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Bay City School District

Bay City, Michigan · Superintendent: Grant Hegenauer · #38 of 316 Michigan districts by enrollment

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6,030

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,840

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Michigan median

16.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Michigan median 16.8

Bay City School District is a public school district based in Bay City, Michigan, serving 6,030 students in 13 schools. By enrollment it ranks #38 of the 316 Michigan districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 88% of them. Its schools average 464 students each, more than the Michigan median of 421. Its superintendent is Grant Hegenauer. It spends about $11,840 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.2 students per teacher.

How Bay City compares

Bay CityMichigan median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,840

Michigan median $11,576 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,427

Michigan median $7,157 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school464

Michigan median 421 · 10% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.2

Michigan median 16.8 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor603

Michigan median 585 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$96.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 64%Local 19%

Measure	Bay City	Michigan median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,840	$11,576	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,427	$7,157	FY2020-21
Total spending	$89.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$96.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	373	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	810	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.2	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	603	585	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Michigan median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Grant Hegenauer

Superintendent, Bay City School District

Source: Michigan CEPI Educational Entity Master, checked 2026-10-04. Report a change

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Peer districts in Michigan

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Grosse Pointe Public SchoolsGrosse Pointe Woods	6,419	12	$16,350	16.5	#37
Bay City School DistrictBay City · this district	6,030	13	$11,840	16.2	#38
Brighton Area SchoolsBrighton	5,796	9	$14,284	18.2	#39
Zeeland Public SchoolsZeeland	5,788	12	$12,342	15.5	#40
Woodhaven-Brownstown School DistrictWoodhaven	5,688	10	$12,431	16.7	#41

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Anna ISDAnna, TX	6,038	$10,932	17.6
Hawkins CountyRogersville, TN	6,037	$10,636	n/a
Collinsville CUSD 10Collinsville, IL	6,031	$10,650	13.9
Joshua ISDJoshua, TX	6,026	$10,932	16.2

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-mi-bay-city-school-district