Innovation Academy

Innovation Academy, a low-enrollment secondary school in HOWELL, Michigan, overseen by Howell Public Schools, enrolls 186 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 60% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Across the 10 schools in Howell Public Schools (7,045 students total), Innovation Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Innovation Academy lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Innovation Academy lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Livingston County's rate of about 20%.

Around the school, census data for Livingston County shows median household earnings sit near $103,039, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Livingston County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,695 students), of which Innovation Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Southwest Elementary School, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Innovation Academy.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

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