West MI Academy of Environmental Science
Grand Rapids · MI · West MI Academy of Environmental Science · Public charter · K-12 combined
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CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Middle High School → NexTech High School → Newcomers Community School → Grand Rapids Montessori MiddleHigh → Kenowa Hills Pathways High School → Southeast Career Pathways → Covenant High School Grand Rapids → East Lee Campus →At a glance
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 24% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 95% in 2019 (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How West MI Academy of Environmental Science compares for families
What families should know about West MI Academy of Environmental Science.
- ▸ 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: CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Middle High School, NexTech High School, 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 24% 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?
75th percentile nationally
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.
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).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -5.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 666 students:
≈ 160 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $11,172 per student in district revenue, the 160 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,787,520/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA Frost Environmental Science Academy Middle High School GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 3.0 | 157 | -21.1% |
| NexTech High School GRAND RAPIDS |
Public · charter | 5.0 | 144 | +35.8% |
| Newcomers Community School GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 3.5 | 157 | +103.9% |
| Grand Rapids Montessori MiddleHigh GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 6.2 | 117 | -4.9% |
| Kenowa Hills Pathways High School GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 3.4 | 99 | +8.8% |
| Southeast Career Pathways GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 6.8 | 106 | +2.9% |
| Covenant High School Grand Rapids GRAND RAPIDS |
Public · charter | 6.1 | 218 | +0.0% |
| East Lee Campus WYOMING |
Public | 5.8 | 87 | -10.3% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantWest MI Academy of Environmental Science is a public high school in Grand Rapids, MI, enrolling 666 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
20 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 24% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 95% in the latest EDFacts release.
18% 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 West MI Academy of Environmental Science's graduation rate? West MI Academy of Environmental Science's federal four-year graduation rate was about 95% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend West MI Academy of Environmental Science? West MI Academy of Environmental Science is a public high school in Grand Rapids, MI, enrolling 666 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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