Outlook Academy

Outlook Academy is a micro-enrollment high school in ALLEGAN, Michigan, operated by Outlook Academy. The school teaches 35 students in grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 460 students per school, that is 92% below typical.

Outlook Academy comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 46 students; Outlook Academy is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Outlook Academy shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 9% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Outlook Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 80% of students at Outlook Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Allegan County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Allegan County put the typical household earns roughly $83,283 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Allegan County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,174 students), of which Outlook Academy is one.

North Ward Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Outlook Academy's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 35 (now 35). Over the same period, the White share edged up from 80% to 91%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Outlook Academy community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.