Empower U
GRAND RAPIDS · MI · Kent ISD · Public · K-12 combined
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Shared Time → Kent Career Tech Center → MySchoolKent → East Lee Campus → Lee High School → Godwin Heights Learning Center → Godwin Heights Senior High School → Excel Charter Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Empower U compares for families
What families should know about Empower U.
- ▸ 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: Shared Time, Kent Career Tech Center, MySchoolKent 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
🏛️ 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 +18.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 188 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shared Time GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 1.3 | — | — |
| Kent Career Tech Center GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 2.6 | — | — |
| MySchoolKent GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 2.6 | — | — |
| East Lee Campus WYOMING |
Public | 3.7 | 87 | -10.3% |
| Lee High School WYOMING |
Public | 4.2 | 537 | +2.5% |
| Godwin Heights Learning Center GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 5.0 | 97 | +36.6% |
| Godwin Heights Senior High School GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 5.0 | 656 | -11.1% |
| Excel Charter Academy GRAND RAPIDS |
Public · charter | 5.6 | — | — |