Spring Lake Alternative Education

In SPRING LAKE, Michigan, part of Ottawa County, Spring Lake Alternative Education is a high school. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 13 students enrolled. For comparison, high schools in Michigan average about 460 students.

Spring Lake Alternative Education is a school in Spring Lake Public Schools. The district has 6 schools and 2,271 students.

The student body at Spring Lake Alternative Education is 85% White. Other groups include 15% multiracial. The county population is about 84% White, within a few points of the school.

Dividing enrollment by its 1.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 10.0:1. That is 11.6 students per teacher below the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Michigan. Spring Lake Alternative Education reports 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Ottawa County averages 34%, lower than here.

Ottawa County has these Census figures: the median household income is $90,502, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Ottawa County is home to 103 public schools and about 42,894 public school students.

Spring Lake High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Spring Lake Alternative Education, there are at least 8 other public schools.

By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The school counted 29 students in 2017-18 and 13 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. Hispanic enrollment as a share of the school fell from 7% to 0%. The ratio was 17.1:1 in 2017-18 and 10.0:1 in 2024-25.

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