Lighthouse AcademyBarry County Community Building

Lighthouse AcademyBarry County Community Building is a minimally staffed four-year high school in HASTINGS, Michigan, one of the schools within Lighthouse Academy. The school works with 15 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 97% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Lighthouse Academy runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 404 students. Lighthouse AcademyBarry County Community Building is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Lighthouse AcademyBarry County Community Building lists that nearly all students (100%) are White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Lighthouse AcademyBarry County Community Building lists 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Lighthouse AcademyBarry County Community Building tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 80% of students at Lighthouse AcademyBarry County Community Building qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Barry County's rate of about 43%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Barry County) records that median household earnings sit near $77,500, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Barry County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,041 students), of which Lighthouse AcademyBarry County Community Building is one.

The closest other public school is Hastings High School, roughly 2.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

Lighthouse AcademyBarry County Community Building operates from an outlying location. As a public charter, Lighthouse AcademyBarry County Community Building runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Lighthouse AcademyBarry County Community Building community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.