Great Lakes Learning Academy Alternative HS

Located at 2875 EYDE PKWY, in EAST LANSING, Michigan, Great Lakes Learning Academy Alternative HS is a rural-scale secondary school that hosts 163 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Great Lakes Learning Academy. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 65% smaller than typical.

Across the 2 schools in Great Lakes Learning Academy (923 students total), Great Lakes Learning Academy Alternative HS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Great Lakes Learning Academy Alternative HS logs that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 28% Black, 12% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Great Lakes Learning Academy Alternative HS has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 30.6:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Ingham County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Ingham County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,526 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Great Lakes Learning Academy Alternative HS is one of 100 public schools in Ingham County (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students).

The closest other public school is Great Lakes Learning Academy MSHS, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. Great Lakes Learning Academy Alternative HS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

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