Fennville Alternative High School

Fennville Alternative High School, an one-room-style secondary school in FENNVILLE, Michigan, overseen by Fennville Public Schools, instructs 35 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 92% leaner than the state mean of about 460.

Fennville Public Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,214 students; Fennville Alternative High School is among them.

On demographics, Fennville Alternative High School lists that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest comes out to 31% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at Fennville Alternative High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Allegan County's rate of about 43%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Allegan County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,283 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Allegan County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,174 students), Fennville Alternative High School is one campus in the mix.

Fennville Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fennville Alternative High School has climbed 94%, going from 18 students in 2018 to 35 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 63% across the same window.

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