Forest Academy

Forest Academy operates as a mid-tier unified-grade school in KALAMAZOO, Michigan, one of the schools within Forest Academy. Current enrollment sits at students from the surrounding community spanning grade M.

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

On the resource side, Class-load math at Forest Academy comes out to about 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Forest Academy tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, Kalamazoo County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,532, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Kalamazoo County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,151 students), of which Forest Academy is one.

Valley Center School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. Forest Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 5-year window, the student count declined 66%: 193 students in 2018 compared to 66 in 2023. The Black share of enrollment increased from 6% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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