Christa McAuliffe Middle School

Christa McAuliffe Middle School is a 6-8 campus of medium-sized scale in BAY CITY, Michigan, run under Bangor Township Schools, instructing 608 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 21% bigger than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Within Bangor Township Schools, which oversees 6 schools and 2,691 students, Christa McAuliffe Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Christa McAuliffe Middle School records that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Bay County's rate of about 55%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Christa McAuliffe Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.1%, the actual is 34.6%, a residual of -11.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bay County) logs that median household earnings sit near $61,763, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Bay County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,525 students), Christa McAuliffe Middle School is one campus in the mix.

John Glenn High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Christa McAuliffe Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.7%.

Christa McAuliffe Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 638 students in 2018 compared to 608 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.