Vestaburg Community Alternative Education School

Vestaburg Community Alternative Education School, located in VESTABURG, Michigan, is a low-enrollment high school. The latest federal count shows 282 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Michigan is about 460 students, so this school is 39% smaller than average.

The district, Vestaburg Community Schools, operates 4 schools serving 1,093 students.

White students are the majority at Vestaburg Community Alternative Education School, with 57% of enrollment. The school is also 26% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 88%. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

At Vestaburg Community Alternative Education School, 6.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 41.5:1. That is higher than the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Michigan. Roughly 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 57% average for public schools in Montcalm County is 21 points.

Among Montcalm County residents, the median household income is $67,344, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Vestaburg Community Alternative Education School is one of 33 public schools in the county.

The school nearest to Vestaburg Community Alternative Education School is Vestaburg Community Elem School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote. The school's NCES record marks it as virtual.

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