CharEm Alternative Schools
PETOSKEY · MI · Charlevoix-Emmet ISD · Public
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Concord Academy Petoskey → COP ESD Programs → CharEm Special Education Schools → Boyne Falls Public School → Vanderbilt Area School → Concord Academy Boyne → Alanson Public School → DeTour Arts and Technology Academy →How CharEm Alternative Schools compares for families
What families should know about CharEm Alternative Schools.
- ▸ 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: Concord Academy Petoskey, COP ESD Programs, CharEm Special Education Schools and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 22 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord Academy Petoskey PETOSKEY |
Public · charter | 2.0 | 22 | — |
| COP ESD Programs INDIAN RIVER |
Public | 17.6 | 24 | — |
| CharEm Special Education Schools CHARLEVOIX |
Public | 14.3 | 31 | — |
| Boyne Falls Public School BOYNE FALLS |
Public | 13.4 | 34 | — |
| Vanderbilt Area School VANDERBILT |
Public | 21.6 | 21 | — |
| Concord Academy Boyne BOYNE CITY |
Public · charter | 12.8 | 37 | — |
| Alanson Public School ALANSON |
Public | 9.2 | 78 | +9.9% |
| DeTour Arts and Technology Academy DE TOUR VLG |
Public · charter | 66.0 | 22 | — |