9			7.1	12.8	20.8			16.7			8.3			$15,341	$3,013	$12,328
Kolb Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	305 W Crump St	Bay City	48706	Bay County	Bay City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 893-9518	454	33	13.5	73.1%	330 (72.7%)	14 (3.1%)	68 (15.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (8.4%)	37.4	895^th of 1486 public elementary schools	39.8%		46	758^th of 1470 public elementary schools	48.4%	137					26.9	39.5	42.3			32.8	25.0	28.2			32.1			23.1			$15,097	$2,861	$12,236
MacGregor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1012 Fremont St	Bay City	48708	Bay County	Bay City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 892-1558	291	24	12.1	93.8%	187 (64.3%)	7 (2.4%)	60 (20.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (12.4%)	16.8	1225^th of 1486 public elementary schools	17.6%		9.9	1318^th of 1470 public elementary schools	10.3%	93					20.0	14.8	33.3			17.8		20.8			22.9			6.3			$15,653	$3,169	$12,484
Garber High School	Public	9-12	213 Pine St	Essexville	48732	Bay County	Essexville-Hampton Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(989) 894-9710	511	41	12.3	34.8%	454 (88.8%)	7 (1.4%)	28 (5.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.7%)	72.3	165^th of 743 public high schools	77.8%		46.6	377^th of 735 public high schools	48.7%	212			63.7	23.9													52.7			51.8	$14,788	$1,979	$12,809
Verellen Elementary School	Public	2-4	612 Borton Rd	Essexville	48732	Bay County	Essexville-Hampton Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 894-9770	293	16	18.9	45.4%	257 (87.7%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.4%)	43.1	800^th of 1486 public elementary schools	46.2%		44	784^th of 1470 public elementary schools	46.7%	16					26.0	44.3				35.4	44.3										$13,798	$2,460	$11,337
WR Bush Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-1	800 Nebobish Ave	Essexville	48732	Bay County	Essexville-Hampton Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 894-9760	242	14	17.9	43.8%	217 (89.7%)	2 (0.8%)	16 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)								(n/a)																					$13,576	$1,617	$11,959
Cramer Junior High School	Public	5-8	313 Pine St	Essexville	48732	Bay County	Essexville-Hampton Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 894-9740	456	28	16.1	42.8%	396 (86.8%)	3 (0.7%)	27 (5.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.1%)	53.8	353^rd of 897 public middle schools	60.6%		61.5	278^th of 883 public middle schools	68.5%	75	80.2	27.4					29.0	31.1	33.6			18.7	26.2	29.8	28.0	40.2		19.6	35.5		$13,092	$1,435	$11,657
Detention Center	Public, Alternative	3-12	520 W Hampton Rd	Essexville	48732	Bay County	Bay-Arenac Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(989) 667-3209	10	0		70.0%	5 (50.0%)	3 (30.0%)	2 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
LLCBay Campus	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1435 W Center Rd	Essexville	48732	Bay County	Bay-Arenac Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(989) 846-9510	50	14	3.5	58.0%	44 (88.0%)	2 (4.0%)	4 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
ISDLocal Programs	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4228 2 Mile Rd	Bay City	48706	Bay County	Bay-Arenac Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(989) 667-3276	95	4	23.7	68.4%	83 (87.4%)	3 (3.2%)	4 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.2%)								(n/a)
BayArenac Community High School	Public, Charter	9-12	805 Langstaff St	Essexville	48732	Bay County	Bay-Arenac Community High School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(989) 893-8811	188	11	17.0	85.1%	150 (79.8%)	16 (8.5%)	19 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)								(n/a)																				27.3	$12,580	$2,083	$10,498
Bay City Western High School	Public	9-12	500 W Midland Rd	Auburn	48611	Bay County	Bay City School District	No	No	No	No	(989) 662-4481	1,033	45	22.8	32.9%	937 (90.7%)	6 (0.6%)	45 (4.4%)	12 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (3.2%)	59.4	270^th of 743 public high schools	63.7%		59	276^th of 735 public high schools	62.4%	6			57.6	23.7													42.9			39.6	$14,118	$1,584	$12,534
