Hartford Alternative Education

Hartford Alternative Education is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in HARTFORD, Michigan. Students in grades 6 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 122 students. The typical figure for high schools in Michigan is about 460 students.

Hartford Public Schools has 4 schools; together they serve 1,338 students.

White students are the majority at Hartford Alternative Education, with 61% of enrollment. It is also 26% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. Van Buren County's residents are about 80% White, 20 points above the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 89% in 2024-25. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Van Buren County is 37 points.

Census Bureau estimates for Van Buren County show that the median household income is $68,114, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Hartford Alternative Education is one of 45 public schools in the county.

The next-closest public school is Hartford High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Hartford Alternative Education is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles.

Hartford Alternative Education is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.

Hartford Alternative Education reported 71 students in 2020-21 and 122 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.

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