Great Lakes Online Education

Great Lakes Online Education is a micro-enrollment unified-grade school in GRAYLING, Michigan, part of Crawford AuSable Schools. The school teaches 104 students in grades K through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 281 students each, so Great Lakes Online Education sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Crawford AuSable Schools (1,640 students total), Great Lakes Online Education accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Great Lakes Online Education records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder looks like 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Crawford County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Crawford County's rate of about 54%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Crawford County shows median household income runs about $60,392, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Crawford County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,659 students), of which Great Lakes Online Education is one.

Grayling High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

Over the past 7-year window. Great Lakes Online Education's enrollment has increased 73% since 2018, when it stood at 60 (now 104). White enrollment moved from 87% to 93% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.