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UCS Alternative Learning Center

PublicHighGrades 9–12Alternative Education School

7600 18 Mile Rd, Sterling Heights, MI 48314 · (586) 797-7000 · Part of Utica Community Schools

Sterling Heights’ School Grade A− better than 76% of Michigan school districts

Directions
Students
245
Students per teacher
18:1
Free or reduced lunch
71%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about UCS Alternative Learning Center

  • Its own letter, D: reading and math results near the bottom of Michigan’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 30 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 33 pts below the state
  • Enrollment up 65.5% since 2020–21

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency5%
State average 34.7%
Reading / language arts15%
State average 47.9%

Its own letter, D, places these results among Michigan’s 2,812 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

7600 18 Mile Rd, Sterling Heights

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 1042
Grade 1167
Grade 12136
Enrollment over time
148’20
181’21
196’22
258’23
245’24

Up 65.5% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 70%Black 14%Hispanic 7%Two or more races 6%Asian 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about UCS Alternative Learning Center from Sterling Heights families.

Other schools in Utica Community Schools

The district →
Beacon Tree Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Shelby Township
B+
787 students19:1
Richard J Duncan Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Shelby Township
A
716 students17:1
Floyd Ebeling Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Macomb
A−
711 students20:1
Schuchard Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Sterling Heights
C+
602 students17:1
Schwarzkoff Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Sterling Heights
B−
597 students17:1
Crissman Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Shelby Township
A−
586 students18:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Michigan’s other public schools; Sterling Heights’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.