Gratiot Continuous Learning Center

Gratiot Continuous Learning Center is a very small senior high in ALMA, Michigan, one of the schools within Ashley Community Schools. The school enrolls 41 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 91% smaller than typical.

Ashley Community Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 203 students. Gratiot Continuous Learning Center is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Gratiot Continuous Learning Center shows that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Gratiot Continuous Learning Center has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Gratiot County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Gratiot County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,556, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gratiot Continuous Learning Center is one of 24 public schools in Gratiot County (combined enrollment of about 5,245 students).

Pine Avenue Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gratiot Continuous Learning Center.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.