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Grand Traverse Academy

1245 HAMMOND RD E, TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49686 · (231) 932-6008 · Grand Traverse County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED23-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL824 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Michigan public K-12 schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public K-12 schools

Enrollment
824
Combined
STATE 281
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
54 FTE teachers
STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
229 students
STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten8310%
Grade 1658%
Grade 2617%
Grade 3789%
Grade 4749%
Grade 5759%
Grade 6628%
Grade 7617%
Grade 8617%
Grade 9536%
Grade 10628%
Grade 11476%
Grade 12425%

This year's kindergarten class (83) is 36% larger than its 8th grade class (61).

Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 56% · US 70%
White
72087%
STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
294%
STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
233%
STATE 18% · US 15%
Asian
111%
STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
263%
STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
71%
STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
81%
STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
41250%
Female
41250%

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
53.2%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
50.3%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.

Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
824
+62 (+8%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 1,154
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-258245415.3:128% (229)
2023-247985016.0:139% (314)
2022-237875115.4:138% (299)
2020-217625015.2:133% (251)
2017-181,10065.116.9:129% (324)
2015-161,1736817.3:121% (252)
2010-111,1546218.6:129% (336)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Traverse Academy.

Since 2017-18: students down 25% (1,100 to 824); teachers down 17% (65.1 to 54).

About Grand Traverse Academy

TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan, is home to Grand Traverse Academy, a large school serving multiple grade levels. It had 824 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 12. That compares with an average of about 281 students for combined schools in Michigan.

Grand Traverse Academy is its own local education agency in federal data.

At Grand Traverse Academy, 87% of students are White. The remaining students are 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Grand Traverse Academy scores 23%.

Grand Traverse Academy reported 54 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.3:1. By comparison, the average for combined schools in Michigan is 17.3:1. There are 229 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 28% of enrollment.

Grand Traverse Academy holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 44% of Michigan public K-12 schools.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, Grand Traverse Academy falls in the middle 80% of Michigan schools: 51.8% actual against 54.0% predicted.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Grand Traverse County show that the median household earns about $81,647 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Grand Traverse County, 32 public schools serve about 12,069 students.

Cherry Knoll Elementary School is the nearest public school to Grand Traverse Academy, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Grand Traverse Academy is 1st of 4 on proficiency.

By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Small, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000. Grand Traverse Academy is run as a public charter school.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 8%, from 762 to 824.

This community page is for conversations about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.

Grand Traverse County at a glance

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Population
96,166
Census ACS
Median income
$81,647
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
12,069 students

Quick facts

School name
Grand Traverse Academy
District
Grand Traverse Academy
Address
1245 HAMMOND RD E, TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49686
Phone
(231) 932-6008
County
Grand Traverse County
Level
Combined
Grade range
PK–12
Total enrollment
824
Teachers (FTE)
54
Student–teacher ratio
15.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
229 (28%)
Locale
23-Suburb: Small
NCES ID
260026501343
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Grand Traverse Academy
What is the total enrollment at Grand Traverse Academy?
Grand Traverse Academy enrolls approximately 824 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Grand Traverse Academy serve?
Grand Traverse Academy serves grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at Grand Traverse Academy?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Grand Traverse Academy.
What is the student diversity at Grand Traverse Academy?
Student demographics at Grand Traverse Academy are roughly 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Grand Traverse Academy public or private?
Grand Traverse Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Grand Traverse Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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