Lighthouse Academy The Port

Lighthouse Academy The Port operates as a very small high school in MUSKEGON, Michigan, run under Lighthouse Academy. Current enrollment sits at 14 students spanning grades 5 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 97% below the state mean of about 460.

Within Lighthouse Academy, which oversees 9 schools and 404 students, Lighthouse Academy The Port is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lighthouse Academy The Port logs that the largest single group is Black, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 21% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Muskegon County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lighthouse Academy The Port has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.0:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at Lighthouse Academy The Port qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Muskegon County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Muskegon County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,024 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Muskegon County runs 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students), of which Lighthouse Academy The Port is one.

The closest other public school is Muskegon Covenant Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lighthouse Academy The Port.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, Lighthouse Academy The Port runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Lighthouse Academy The Port community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.