Bangor Career Academy

Located at 801 W ARLINGTON ST, in BANGOR, Michigan, Bangor Career Academy is a micro-enrollment combined-grade school that works with 74 students (grades K through 12), one of the schools within Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren). Enrollment runs roughly 74% below the state mean of about 281.

Within Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren), which oversees 4 schools and 951 students, Bangor Career Academy is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bangor Career Academy shows that White students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder reads as 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Van Buren County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Bangor Career Academy has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.3:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Van Buren County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Van Buren County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,114 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Van Buren County's 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,850 students), Bangor Career Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bangor High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bangor Career Academy has contracted 33%, going from 111 students in 2018 to 74 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 72% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 5.3:1 today.

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