Alternative Educational Academy of Iosco County

Set in TAWAS CITY, Michigan, Alternative Educational Academy of Iosco County is a minimally staffed four-year high school, one of the schools within Alternative Educational Academy of Iosco County. It enrolls 171 students across grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Alternative Educational Academy of Iosco County sits 63% below that benchmark.

Operationally, Alternative Educational Academy of Iosco County answers to Alternative Educational Academy of Iosco County, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Alternative Educational Academy of Iosco County logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder consists of 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at Alternative Educational Academy of Iosco County qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Iosco County (around 65%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Around the school, census data for Iosco County shows median household earnings sit near $50,066, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Iosco County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,497 students), of which Alternative Educational Academy of Iosco County is one.

Tawas Area Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Alternative Educational Academy of Iosco County.

The campus sits in a town-center setting. As a public charter, Alternative Educational Academy of Iosco County runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Alternative Educational Academy of Iosco County's enrollment has edged up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 157 (now 171). Class-load math has fell: from 39.3:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.