NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Cadillac, MI

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6 public K-12 schools in Cadillac 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
2,882
Students
22.5/100
Avg Resource Index
18.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Cadillac has more public-school enrollment than 27% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Cadillac'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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Cadillac's list includes 1 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Cadillac lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 89 to 903 students, a 10-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 73%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
2nd percentile
Teacher staffing
24th percentile

Cadillac Senior High School accounts for 31.3% of all Cadillac public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Cadillac-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

Cadillac school enrollment varies 10× across entities

Cadillac school enrollment ranges from 89 students (lowest) to 903 students (highest), a spread of 814 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

Cadillac reports 60.1% 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

Cadillac student-teacher ratio is 18.2:1 — 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

# School Score
1. Wexfordmissaukee Isd Special Education 39
2. Cadillac Senior High School 25
3. Cadillac Innovation High School 24
4. Lincoln Elementary School 17
5. Mackinaw Trail Middle School 15
6. Franklin Elementary School 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Cadillac

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 Wexfordmissaukee Isd Special Education 33.1/100
  2. 2 Franklin Elementary School 26.5/100
  3. 3 Cadillac Innovation High School 22.5/100
  4. 4 Mackinaw Trail Middle School 17.3/100
  5. 5 Lincoln Elementary School 16.9/100

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Which Cadillac school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Wexfordmissaukee Isd Special Education has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Cadillac schools in this federal-data comparison at 39/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Cadillac, MI? ▼

Cadillac has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,882 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.2:1.

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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.