Academic and Career Education Academy

Academic and Career Education Academy, a rural-scale four-year high school in MIDLAND, Michigan, one of the schools within Academic and Career Education Academy, educates 85 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Academic and Career Education Academy sits 82% smaller than that benchmark.

Academic and Career Education Academy is a school of Academic and Career Education Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Academic and Career Education Academy logs that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 8% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Midland County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Academic and Career Education Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 87% of students at Academic and Career Education Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Midland County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Midland County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,705 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Academic and Career Education Academy is one of 26 public schools in Midland County (combined enrollment of about 11,324 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pine River Elementary School, around 2.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Academic and Career Education Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. Academic and Career Education Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Academic and Career Education Academy has ticked down 22%, going from 109 students in 2018 to 85 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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