The Leelanau School
Glen Arbor · MI · Private independent
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Most similar nearby schools
Interlochen Arts Academy → Traverse Bay Mennonite School → Traverse City Christian School → Pinecrest School → Lake Michigan Academy → Cadillac Heritage Christian School → St Michael Academy → Northern Michigan Christian School →How The Leelanau School compares for families
What families should know about The Leelanau 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: Interlochen Arts Academy, Traverse Bay Mennonite School, Traverse City Christian School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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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.
Their published matriculation list
Where the Class of 2025 enrolled
The Leelanau School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 11 colleges, in the document's own order.
Independently verified As published by The Leelanau School — Life After Leelanau page ↗. Found at: "Recent post-secondary program enrollment" -> Class of 2025 list.
Enrollment trend & projection
Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -2.7%/year, projecting from 2022's 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interlochen Arts Academy Interlochen |
Private | 21.9 | 557 | +0.9% |
| Traverse Bay Mennonite School Traverse City |
Private | 21.5 | 27 | — |
| Traverse City Christian School Traverse City |
Private | 23.6 | 262 | +44.0% |
| Pinecrest School Hale |
Private | 114.2 | 2 | — |
| Lake Michigan Academy Grand Rapids |
Private | 138.4 | 49 | — |
| Cadillac Heritage Christian School Cadillac |
Private | 52.5 | 112 | +6.7% |
| St Michael Academy Petoskey |
Private | 60.3 | 29 | — |
| Northern Michigan Christian School Mc Bain |
Private | 62.1 | 223 | -23.9% |