Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan

Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan operates as a very small senior high in BENTON HARBOR, Michigan, run under Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan. Current enrollment sits at 112 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan sits 76% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan answers to Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan logs that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school records 20% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.8:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 88% of students at Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Berrien County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Berrien County put median household earnings sit near $65,425, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Berrien County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,027 students), Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Benton Harbor Charter School Academy, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.