NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Bangor, MI

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

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6
Schools
1,008
Students
37.5/100
Avg Resource Index
11.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Bangor has more public-school enrollment than 2% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Bangor 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

3 of Bangor'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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Bangor lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 24 to 341 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 98%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
35th percentile
Teacher staffing
90th percentile

South Walnut Elementary School accounts for 33.8% of all Bangor public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Bangor-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

Bangor school enrollment varies 14× across entities

Bangor school enrollment ranges from 24 students (lowest) to 341 students (highest), a spread of 317 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

Bangor reports 66.6% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bangor student-teacher ratio is 11.7:1 — 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. Maple Creek Education Center 58
2. Wood School Bangor Twp 8 47
3. Bangor Career Academy 40
4. Bangor Middle School 30
5. South Walnut Elementary School 27
6. Bangor High School 23

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Bangor

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 Bangor High School 60.9/100
  2. 2 Bangor Middle School 59.6/100
  3. 3 South Walnut Elementary School 59.5/100
  4. 4 Bangor Career Academy 55.4/100
  5. 5 Wood School Bangor Twp 8 45.5/100

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Which Bangor school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Maple Creek Education Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Bangor 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 Bangor, MI? ▼

Bangor has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,008 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.7:1.

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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.