Muskegon Covenant Academy

As an one-room-style four-year high school in MUSKEGON, Michigan, Muskegon Covenant Academy serves 181 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Muskegon Covenant Academy. That puts it 61% below the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Operationally, Muskegon Covenant Academy answers to Muskegon Covenant Academy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Muskegon Covenant Academy shows that the largest single group is Black, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 12% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

In terms of school funding signals, Muskegon Covenant Academy logs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 34.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Muskegon Covenant Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 81% of students at Muskegon Covenant Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Muskegon County's rate of about 59%.

Around the school, census data for Muskegon County shows median household income runs about $65,024, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Muskegon County's 71 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,245 students), Muskegon Covenant Academy is one campus in the mix.

Lighthouse Academy The Port is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Muskegon Covenant Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 26%: 244 students in 2018 compared to 181 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 80% to 74%.

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