Public School Academy
William C. Abney Academy
William C. Abney Academy is a public school academy in Kent County, Michigan. In the 2024–25 school year it reported $4.4 million in general fund spending, or $16,707 per pupil.
School finances, 2024–25 school year
General fund figures, as published by the Michigan Department of Education.
Pupils
265
full-time equivalent
General fund spending
$4.4M
the main operating fund
Spending per pupil
$16,707
general fund
Average teacher salary
$0
13 teachers (full-time equivalent)
Spending
| Item | Total | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
| Basic instruction | $1,292,029 | $4,867 |
| Added needs instruction | $522,526 | $1,969 |
| Adult education instruction | $0 | |
| Total instruction | $1,814,554 | $6,836 |
| Instructional staff support | $535,512 | $2,017 |
| Administration | $993,756 | $3,744 |
| Operations and maintenance | $356,757 | $1,344 |
| Transportation | $325,356 | $1,226 |
| Total support services | $2,211,381 | $8,331 |
| Current operating spending | $4,025,935 | $15,167 |
| Facilities acquisition | $0 | $0 |
| Total general fund spending | $4,434,666 | $16,707 |
Revenue
| Item | Total | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
| Local | $336,342 | $1,267 |
| State | $3,403,682 | $12,823 |
| Federal | $723,137 | $2,724 |
| Total general fund revenue | $4,463,160 | $16,814 |
Salaries
| Item | Total | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
| Instructional salaries | $0 | $0 |
| Support service salaries | $119,562 | $450 |
| Teacher salaries, basic instruction | $0 |
Taxable value in the district
| Item | Total | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|
| Primary homes (homestead) | $0 | $0 |
| Rentals, second homes and businesses (non-homestead) | $0 | $0 |
Every figure, including each per-pupil figure, is the publisher's own. Total instruction is the three instruction lines above it, and current operating spending is total instruction plus total support services. Total support services and total revenue can also include amounts the bulletin does not list separately. Adult education and teacher salaries have no per-pupil figure here, because the bulletin does not divide them by the pupil count. Pupils per teacher: 21.
Source: Bulletin 1014: Michigan Public Schools Ranked by Select Financial Information, data export, Michigan Department of Education, retrieved September 26, 2026.
Transparency checks
What this body files with the State and posts online, checked against the law and good practice.
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Required by law
8 found · 3 not found
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Found: Audit for the latest fiscal year filed (posted on its website)
Budget & Salary Information (its Epicenter document lists) posts an "Audited Financial Statement" for the year ended June 30, 2025 (opened 2026-09-27). Posted on the school's site, which the publisher's rule of 2026-09-27 counts as filed.
MCL 388.1618 · FY2025 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Audit for the latest fiscal year filed (posted on its website)
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Not found: FOIA procedures and written public summary posted
No FOIA procedures and guidelines or written public summary was found: not on the homepage, Budget & Salary Information, School Operations, Board or Contact pages, and none of the 23 pages in the site's sitemap is a FOIA page (2026-09-27).
MCL 15.234(4) · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for FOIA procedures and written public summary posted
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Not found: Transparency page: operating budget and budget revisions
The newest budgets are the "2024-2025 Board Approved Final Budget" and "2025-2026 Board Approved Initial Budget"; no 2026-2027 budget is posted.
MCL 388.1618(2)(a) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: operating budget and budget revisions
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Found: Transparency page: personnel cost and spending-by-function charts
"2024-2025 Operating Expenditure" and "2024-2025 Personnel Expenditures".
MCL 388.1618(2)(b) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: personnel cost and spending-by-function charts
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Found: Transparency page: labor agreements, health plans, audit, benefit bids, policies and check register
The 2024-2025 collective bargaining agreement, the 2025-2026 employee benefits overview, the audit for the year ended June 30, 2025, the 2025-2026 medical benefit plan bids, the 2025-2026 procurement and expense reimbursement policies, and the 2024-2025 statement of reimbursed expenses.
MCL 388.1618(2)(c) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: labor agreements, health plans, audit, benefit bids, policies and check register
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Found: Transparency page: superintendent's pay, and pay of everyone paid over $100,000
"2024-2025 Employee Compensation Information".
MCL 388.1618(2)(d) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: superintendent's pay, and pay of everyone paid over $100,000
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Found: Transparency page: association dues
"2024-2025 District-Paid Association Dues".
MCL 388.1618(2)(e) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: association dues
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Found: Transparency page: lobbying spending
"2024-2025 District-Paid Lobbying Costs".
MCL 388.1618(2)(f) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: lobbying spending
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Found: Transparency page: district credit cards
"2025-2026 Credit Card Information".
MCL 388.1618(2)(h) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: district credit cards
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Found: Transparency page: administrators' out-of-state trips
"2024-2025 District-Paid Out-of-State Travel Costs".
MCL 388.1618(2)(i) · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Transparency page: administrators' out-of-state trips
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Not found: Management company's information posted, and authorizer and company named in the site footer
The page posts the 2024-2025 ESP operating and transparency expenditure reports and the 2025-2026 AccessPoint Educational HR agreement, but the site footer says only "Authorized by Ferris State University" and does not name the educational service provider. Its charter contract requires the footer to name them (MCL 380.503(6)(q), added by 2024 PA 210): Ferris State's contract for July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028 includes the term.
MCL 380.503c; MCL 380.503 · 2026-09 · Read September 27, 2026 on its website · Evidence for Management company's information posted, and authorizer and company named in the site footer
Good practice
0 found · 0 not found · 11 not read yet
11 checks not read yet
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Current budget posted
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Budgets for the past three years posted
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Latest audit posted
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Budget posted as a spreadsheet or data file
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Regular meeting schedule for the year posted
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Agendas posted for the past 12 months
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Minutes posted for the past 12 months
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Members' names and a way to contact them posted
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Check register (payments) posted
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Employee pay or salary schedule posted
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Current contracts posted
About
- Type
- Public School Academy
- County
- Kent County
- Website
- thewcaa.org
- Notes
- Website from the NCES Common Core of Data district directory (2025-2026), checked on the school's own site 2026-09-27.
Codes
- Michigan CEPI code
- 41917
- Michigan Treasury unit code
- 414917
- NCES district ID
- 2600185
Sources
Where this page's facts come from.
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Educational Entity Master public data set: ISD, LEA and PSA districts and colleges
Michigan Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) · 2026-09-24 export
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Treasury Document Search, Kent County local units
Michigan Department of Treasury, Local Audit and Finance Division · queried 2026-09-24
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Bulletin 1014: Michigan Public Schools Ranked by Select Financial Information, data export
Michigan Department of Education · 2024-25 (Last-Modified 2026-08-13)
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Charter school checks (L6, W1, W2, W3), Kent County
Open Government Project · read 2026-09-27