NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Berrien Springs, MI

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

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5
Schools
1,834
Students
36.8/100
Avg Resource Index
13.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Berrien Springs has more public-school enrollment than 10% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Berrien Springs 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

2 of Berrien Springs's 5 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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Berrien Springs's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 32nd percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 74th percentile. The 42-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 90%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
32nd percentile
Teacher staffing
74th percentile

Berrien Springs High School accounts for 30.2% of all Berrien Springs public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Berrien Springs-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

Berrien Springs school enrollment varies 4.5× across entities

Berrien Springs school enrollment ranges from 124 students (lowest) to 554 students (highest), a spread of 430 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

Berrien Springs reports 62.3% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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

Berrien Springs student-teacher ratio is 13.4:1 — 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. Sylvester Elementary School 46
2. Mars Elementary School 42
3. Berrien Springs High School 38
4. Blossomland Learning Center 36
5. Berrien Springs Middle School 22

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Berrien Springs

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 Berrien Springs High School 73.0/100
  2. 2 Mars Elementary School 73.0/100
  3. 3 Berrien Springs Middle School 71.7/100
  4. 4 Sylvester Elementary School 69.9/100
  5. 5 Blossomland Learning Center 56.7/100

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Which Berrien Springs school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Sylvester Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Berrien Springs schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Berrien Springs, MI? ▼

Berrien Springs has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,834 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.4:1.

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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.