NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Allendale, MI

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

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7
Schools
2,638
Students
38.7/100
Avg Resource Index
13.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Allendale has more public-school enrollment than 23% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Allendale is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Allendale's 7 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Allendale lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 51 to 737 students, a 14-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 77%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
40th percentile
Teacher staffing
77th percentile

Allendale High School accounts for 27.9% of all Allendale public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Allendale-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Allendale school enrollment varies 14× across entities

Allendale school enrollment ranges from 51 students (lowest) to 737 students (highest), a spread of 686 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Allendale student-teacher ratio is 13.2:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Evergreen Elementary 58
2. Oakwood Intermediate 53
3. Allendale Early Childhood Center 45
4. Ottawa Area Center 39
5. Allendale High School 33
6. Allendale Middle School 28
7. New Options High School 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Allendale

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.

  1. 1 Ottawa Area Center 54.5/100
  2. 2 New Options High School 45.8/100
  3. 3 Allendale Early Childhood Center 39.0/100
  4. 4 Allendale Middle School 37.5/100
  5. 5 Allendale High School 36.6/100

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Which Allendale school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Evergreen Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Allendale schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Allendale, MI? ▼

Allendale has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,638 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.2:1.

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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.