Lincoln Alternative High School

Located at 645 ALGER AVE, in OWOSSO, Michigan, Lincoln Alternative High School is a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus that serves 131 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Owosso Public Schools. That puts it 72% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Lincoln Alternative High School is one of 6 schools operated by Owosso Public Schools, a district that enrolls 2,838 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln Alternative High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Shiawassee County as a whole is about 94% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Shiawassee County's rate of about 45%.

Zooming out to the county, Shiawassee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,404 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Shiawassee County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,105 students), of which Lincoln Alternative High School is one.

Emerson School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln Alternative High School.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln Alternative High School has grew 31%, going from 100 students in 2018 to 131 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 26.0:1 today.

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