NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Eastpointe, MI

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9 public K-12 schools in Eastpointe 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
2,446
Students
26.7/100
Avg Resource Index
22:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Eastpointe has more public-school enrollment than 20% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Eastpointe'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

Eastpointe's list includes 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 3 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.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

80.3% of enrollment in reporting Eastpointe schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 35-point gap between Eastpointe Middle School and Forest Park Elementary School shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 80%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
6th percentile
Teacher staffing
8th percentile

Eastpointe High School accounts for 25.5% of all Eastpointe public-school enrollment

That concentration means Eastpointe-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

Eastpointe school enrollment varies 208× across entities

Eastpointe school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 624 students (highest), a spread of 621 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Eastpointe reports 80.3% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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

Eastpointe student-teacher ratio is 22.0:1 — 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

1 of Eastpointe's 9 listed schools are charters

11% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Eastpointe Middle School 49
2. Crescentwood Elementary School 43
3. Eastpointe High School 34
4. Bellview Elementary School 27
5. Eastpointe Virtual Academy 22
6. Eaton Academy 20
7. Pleasantview Elementary School 16
8. Eastpointe Alternative Center 15
9. Forest Park Elementary School 14

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Eastpointe

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 Bellview Elementary School 41.2/100
  2. 2 Crescentwood Elementary School 38.9/100
  3. 3 Forest Park Elementary School 38.4/100
  4. 4 Eastpointe High School 31.0/100
  5. 5 Eastpointe Middle School 29.1/100

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Which Eastpointe school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Eastpointe Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Eastpointe schools in this federal-data comparison at 49/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Eastpointe, MI? ▼

Eastpointe has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,446 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 22:1.

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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.