Columbia Central High School
Public · Grades 7–12 · 637 students
Columbia Alternative Education
4460 N Lake Rd, Clarklake, MI 49234
Grades
6–12
High
Students
78
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
15.3 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Columbia School District
Jackson County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About Columbia Alternative Education
Columbia Alternative Education is an alternative high school in Clarklake, Michigan, serving grades 6–12. It is part of Columbia School District. The school is located in a rural area near a town in Jackson County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 78 students were enrolled, with about 15.3 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical Michigan high school (17.9 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Alternative School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 6–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 78 students
- Students per teacher
- 15.3 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Fringe
- School district
- Columbia School District
- County
- Jackson County
- NCES school ID
- 260699001117
Schools near Columbia Alternative Education
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Jackson Preparatory Early College
Charter · Grades 6–12 · 260 students
Jackson Area Career Center
CTE · Grades 9–12
Ackerson High School
Alternative · Grades 9–12 · 84 students
Napoleon High School
Public · Grades 9–12 · 381 students
Vandercook Lake High School
Public · Grades 7–12 · 258 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.