About Bay City Academy
Bay City Academy is a public school system serving Bay County, Michigan, based in Bay City. It serves 558 students across 2 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: small district. By enrollment it is the #543 largest of Michigan’s 880 school systems.
Size and structure
Bay City Academy enrolls 558 students in 2 schools — an average of about 279 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #543 of 880 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Bay City Academy, from the NCES Common Core of Data (558 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Bay City Academy employs about 33 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 16.9:1 — above the Michigan average of about 16.5:1. Total district staff is roughly 66.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Michigan funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Bay City Academy are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Michigan reports accountability through MI School Data, hosting the federally required MI School Index (0–100 across ESSA components such as proficiency, growth, graduation, English-learner progress and chronic absenteeism) and a Parent Dashboard. Look up Bay City Academy on the MI School Data Parent Dashboard.
Accreditation status
Michigan has no state accreditation requirement; the Michigan Department of Education directs districts to Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor used across the state. Look up Bay City Academy in the free Cognia registry.
Bay City Academy vs. Michigan
See every Michigan district side by side in the Michigan directory.
Look up Bay City Academy’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):