Great Lakes Learning Academy MSHS

Great Lakes Learning Academy MSHS is a large high school in EAST LANSING, Michigan, (ZIP code 48823). It reported 760 students in grades 6 through 12 in 2024-25. By comparison, high schools in Michigan enroll about 460 students on average.

Great Lakes Learning Academy MSHS falls under Great Lakes Learning Academy, which has 2 schools enrolling 923 students.

Federal enrollment data show Great Lakes Learning Academy MSHS is 67% White. The remaining shares are 16% Black, 8% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. In Ingham County overall, the White share is about 69%. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Great Lakes Learning Academy MSHS are from different groups.

Classroom staffing at Great Lakes Learning Academy MSHS totals 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 25.3:1. Compared with the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Michigan, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 74% of students (561) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Ingham County is 49%.

In the wider Ingham County area, median household income comes to about $65,526, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ingham County's 100 public schools enroll about 37,914 students and include Great Lakes Learning Academy MSHS.

Great Lakes Learning Academy Alternative HS is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

NCES describes the area around Great Lakes Learning Academy MSHS as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Great Lakes Learning Academy MSHS is one of the charter schools in Michigan. Great Lakes Learning Academy MSHS is listed as a virtual school by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Enrollment fell 10% over 4 years, reaching 760 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (25.3:1) than in 2020-21 (42.3:1).

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