Caro Alternative High School

Set in CARO, Michigan, Caro Alternative High School is a tiny 9-12 campus, one of the schools within Caro Community Schools. It hosts 33 students across grades 7 through 12. That puts it 93% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Caro Alternative High School is one of 5 schools operated by Caro Community Schools, a district that hosts 1,365 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Caro Alternative High School logs that nearly all students (88%) are White. The remainder consists of 12% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.6:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tuscola County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Tuscola County shows median household income runs about $63,811, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Caro Alternative High School is one of 30 public schools in Tuscola County (combined enrollment of about 6,459 students).

Nearest neighbor: Schall Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Caro Alternative High School.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 58%: 79 students in 2018 compared to 33 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 6% to 12% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 79.0:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

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