NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Allen Park, MI

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

6 public K-12 schools in Allen Park from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

4,130

Students

20.5/100

Avg Resource Index

19:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Allen Park has more public-school enrollment than 46% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Allen Park's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Allen Park's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 8-point gap between Lindemann Elementary School and Allen Park Middle School shows the range hidden by Allen Park's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment: Top 54%
School count: Top 79%
Resource Index average: 1st percentile
Teacher staffing: 20th percentile

Allen Park High School accounts for 27.4% of all Allen Park public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Allen Park-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Allen Park school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities

Allen Park school enrollment ranges from 436 students (lowest) to 1,133 students (highest), a spread of 697 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Allen Park student-teacher ratio is 19.0:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Lindemann Elementary School	24	639	Combined	Allen Park Public Schools
2.	Bennie Elementary School	22	513	Combined	Allen Park Public Schools
3.	Arno Elementary School	22	513	Combined	Allen Park Public Schools
4.	Rogers Early Elementary School	20	436	Combined	Melvindale-Northern Allen Park Schools
5.	Allen Park High School	19	1,133	high	Allen Park Public Schools
6.	Allen Park Middle School	16	896	middle	Allen Park Public Schools

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Allen Park

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which Allen Park school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lindemann Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Allen Park schools in this federal-data comparison at 24/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Allen Park, MI? ▼

Allen Park has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,130 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 19:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.