Outlook Academy Youth Home Campus

Outlook Academy Youth Home Campus is one of the minimally staffed senior highs in ALLEGAN, Michigan, overseen by Outlook Academy, with 11 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Outlook Academy Youth Home Campus sits 98% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Outlook Academy (46 students total), Outlook Academy Youth Home Campus accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Outlook Academy Youth Home Campus logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Allegan County's rate of about 43%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Allegan County put median household earnings sit near $83,283, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Outlook Academy Youth Home Campus is one of 55 public schools in Allegan County (combined enrollment of about 17,174 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Ward Elementary School, around 3.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a countryside setting. As a public charter, Outlook Academy Youth Home Campus runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Outlook Academy Youth Home Campus's enrollment has fell 39% since 2018, when it stood at 18 (now 11). The White share of enrollment ticked up from 78% to 91% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Outlook Academy Youth Home Campus community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.