Lighthouse Academy Eagle Village

Lighthouse Academy Eagle Village is an unified-grade school of rural-scale scale in HERSEY, Michigan, operated by Lighthouse Academy, enrolling 32 students in grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 89% leaner than the state mean of about 281.

Lighthouse Academy runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 404 students. Lighthouse Academy Eagle Village is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Lighthouse Academy Eagle Village records that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Black, 19% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Lighthouse Academy Eagle Village has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.7:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Osceola County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Osceola County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,267 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lighthouse Academy Eagle Village is one of 14 public schools in Osceola County (combined enrollment of about 3,573 students).

The closest other public school is Reed City High School, roughly 4.6 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site. Lighthouse Academy Eagle Village operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lighthouse Academy Eagle Village's enrollment has shrank 51% since 2018, when it stood at 65 (now 32). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 69% to 47% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.

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