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Lighthouse Academy Waalkes, Grand Rapids, MI

Charter schoolLighthouse Academy Waalkes is a public school in Grand Rapids, part of Lighthouse Academy. It enrolled 73 students in 2024-25, with 12.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Lighthouse Academy Waalkes".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
73
Teachers (FTE)
6.0
Students per teacher
12.2
Grades
K to 12

This school's ratio is 2.6 higher than the district figure of 9.6. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.2
District9.6
Michigan16.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
1501 Cedar St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone
(616)304-8537
District
Lighthouse Academy
County
Kent County
Level
Other
Type
Alternative
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
260094908355
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
70
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
7095.9% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.