Career Development School
GRAND HAVEN · MI · Grand Haven Area Public Schools · Public
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Sheldon Pines School → Brooks Correctional Facility → Lighthouse AcademyMuskegon Community Building → Careerline Tech Center → Fruitport Adult Education → Innocademy → Education and Activity Center → CAPS Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Career Development School compares for families
What families should know about Career Development School.
- ▸ LocallyMI sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Sheldon Pines School, Brooks Correctional Facility, Lighthouse AcademyMuskegon Community Building and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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 most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -15.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 6 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Pines School HOLLAND |
Public | 13.1 | 12 | — |
| Brooks Correctional Facility MUSKEGON |
Public | 10.5 | — | — |
| Lighthouse AcademyMuskegon Community Building MUSKEGON |
Public · charter | 11.5 | 16 | — |
| Careerline Tech Center HOLLAND |
Public | 13.1 | — | — |
| Fruitport Adult Education FRUITPORT |
Public | 5.8 | 29 | — |
| Innocademy ZEELAND |
Public · charter | 20.9 | — | — |
| Education and Activity Center FREMONT |
Public | 32.3 | 4 | — |
| CAPS Academy COOPERSVILLE |
Public | 15.2 | 22 | — |