Beecher Alternative Education

Located at 1020 W COLDWATER RD, in FLINT, Michigan, Beecher Alternative Education is a micro-enrollment high school that hosts 29 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Beecher Community School District. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Beecher Alternative Education sits 94% below that benchmark.

Within Beecher Community School District, which oversees 3 schools and 542 students, Beecher Alternative Education is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Beecher Alternative Education logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (93%); the rest is composed of 7% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Beecher Alternative Education tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Genesee County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Genesee County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,281 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Genesee County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), Beecher Alternative Education is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dailey Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.