Bay City Adult EducationCTP	Public	9-12	4155 Monitor Rd	Bay City	48706	Bay County	Bay City School District	No	No	No	No	(989) 686-4770	60	0		70.0%	47 (78.3%)	3 (5.0%)	7 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.0%)								(n/a)																					$3,496	$1,042	$2,454
Auburn Elementary School	Public	K-5	301 E Midland Rd	Auburn	48611	Bay County	Bay City School District	No	No	No	No	(989) 662-4921	478	24	20.3	44.4%	434 (90.8%)	3 (0.6%)	21 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.0%)	66.7	464^th of 1486 public elementary schools	68.8%		69.5	398^th of 1470 public elementary schools	72.9%	66					38.8	62.9	46.9			50.0	74.3	39.5			46.9			25.9			$12,599	$1,753	$10,845
Hampton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1908 W Youngs Ditch Rd	Bay City	48708	Bay County	Bay City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 893-1100	415	25	16.6	70.4%	286 (68.9%)	15 (3.6%)	66 (15.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (10.6%)	39.9	849^th of 1486 public elementary schools	42.9%		47	736^th of 1470 public elementary schools	49.9%	113					22.2	36.0	54.4			23.6	32.9	35.1			43.9			19.3			$14,513	$2,474	$12,039
Mackensen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5535 Dennis Dr	Bay City	48706	Bay County	Bay City School District	No	No	No	No	(989) 684-4941	248	15	16.5	39.9%	203 (81.9%)	2 (0.8%)	20 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.3%)	55.2	631^st of 1486 public elementary schools	57.5%		48.9	700^th of 1470 public elementary schools	52.4%	69					36.4	37.0	46.5			38.6	58.7	34.9			60.5			18.6			$15,433	$2,339	$13,093
Western Middle School	Public	6-8	500 W Midland Rd	Auburn	48611	Bay County	Bay City School District	No	No	No	No	(989) 662-4489	714	35	20.5	40.2%	623 (87.3%)	6 (0.8%)	44 (6.2%)	4 (0.6%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (4.3%)	65	247^th of 897 public middle schools	72.5%		54.2	338^th of 883 public middle schools	61.7%	91	70.6	42.4						39.6	48.1				26.5	34.0		43.6			35.7		$13,755	$2,158	$11,597
Bangor Central School	Public	PK, KG-5	208 State Park Dr	Bay City	48706	Bay County	Bangor Township Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 684-8891	336	14	24.0	72.6%	278 (82.7%)	9 (2.7%)	26 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.5%)	47.3	739^th of 1486 public elementary schools	50.3%		40.6	845^th of 1470 public elementary schools	42.5%	106					48.1	55.2	35.2			51.9	41.4	20.4			16.7						$12,279	$1,268	$11,011
Christa McAuliffe Middle School	Public	6-8	3281 Kiesel Rd	Bay City	48706	Bay County	Bangor Township Schools	No	No	No	No	(989) 686-7640	650	32	20.1	52.5%	512 (78.8%)	13 (2.0%)	93 (14.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.5%)	51.3	386^th of 897 public middle schools	57.0%		43.2	482^nd of 883 public middle schools	45.4%	96	65.7	25.0						38.5	45.0				26.0	26.8		38.7			26.3		$10,910	$613	$10,297
Bangor Lincoln School	Public	PK, KG-5	2771 N Euclid Ave	Bay City	48706	Bay County	Bangor Township Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 686-7639	337	16	21.0	65.0%	270 (80.1%)	3 (0.9%)	36 (10.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.0%)	52.4	675^th of 1486 public elementary schools	54.6%		46.2	751^st of 1470 public elementary schools	48.9%	76					47.3	42.3	42.6			43.6	34.6	35.2			44.4			22.2			$11,816	$978	$10,838
Bangor West Central School	Public	K-5	3175 Wilder Rd	Bay City	48706	Bay County	Bangor Township Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 684-3373	352	15	23.4	52.0%	295 (83.8%)	5 (1.4%)	36 (10.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.7%)	43.2	796^th of 1486 public elementary schools	46.4%		51.7	665^th of 1470 public elementary schools	54.8%	131					33.3	42.4	44.2			36.7	32.2	36.5			34.6			19.2			$10,374	$935	$9,440
John Glenn High School	Public	9-12	3201 Kiesel Rd	Bay City	48706	Bay County	Bangor Township Schools	No	No	No	No	(989) 684-7510	893	32	27.7	37.0%	750 (84.0%)	14 (1.6%)	83 (9.3%)	10 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (3.9%)	53.7	308^th of 743 public high schools	58.5%		51.8	336^th of 735 public high schools	54.3%	28			52.0	25.5													40.9			34.2	$11,380	$607	$10,772
