Excel Charter Academy
GRAND RAPIDS · MI · Excel Charter Academy · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Godwin Heights Learning Center → Godwin Heights Senior High School → Kelloggsville High School → 54th Street Academy → Shared Time → East Lee Campus → Lee High School → Byron Center High School →For Parents
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👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $13,138/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 791 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $10,591 per student in district revenue, the 3 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $31,773/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godwin Heights Learning Center GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 3.0 | 97 | +36.6% |
| Godwin Heights Senior High School GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 3.1 | 656 | -11.1% |
| Kelloggsville High School WYOMING |
Public | 3.1 | 595 | -9.2% |
| 54th Street Academy GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 3.4 | 94 | +42.4% |
| Shared Time GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 4.4 | — | — |
| East Lee Campus WYOMING |
Public | 5.2 | 87 | -10.3% |
| Lee High School WYOMING |
Public | 5.5 | 537 | +2.5% |
| Byron Center High School BYRON CENTER |
Public | 7.2 | 1,387 | +6.2% |