About Bear Lake Schools
Bear Lake Schools is a public school system serving Manistee County, Michigan, based in Bear Lake. It serves 280 students across 2 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #695 largest of Michigan’s 880 school systems.
Size and structure
Bear Lake Schools enrolls 280 students in 2 schools — an average of about 140 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #695 of 880 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Bear Lake Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (280 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
Bear Lake Schools employs about 19 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.7:1 — below the Michigan average of about 16.5:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 42.
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 Bear Lake Schools 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 Bear Lake Schools 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 Bear Lake Schools in the free Cognia registry.
Bear Lake Schools vs. Michigan
See every Michigan district side by side in the Michigan directory.
Look up Bear Lake Schools’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):