Lighthouse Academy The Pier
GRAND RAPIDS · MI · Lighthouse Academy · Public charter
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Plymouth Christian School → Lighthouse Academy Waalkes → Empower U → Wellspring Preparatory High School → Bethany Based School → Grand Rapids Montessori Academy → Innovation Central High → Grand Rapids Montessori MiddleHigh →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 10% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Lighthouse Academy The Pier compares for families
What families should know about Lighthouse Academy The Pier.
- ▸ LocallyMI sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Plymouth Christian School, Lighthouse Academy Waalkes, Empower U and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 10% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -34.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 7 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth Christian School Grand Rapids |
Private | 0.4 | 195 | -2.5% |
| Lighthouse Academy Waalkes GRAND RAPIDS |
Public · charter | 0.4 | 54 | — |
| Empower U GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 0.6 | — | — |
| Wellspring Preparatory High School GRAND RAPIDS |
Public · charter | 1.0 | 267 | -24.8% |
| Bethany Based School GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 1.0 | 11 | — |
| Grand Rapids Montessori Academy GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 1.4 | — | — |
| Innovation Central High GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 1.5 | 386 | -39.8% |
| Grand Rapids Montessori MiddleHigh GRAND RAPIDS |
Public | 1.5 | 117 | -4.9% |