NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Fenton, MI

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9 public K-12 schools in Fenton 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
4,246
Students
27.6/100
Avg Resource Index
20:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Fenton has more public-school enrollment than 47% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Fenton'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

Fenton's list includes 4 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Fenton lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 48 to 982 students, a 20-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 53%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
8th percentile
Teacher staffing
16th percentile

Fenton Senior High School accounts for 23.1% of all Fenton public-school enrollment

That concentration means Fenton-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

Fenton school enrollment varies 20× across entities

Fenton school enrollment ranges from 48 students (lowest) to 982 students (highest), a spread of 934 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

Fenton student-teacher ratio is 20.0:1 — 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

# School Score
1. Fenton Senior High School 33
2. West Shore Elementary School 30
3. Lake Fenton Middle School 30
4. Fapsgear Up Academy 29
5. Torrey Hill Intermediate School 27
6. North Road Elementary School 27
7. State Road Elementary School 26
8. Tomekeastern Elem School 25
9. Andrew G Schmidt Middle School 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Fenton

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 Fapsgear Up Academy 43.6/100
  2. 2 North Road Elementary School 28.8/100
  3. 3 Andrew G Schmidt Middle School 25.6/100
  4. 4 State Road Elementary School 23.5/100
  5. 5 Fenton Senior High School 21.9/100

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Which Fenton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Fenton Senior High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Fenton 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 Fenton, MI? ▼

Fenton has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,246 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 20:1.

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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.