Bessemer Area School District 鈥� Gogebic County, MI

Key statistics

343

Students enrolled

2

Public schools

28

Classroom teachers (FTE)

12.3:1

Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

Kindergarten 25
Grade 1 22
Grade 2 26
Grade 3 21
Grade 4 36
Grade 5 22
Grade 6 27
Grade 7 23
Grade 8 38
Grade 9 20
Grade 10 20
Grade 11 43
Grade 12 20

By race/ethnicity

White 85%
Two or more races 10%
Hispanic/Latino 2%
American Indian or Alaska Native 1%
Black or African American <1%
Asian <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

68% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 232 of 343 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 58%
Reduced-price lunch 10%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$16,810 spent per student on day-to-day operations Michigan median: $14,724 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $8,875
Support services $6,926
Other (food service, etc.) $1,009

Where the money comes from

Local 18%
State 59%
Federal 23%

Total revenue $6.6 milliontotal spending $6.0 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

45

District office

301 E SELLAR ST, Bessemer MI 49911

Phone

(906) 667-0802

County

Gogebic County

Official website

NCES District ID

2600006

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About Bessemer Area School District

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Mission-The Bessemer Area Schools, as a part of the community, will strive to provide positive growth in academic, social and emotional development for every child in a caring and cooperative environment.