📍 46312 Woodward Ave, Pontiac, Oakland County, 48342
Great Lakes Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pontiac, Oakland County. The school has 183 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Great Lakes Academy school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Great Lakes Academy enrolls 183 students across grades K–8. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 12 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Black or African American, 6.6% Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 153 | 84% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 6.6% |
| White | 9 | 4.9% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
164 of the school's 183 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 162 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Great Lakes Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 12, state house district 29.
Great Lakes Academy is one of 1 schools in Great Lakes Academy, based in PONTIAC, Michigan. The district serves 162 students district-wide and employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 183 students, Great Lakes Academy is close to the district average of about 162 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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