Alternative/PRU High Open

Allegan Alternative High School

๐Ÿ“ 550 5th St, Allegan, Allegan County, 49010

123
Pupils
24.6
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Allegan Alternative High School is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Allegan, Allegan County. The school has 123 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Allegan Public Schools school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1. 50% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 44%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Allegan Public Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Allegan Alternative High School enrolls 123 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.

Male students
62 (50%)
Female students
61 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
5
Student-teacher ratio
24.6:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White10888%
Hispanic or Latino75.7%
Two or more races54.1%
Black or African American32.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

88 of the school's 123 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 77 qualify for free lunch and 11 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades 9โ€“12Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Allegan Alternative High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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-40, state senate district 26, state house district 80.

School district: Allegan Public Schools

Allegan Alternative High School is one of 8 schools in Allegan Public Schools, based in ALLEGAN, Michigan. The district serves 2,046 students district-wide and employs 129 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 123 students, Allegan Alternative High School is smaller than the district average of about 256 students per school.

2,046
District students
8
Schools
129
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

50%
Reading proficient
30%
Math proficient
44%
Graduation rate
15%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Town - Distant

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