Grand Traverse Academy

Grand Traverse Academy operates as a large K-12 campus in TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan, one of the schools within Grand Traverse Academy. Current enrollment sits at 824 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 281 students per school, that is 193% above typical.

Grand Traverse Academy sits inside Grand Traverse Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Grand Traverse Academy reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, Grand Traverse Academy records 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 28% of students at Grand Traverse Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Grand Traverse Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Grand Traverse County) logs that median household earnings sit near $81,647, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Grand Traverse County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,069 students), Grand Traverse Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cherry Knoll Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Grand Traverse Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grand Traverse Academy at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 48.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site. Grand Traverse Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Grand Traverse Academy's enrollment has ticked down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 1,100 (now 824). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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