Alternative/PRU Secondary Open

Harrison Alternative Education

๐Ÿ“ 420 W Spruce St, Harrison, Clare County, 48625

31
Pupils
17.2
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Harrison Alternative Education is an Alternative/PRU serving secondary age pupils, located in Harrison, Clare County. The school has 31 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Harrison Community Schools school district. It serves grades 8โ€“11 in a small-town setting. The school employs 1.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 24%. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Harrison Community Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Harrison Alternative Education enrolls 31 students across grades 8โ€“11. The student body is 68% male and 32% female. A teaching staff of 1.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.

Male students
21 (68%)
Female students
10 (32%)
Teachers (FTE)
1.8
Student-teacher ratio
17.2:1
Grade span
8โ€“11

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% White, 9.7% Two or more races and 3.2% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White2787%
Two or more races39.7%
Hispanic or Latino13.2%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

27 of the school's 31 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 27 qualify for free lunch and 0 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 8โ€“11Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Harrison Alternative Education 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-20, state senate district 33, state house district 97.

School district: Harrison Community Schools

Harrison Alternative Education is one of 4 schools in Harrison Community Schools, based in HARRISON, Michigan. The district serves 1,184 students district-wide and employs 84 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 31 students, Harrison Alternative Education is smaller than the district average of about 296 students per school.

1,184
District students
4
Schools
84
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

25%
Reading proficient
25%
Math proficient
24%
Graduation rate
21%
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 ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Dual enrollment

Setting: Town - Distant

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