FENTON HORIZON ACADEMY
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Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 4 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 11 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 14 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 19 | 40% |
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SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48 | 3.2 | 14.9:1 | 63% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 75 | 1.7 | 43.4:1 | 63% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 74 | 1.8 | 40.4:1 | 54% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 94 | 1 | 94.0:1 | 65% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 28 | 0.1 | 280.0:1 | 64% (18) |
Since 2017-18: students up 71% (28 to 48); teachers up 3130% (0.1 to 3.2).
About FENTON HORIZON ACADEMY
FENTON HORIZON ACADEMY operates as a small high school in FENTON, Michigan. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 48 students. The typical figure for high schools in Michigan is about 460 students.
The district, Fenton Area Public Schools, has 2,875 students enrolled across 6 schools.
White students are the majority at FENTON HORIZON ACADEMY, with 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, about 72% of residents are White.
With 3.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at FENTON HORIZON ACADEMY was 14.9:1. This ratio sits 6.7 below the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Michigan. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 63%. That tracks the 61% average for public schools in Genesee County.
County data help place the school in context: in Genesee County, the median household income is $62,281, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Genesee County is home to 158 public schools and about 58,534 public school students.
Andrew G Schmidt Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of FENTON HORIZON ACADEMY, there are at least 8 other public schools.
FENTON HORIZON ACADEMY has an NCES locale of Town: Fringe. The school is identified as virtual in federal data.
Federal records list enrollment at FENTON HORIZON ACADEMY as 94 in 2020-21 and 48 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The number of students per teacher fell from 94.0 to 14.9 over 4 years.
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