Lighthouse Academy The Pier

As a micro-enrollment four-year high school in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Lighthouse Academy The Pier enrolls 7 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Lighthouse Academy. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 98% leaner than typical.

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

On the student-mix side, Lighthouse Academy The Pier records that Black students make up the majority at 71%. Beyond that, the school shows 14% White, 14% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kent County) records that the typical household earns roughly $82,631 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Lighthouse Academy The Pier is one of 239 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lighthouse Academy Waalkes, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. Lighthouse Academy The Pier is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lighthouse Academy The Pier has contracted 76%, going from 29 students in 2018 to 7 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 28% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 3.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.