Bangor Lincoln School
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Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Bangor Lincoln School
Bangor Lincoln School is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in BAY CITY, Michigan, operated by Bangor Township Schools, enrolling 344 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Bangor Lincoln School is one of 6 schools operated by Bangor Township Schools, a district that serves 2,691 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Bangor Lincoln School reports that nearly all students (80%) are White. The remainder comes out to 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bangor Lincoln School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.2%, the actual is 47.5%, a residual of +8.3 points.
Around the school, census data for Bay County shows median household earnings sit near $61,763, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Bay County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,525 students), of which Bangor Lincoln School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Bangor Central School, around 1.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bangor Lincoln School at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 38.2%.
Bangor Lincoln School operates from an outer-ring location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bangor Lincoln School has climbed 7%, going from 321 students in 2018 to 344 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 today.
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