The Greenspire School

The Greenspire School is one of the tiny senior highs in TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan, run under The Greenspire School, with 93 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so The Greenspire School sits 80% smaller than that benchmark.

The Greenspire School runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 269 students. The Greenspire School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, The Greenspire School shows that nearly all students (83%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 11% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting The Greenspire School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 38% of students at The Greenspire School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Grand Traverse County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,647 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Grand Traverse County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,069 students), of which The Greenspire School is one.

North EdCreekside School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The Greenspire School.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. The Greenspire School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 26%: 126 students in 2018 compared to 93 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 92% to 83%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.