Lighthouse Academy South Campus
Grand Rapids · MI · Lighthouse Academy · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Covenant High School Grand Rapids → Southwest MiddleHigh Academia Bilingue → Newcomers Community School → Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy → Grand Rapids Public Museum High → NexTech High School → CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Middle High School → Wellspring Preparatory High School →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 16% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 24% in 2019 (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Lighthouse Academy South Campus compares for families
What families should know about Lighthouse Academy South Campus.
- ▸ 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: Covenant High School Grand Rapids, Southwest MiddleHigh Academia Bilingue, Newcomers Community School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 16% by test-taker volume
Source: 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.
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
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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 ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant High School Grand Rapids GRAND RAPIDS |
Public · charter | 5.5 | 218 | +0.0% |
| Southwest MiddleHigh Academia Bilingue GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 5.9 | 236 | +91.9% |
| Newcomers Community School GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 8.3 | 157 | +103.9% |
| Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 5.7 | 262 | -1.1% |
| Grand Rapids Public Museum High GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 6.0 | 267 | -1.8% |
| NexTech High School GRAND RAPIDS |
Public · charter | 7.4 | 144 | +35.8% |
| CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Middle High School GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 9.4 | 157 | -21.1% |
| Wellspring Preparatory High School GRAND RAPIDS |
Public · charter | 6.8 | 267 | -24.8% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantLighthouse Academy South Campus is a public high school in Grand Rapids, MI, enrolling 213 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
12 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 16% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 24% in the latest EDFacts release.
19% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is Lighthouse Academy South Campus's graduation rate? Lighthouse Academy South Campus's federal four-year graduation rate was about 24% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Lighthouse Academy South Campus? Lighthouse Academy South Campus is a public high school in Grand Rapids, MI, enrolling 213 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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