Other · Michigan
Lighthouse Academy Waalkes
CharterAlternativeLighthouse Academy Waalkes, a public other school in Grand Rapids, Michigan: grades k–12, 73 students, 10.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lighthouse Academy.
Size and class size
Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 73
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.0
- Students per teacher
- 10.5
- Grades
- K–12
- Other
Fewer students per teacher than 53% of schools in Michigan
Median 11.3 · 316 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 61% of schools in the US
Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared
Smaller than 66% of schools in Michigan
Median 129 · 326 schools compared
Smaller than 73% of schools in the US
Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Michigan's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Michigan: 45%Not published: too few students tested.
M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Michigan: 35%Not published: too few students tested.
M-STEP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Other · Grades K–12
- Type
- Charter school · Alternative
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Midsize city
- Run by
- Lighthouse Academy
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lighthouse Academy.
Location
- Address
- 1501 Cedar St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
- Phone
- (616)304-8537
- City or town
- Grand Rapids
- County
- Kent County
Nearby schools
The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grand Rapids Montessori AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 297 | 16.5 | 39% | 23% |
| K–12 | 0 | — | — | — | |
Lincoln SchoolSpecial educationFree meals for all | K–12 | 99 | 3.7 | — | — |
Hope Academy of West MichiganCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 284 | 10.8 | 20% | 11% |
Lincoln Developmental CenterSpecial educationFree meals for all | K–12 | 77 | 5.2 | — | — |
Kent ISD Deaf and Hard of HearingSpecial education | Pre-K–12 | 61 | 3.3 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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