Phoenix Alternative High School

Phoenix Alternative High School, a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in SPALDING, Michigan, one of the schools within Carney-Nadeau Public Schools, educates 36 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Phoenix Alternative High School sits 92% below that benchmark.

Phoenix Alternative High School is one of 2 schools operated by Carney-Nadeau Public Schools, a district that works with 253 students overall.

On demographics, Phoenix Alternative High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

In terms of school funding signals, Phoenix Alternative High School shows 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Phoenix Alternative High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Menominee County (around 56%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Menominee County) logs that median household income runs about $56,435, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Phoenix Alternative High School is one of 16 public schools in Menominee County (combined enrollment of about 3,979 students).

The closest other public school is North Central Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Phoenix Alternative High School.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 42%: 62 students in 2018 compared to 36 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 89% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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