Lighthouse Academy Juvenile Justice Institute

Lighthouse Academy Juvenile Justice Institute is one of the very small 9-12 campuss in HOLLAND, Michigan, operated by Lighthouse Academy, with 14 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Lighthouse Academy Juvenile Justice Institute sits 97% below that benchmark.

Within Lighthouse Academy, which oversees 9 schools and 404 students, Lighthouse Academy Juvenile Justice Institute is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lighthouse Academy Juvenile Justice Institute shows that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 21% Black, 14% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Ottawa County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lighthouse Academy Juvenile Justice Institute has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.3:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at Lighthouse Academy Juvenile Justice Institute qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ottawa County (around 34%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Ottawa County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,502, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ottawa County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students), of which Lighthouse Academy Juvenile Justice Institute is one.

Felch Street Building is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting. As a public charter, Lighthouse Academy Juvenile Justice Institute runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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