Phoenix Alternative School

Phoenix Alternative School operates as a rural-scale secondary school in YALE, Michigan, operated by Yale Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 6 students spanning grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Phoenix Alternative School sits 99% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Yale Public Schools (1,723 students total), Phoenix Alternative School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Phoenix Alternative School logs that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 17% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Phoenix Alternative School has 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 37.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.6:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, census data for St. Clair County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,270 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Clair County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,511 students), of which Phoenix Alternative School is one.

The closest other public school is Yale Senior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Phoenix Alternative School's enrollment has shrank 68% since 2018, when it stood at 19 (now 6). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 11% to 17%.

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