Montrose Alternative Education Center

Montrose Alternative Education Center, a low-enrollment senior high in MONTROSE, Michigan, part of Montrose Community Schools, works with 199 students, covering grades 8 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Montrose Alternative Education Center sits 57% leaner than that benchmark.

Montrose Community Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,435 students. Montrose Alternative Education Center is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Montrose Alternative Education Center lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 42.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Montrose Alternative Education Center higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 66% of students at Montrose Alternative Education Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, census data for Genesee County shows median household earnings sit near $62,281, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Genesee County runs 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,534 students), of which Montrose Alternative Education Center is one.

The closest other public school is Carter Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Montrose Alternative Education Center's enrollment has grew 42% since 2018, when it stood at 140 (now 199).

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