NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Escanaba, MI

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

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7
Schools
2,233
Students
25.6/100
Avg Resource Index
14.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Escanaba has more public-school enrollment than 16% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Escanaba Juniorsenior High School enrolls 48.8% of Escanaba's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Escanaba's 7 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

Escanaba lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 29 to 1,089 students, a 38-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 84%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
5th percentile
Teacher staffing
62nd percentile

Escanaba Juniorsenior High School accounts for 48.8% of all Escanaba public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Escanaba a distant remainder — means Escanaba-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

Escanaba school enrollment varies 38× across entities

Escanaba school enrollment ranges from 29 students (lowest) to 1,089 students (highest), a spread of 1,060 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

Escanaba student-teacher ratio is 14.4:1 — 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 Escanaba is typically wider than the Escanaba-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Lemmer Elementary School 33
2. Webster Kindergarten Center 33
3. Learning Center 33
4. Bay Pines Center 30
5. Escanaba Upper Elementary 22
6. Escanaba Student Success Center 15
7. Escanaba Juniorsenior High School 13

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Escanaba

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 Bay Pines Center 64.7/100
  2. 2 Learning Center 40.5/100
  3. 3 Escanaba Upper Elementary 22.2/100
  4. 4 Webster Kindergarten Center 21.4/100
  5. 5 Escanaba Student Success Center 21.0/100

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Which Escanaba school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lemmer Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Escanaba schools in this federal-data comparison at 33/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Escanaba, MI? ▼

Escanaba has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,233 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.4:1.

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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.