Suttons Bay Virtual School

Located at 310 S ELM ST, in SUTTONS BAY, Michigan, Suttons Bay Virtual School is a close-knit unified-grade school that instructs 149 students (grades K through 12), operated by Suttons Bay Public Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 281 students each, so Suttons Bay Virtual School sits 47% smaller than that benchmark.

Suttons Bay Public Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 488 students. Suttons Bay Virtual School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Suttons Bay Virtual School lists that nearly all students (81%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Suttons Bay Virtual School has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 30.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Leelanau County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Leelanau County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,422, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Leelanau County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,842 students), of which Suttons Bay Virtual School is one.

Suttons Bay Elementary Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Suttons Bay Virtual School.

The school occupies a small-town site. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 140 students in 2018 compared to 149 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 87% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 65.1:1 in 2018 to 30.2:1 today.

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