Old Mission Peninsula School

Old Mission Peninsula School is a rural-scale elementary school in TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan, run under Old Mission Peninsula School. The school hosts 146 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Old Mission Peninsula School sits 60% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Old Mission Peninsula School answers to Old Mission Peninsula School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Old Mission Peninsula School shows that 79% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Old Mission Peninsula School reports 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Grand Traverse County's rate of about 31%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Old Mission Peninsula School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.6%; this one delivers 66.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Grand Traverse County put the typical household earns roughly $81,647 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Grand Traverse County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,069 students), Old Mission Peninsula School is one campus in the mix.

Sunrise Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.3 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Old Mission Peninsula School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 53.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting. Old Mission Peninsula School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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