Burton Glen Charter Academy

Set in BURTON, Michigan, Burton Glen Charter Academy is a roomy K-5 school, run under Burton Glen Charter Academy. It educates 709 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 92% above the state mean of about 369.

Burton Glen Charter Academy is the operating authority for Burton Glen Charter Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Burton Glen Charter Academy logs that Black students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder consists of 17% multiracial, 9% White, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Burton Glen Charter Academy lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.5:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Genesee County (around 61%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Burton Glen Charter Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.4%; this one delivers 35.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Genesee County reports that median household income runs about $62,281, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Burton Glen Charter Academy is one of 158 public schools in Genesee County (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students).

Nearest neighbor: Atherton Vern Van Y Educational Center, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Burton Glen Charter Academy.

Burton Glen Charter Academy operates from an outer-ring location. Burton Glen Charter Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Burton Glen Charter Academy's enrollment has increased 32% since 2018, when it stood at 538 (now 709). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 17% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

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