About Great Lakes Academy
Great Lakes Academy is a public school system serving Oakland County, Michigan, based in Pontiac. It serves 162 students across 1 schools spanning K–8, and is classified as a city: small district. By enrollment it is the #786 largest of Michigan’s 880 school systems.
Size and structure
Great Lakes Academy enrolls 162 students in 1 schools — an average of about 162 students per school. It serves grades K–8 and ranks #786 of 880 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Great Lakes Academy, from the NCES Common Core of Data (162 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Great Lakes Academy employs about 13 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1 — below the Michigan average of about 16.5:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 24.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Michigan funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Great Lakes Academy are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Michigan reports accountability through MI School Data, hosting the federally required MI School Index (0–100 across ESSA components such as proficiency, growth, graduation, English-learner progress and chronic absenteeism) and a Parent Dashboard. Look up Great Lakes Academy on the MI School Data Parent Dashboard.
Accreditation status
Michigan has no state accreditation requirement; the Michigan Department of Education directs districts to Cognia, the de facto K-12 accreditor used across the state. Look up Great Lakes Academy in the free Cognia registry.
Great Lakes Academy vs. Michigan
See every Michigan district side by side in the Michigan directory.
Look up Great Lakes Academy’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):