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Suttons Bay Senior High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
500 S Elm St
Suttons Bay, MI 49682
Phone
(231) 271-8604
District
Suttons Bay Public Schools
County
LEELANAU COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
143
Classroom Teachers
6

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

4

(10 is best)

Better than 37.1% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Suttons Bay Senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
41%
42%
52%
18%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
24
18
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 34 23.8%
Grade 10 32 22.4%
Grade 11 40 28.0%
Grade 12 37 25.9%
Total 143 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 59.8% 67.4% 67.0%
Black 0.8% 0.4% 19.1%
Hispanic 21.2% 18.5% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.5% 0.6% 3.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 16.7% 13.2% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 53.8% 62.3% 51.6%
Free lunch eligible 43.4% 52.5% 47.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.5% 9.8% 3.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 5,707 10,037,261
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 119.7 178
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.9% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 12.3% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 22.2% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.1% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 31.5% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,313 4,040,168
Single Parent Households With Children 2.7% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.1% 91.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 45.0% 31.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 25.5% 17.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 24.3% 16.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.6% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.0% 16.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.4% 15.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.4% 10.8%
$15,000 or less 3.8% 9.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,301 $4,574,000 47.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $499 $275,000 2.9%
Staff $221 $122,000 1.3%
General Administration $653 $360,000 3.8%
School Administration $848 $467,000 4.9%
Operation $1,559 $859,000 9.0%
Transportation $985 $543,000 5.7%
Other $940 $518,000 5.4%
Total Support $5,706 $3,144,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,338 $1,839,000 19.2%
Total Expenditures $17,345 $9,557,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,536 $10,809,800,000 44.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,150 $1,649,683,000 6.8%
Staff $740 $1,061,145,000 4.4%
General Administration $283 $406,356,000 1.7%
School Administration $737 $1,057,416,000 4.4%
Operation $1,207 $1,731,060,000 7.1%
Transportation $452 $647,918,000 2.7%
Other $795 $1,139,917,000 4.7%
Total Support $5,364 $7,693,495,000 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,016 $5,760,700,000 23.7%
Total Expenditures $16,916 $24,263,995,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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