Island City Academy

Island City Academy is one of the low-enrollment K-5 schools in EATON RAPIDS, Michigan, one of the schools within Island City Academy, with 197 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Island City Academy sits 47% below that benchmark.

Island City Academy is a school of Island City Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Island City Academy lists that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Island City Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Island City Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.5%; this one delivers 55.3%.

In the broader community, Eaton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,597 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Eaton County's 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,025 students), Island City Academy is one campus in the mix.

Greyhound Central Performance Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. Island City Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Island City Academy has contracted 3%, going from 203 students in 2018 to 197 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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