📍 4460 N Lake Rd, Clarklake, Jackson County, 49234
Columbia Alternative Education is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Clarklake, Jackson County. The school has 88 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Columbia School District school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 3.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.1:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 30%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Columbia Alternative Education enrolls 88 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 3.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% White, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 78 | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 5.7% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 4.5% |
| Black or African American | 1 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
54 of the school's 88 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 53 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Columbia Alternative Education is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-50, state senate district 16, state house district 65.
Columbia Alternative Education is one of 4 schools in Columbia School District, based in BROOKLYN, Michigan. The district serves 1,428 students district-wide and employs 85 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 88 students, Columbia Alternative Education is smaller than the district average of about 357 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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