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Bullock Creek School District

Midland, Michigan · Superintendent: Shawn Hale · #217 of 316 Michigan districts by enrollment

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1,673

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,912

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Michigan median

16.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Michigan median 16.8

Bullock Creek School District is a public school district based in Midland, Michigan, serving 1,673 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #217 of the 316 Michigan districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 31% of them. Its schools average 335 students each, fewer than the Michigan median of 421. Its superintendent is Shawn Hale. It spends about $11,912 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.7 students per teacher.

How Bullock Creek compares

Bullock CreekMichigan median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,912

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

Instruction spending per student$7,509

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

Students per school335

Michigan median 421 · 20% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.7

Michigan median 16.8 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor418

Michigan median 585 · 29% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 67%Local 23%

Measure	Bullock Creek	Michigan median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,912	$11,576	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,509	$7,157	FY2020-21
Total spending	$27.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	100	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	224	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.7	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	418	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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Shawn Hale

Superintendent, Bullock Creek 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
Clintondale Community SchoolsClinton Township	1,677	6	$11,336	18.8	#216
Bullock Creek School DistrictMidland · this district	1,673	5	$11,912	16.7	#217
Godfrey-Lee Public SchoolsWyoming	1,660	5	$11,573	16.8	#218
Gladwin Community SchoolsGladwin	1,655	5	$11,674	19.5	#219
Belding Area School DistrictBelding	1,652	4	$11,600	15.6	#220

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lawrence County School DistrictMonticello, MS	1,674	$10,293	11.5
Ozark School DistrictOzark, AR	1,673	$9,985	12.6
Knox Community School CorporationKnox, IN	1,673	$9,137	14.4
Oconto Falls Public School DistrictOconto Falls, WI	1,673	$13,393	13.1

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-bullock-creek-school-district