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Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy
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Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy is a large K-5 school in SAULT SAINTE MARIE, Michigan, run under Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy. The school enrolls 601 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy sits 63% larger than that benchmark.
Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy sits inside Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
Looking at the student body, Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy records that the largest single group is Native American at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 36% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.3%; this one delivers 43.1%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Chippewa County) reports that median household income runs about $62,217, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Chippewa County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,835 students), Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy operates from a small-town location. Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
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