Bangor Township Virtual School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	4091 N Euclid Ave	Bay City	48706	Bay County	Bangor Township Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(989) 684-8121	156	73	2.1	59.6%	137 (87.8%)	2 (1.3%)	8 (5.1%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.5%)								(n/a)			48.5														41.7			45.8	$8,851	$206	$8,645
McAlearSawden Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2300 Midland Rd	Bay City	48706	Bay County	Bay City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 684-7702	359	25	14.6	57.4%	294 (81.9%)	4 (1.1%)	25 (7.0%)	4 (1.1%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (7.8%)	34.6	941^st of 1486 public elementary schools	36.7%		27.2	1036^th of 1470 public elementary schools	29.5%	95					34.0	37.0	36.2			32.1	27.8	27.7			29.8			19.1			$16,145	$2,661	$13,484
Great Lakes Bay Early College	Public	10-12	1961 Delta Rd	University Center	48710	Bay County	Saginaw Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(989) 686-9146	185	19	9.9	28.1%	142 (76.8%)	14 (7.6%)	23 (12.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	95	31^st of 743 public high schools	95.8%		89.8	52^nd of 735 public high schools	92.9%	21			77.3	47.7													79.5			63.6
Linwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	517 W Center St	Linwood	48634	Bay County	Pinconning Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 697-5711	109	8	14.0	63.3%	102 (93.6%)	1 (0.9%)	5 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	23.1	1121^st of 1486 public elementary schools	24.6%		33.3	947^th of 1470 public elementary schools	35.6%	174						30.0	27.8			17.4	30.0	22.2			27.8						$14,204	$2,137	$12,067
Pinconning High School	Public	9-12	605 W 5th St	Pinconning	48650	Bay County	Pinconning Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(989) 308-0531	385	17	22.6	44.9%	348 (90.4%)	6 (1.6%)	13 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	51.9	329^th of 743 public high schools	55.7%		60.3	255^th of 735 public high schools	65.3%	74			45.5	27.3													41.0			35.0	$12,414	$1,659	$10,755
Pinconning Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	609 W 5th St	Pinconning	48650	Bay County	Pinconning Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 308-0502	382	21	17.9	59.9%	356 (93.2%)	3 (0.8%)	10 (2.6%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	60.2	549^th of 1486 public elementary schools	63.1%		65.1	473^rd of 1470 public elementary schools	67.8%	76					36.5	53.4	55.9			38.1	46.6	39.0			55.9			22.0			$12,816	$1,692	$11,123
Pinconning Middle School	Public	6-8	605 W 5th St	Pinconning	48650	Bay County	Pinconning Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 308-0503	280	14	20.0	56.4%	255 (91.1%)	5 (1.8%)	10 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.6%)	49.9	398^th of 897 public middle schools	55.6%		47	427^th of 883 public middle schools	51.6%	29	72.0	33.0						25.3	31.5				18.7	31.1		40.0			29.0		$11,506	$1,249	$10,257

Best Public Schools in Bay County, MI

Great Lakes Bay Early College

Garber High School

Auburn Elementary School

Western Middle School

Pinconning Central Elementary School

Bay City Western High School

Mackensen Elementary School

Cramer Junior High School

John Glenn High School

Bangor Lincoln School

Pinconning High School

Christa McAuliffe Middle School

Pinconning Middle School

Bangor Central School

Bangor West Central School

Verellen Elementary School

Hampton Elementary School

Kolb Elementary School

Bay City Central High School

McAlearSawden Elementary School

Linwood Elementary School

Handy Middle School

MacGregor Elementary School

Washington Elementary School

Bangor Township Virtual School

Bay City Academy Farragut Campus

Bay City Adult EducationCTP

Bay City Eastern High School

BayArenac Community High School

Detention Center

ISDLocal Programs

LLCBay Campus

State Street Academy

WR Bush Elementary School

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