Spring Lake Alternative Education
Spring Lake · MI · Spring Lake Public Schools · Public
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Lighthouse Academy Ottawa Juvenile Detention Center → Lighthouse Academy The Port → Sheldon Pines School → Lighthouse AcademyMuskegon Community Building → Career Development School → Lighthouse Academy Juvenile Justice Institute → Fruitport Adult Education → CAPS Academy →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 16% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 75% in 2019 (Bottom 21% 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 Spring Lake Alternative Education compares for families
What families should know about Spring Lake Alternative Education.
- ▸ 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: Lighthouse Academy Ottawa Juvenile Detention Center, Lighthouse Academy The Port, Sheldon Pines 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 21% 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
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.
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).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse Academy Ottawa Juvenile Detention Center WEST OLIVE |
Public · charter | 8.9 | 15 | — |
| Lighthouse Academy The Port MUSKEGON |
Public · charter | 12.7 | 13 | — |
| Sheldon Pines School HOLLAND |
Public | 12.0 | 12 | — |
| Lighthouse AcademyMuskegon Community Building MUSKEGON |
Public · charter | 12.8 | 16 | — |
| Career Development School GRAND HAVEN |
Public | 3.7 | 6 | — |
| Lighthouse Academy Juvenile Justice Institute HOLLAND |
Public · charter | 17.3 | 12 | — |
| Fruitport Adult Education FRUITPORT |
Public | 5.0 | 29 | — |
| CAPS Academy COOPERSVILLE |
Public | 11.6 | 22 | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantSpring Lake Alternative Education is a public high school in Spring Lake, MI, enrolling 13 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 75% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 52 students per school counselor.
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 Spring Lake Alternative Education's graduation rate? Spring Lake Alternative Education's federal four-year graduation rate was about 75% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Spring Lake Alternative Education? Spring Lake Alternative Education is a public high school in Spring Lake, MI, enrolling 13 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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