NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Charlotte, MI

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

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10
Schools
2,395
Students
26.9/100
Avg Resource Index
13.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Charlotte has more public-school enrollment than 19% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Charlotte'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

6 of Charlotte's 10 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

Charlotte lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 23 to 644 students, a 28-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 81%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
7th percentile
Teacher staffing
76th percentile

Charlotte Senior High School accounts for 26.9% of all Charlotte public-school enrollment

That concentration means Charlotte-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

Charlotte school enrollment varies 28× across entities

Charlotte school enrollment ranges from 23 students (lowest) to 644 students (highest), a spread of 621 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. 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

Charlotte student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1 — 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. Charlotte Public Schools Project Success 42
2. Eaton Resa Meadowview Onsite 36
3. Eaton County Youth Facility 33
4. Galewood Early Elementary School 32
5. Eaton Resa Meadowview Offsite 29
6. Parkview Elementary School 24
7. Washington Elementary School 24
8. Charlotte Upper Elementary School 19
9. Charlotte Senior High School 18
10. Charlotte Middle School 12

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Charlotte

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 Eaton County Youth Facility 46.8/100
  2. 2 Eaton Resa Meadowview Onsite 37.3/100
  3. 3 Washington Elementary School 32.8/100
  4. 4 Charlotte Upper Elementary School 32.3/100
  5. 5 Galewood Early Elementary School 31.5/100

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Which Charlotte school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Charlotte Public Schools Project Success has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Charlotte schools in this federal-data comparison at 42/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Charlotte, MI? ▼

Charlotte has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,395 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.3:1.

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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.