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Landmark Academy
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Landmark Academy
Landmark Academy operates as a substantial all-grades campus in KIMBALL, Michigan, part of Landmark Academy. Current enrollment sits at 726 students spanning grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 158% bigger than the state mean of about 281.
Operationally, Landmark Academy answers to Landmark Academy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.
On demographics, Landmark Academy logs that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 5% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at Landmark Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than St. Clair County's rate of about 46%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Landmark Academy is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.3%; Landmark Academy posts 22.5%, -13.7 points below that line.
Around the school, ACS estimates for St. Clair County put the typical household earns roughly $71,270 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across St. Clair County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,511 students), Landmark Academy is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Indian Woods Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Landmark Academy at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 30.1%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. Landmark Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Landmark Academy has decreased 12%, going from 824 students in 2018 to 726 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 83% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.
Inside the community feed, members of the Landmark Academy community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
St. Clair County at a glance
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