NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Commerce Township, MI

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10 public K-12 schools in Commerce Township 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
7,362
Students
30.4/100
Avg Resource Index
18.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Commerce Township has more public-school enrollment than 71% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Commerce Township'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 Commerce Township'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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between Oakley Park Elementary School and Walled Lake Northern High School shows the range hidden by Commerce Township's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 29%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
13th percentile
Teacher staffing
22nd percentile

Walled Lake Northern High School accounts for 18.8% of all Commerce Township public-school enrollment

That concentration means Commerce Township-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

Commerce Township school enrollment varies 4.4× across entities

Commerce Township school enrollment ranges from 311 students (lowest) to 1,383 students (highest), a spread of 1,072 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

Commerce Township student-teacher ratio is 18.6:1 — 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. Oakley Park Elementary School 43
2. Glengary Elementary School 36
3. Country Oaks Elementary School 34
4. Walled Lake Western High School 31
5. Commerce Elementary School 31
6. Oak Valley Middle School 31
7. Clifford H Smart Middle School 28
8. Walled Lake Central High School 27
9. James R Geisler Middle School 24
10. Walled Lake Northern High School 19

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Commerce Township

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 James R Geisler Middle School 69.6/100
  2. 2 Walled Lake Western High School 63.8/100
  3. 3 Oakley Park Elementary School 44.5/100
  4. 4 Walled Lake Central High School 44.3/100
  5. 5 Glengary Elementary School 32.1/100

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Which Commerce Township school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Oakley Park Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Commerce Township schools in this federal-data comparison at 43/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Commerce Township, MI? ▼

Commerce Township has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,362 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.6:1.

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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.