NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Chesterfield, MI

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

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9
Schools
3,845
Students
34/100
Avg Resource Index
16.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Chesterfield has more public-school enrollment than 42% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Chesterfield'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

4 of Chesterfield's 9 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

Chesterfield lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 14 to 656 students, a 47-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 58%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
22nd percentile
Teacher staffing
35th percentile

Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School accounts for 17.1% of all Chesterfield public-school enrollment

That concentration means Chesterfield-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. 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

Chesterfield school enrollment varies 47× across entities

Chesterfield school enrollment ranges from 14 students (lowest) to 656 students (highest), a spread of 642 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Chesterfield student-teacher ratio is 16.8:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Chesterfield is typically wider than the Chesterfield-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Sugarbush Early Childhood 94
2. Great Oaks Elementary School 35
3. Dean a Naldrett School 31
4. Lottie M Schmidt Elem School 31
5. Anchor Bay Middle School South 30
6. Francis a Higgins Elem School 30
7. Green Elementary School 29
8. Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School 15
9. Middle School East 11

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Chesterfield

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 Joseph M Carkenord Elementary School 48.1/100
  2. 2 Green Elementary School 44.4/100
  3. 3 Middle School East 43.8/100
  4. 4 Francis a Higgins Elem School 36.0/100
  5. 5 Lottie M Schmidt Elem School 31.0/100

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Which Chesterfield school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Sugarbush Early Childhood has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Chesterfield schools in this federal-data comparison at 94/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Chesterfield, MI? ▼

Chesterfield has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,845 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.8:1.

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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.