Michigan Connections Academy

Michigan Connections Academy is a multi-level school of well-populated scale in OKEMOS, Michigan, operated by Michigan Connections Academy, instructing 1,589 students in grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 465% larger than the state mean of about 281.

Michigan Connections Academy sits inside Michigan Connections Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Michigan Connections Academy logs that White students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder comes out to 20% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Ingham County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Michigan Connections Academy logs 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Ingham County (around 49%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Ingham County) shows that median household earnings sit near $65,526, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Michigan Connections Academy is one of 100 public schools in Ingham County (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students).

The closest other public school is Chippewa Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Michigan Connections Academy.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. Michigan Connections Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools. Michigan Connections Academy delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Michigan Connections Academy's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,675 (now 1,589). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 69% to 59%.

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