NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Ferndale, MI

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

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8
Schools
3,028
Students
31.5/100
Avg Resource Index
16.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Ferndale has more public-school enrollment than 29% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Ferndale'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.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

3 of the 8 listed Ferndale schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Ferndale lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 34 to 739 students, a 22-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 71%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
16th percentile
Teacher staffing
39th percentile

Ferndale High School accounts for 24.4% of all Ferndale public-school enrollment

That concentration means Ferndale-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

Ferndale school enrollment varies 22× across entities

Ferndale school enrollment ranges from 34 students (lowest) to 739 students (highest), a spread of 705 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

Ferndale reports 62.9% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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

Ferndale student-teacher ratio is 16.4:1 — 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 Ferndale is typically wider than the Ferndale-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Jardon Vocational School 57
2. Edison 48
3. Tri County Educational Center 40
4. Webb Elementary School 29
5. Ferndale Middle School 27
6. Ferndale High School 21
7. Ferndale Lower Elementary Campus 21
8. University High School 9

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Ferndale

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 Ferndale Lower Elementary Campus 61.5/100
  2. 2 Ferndale Middle School 57.0/100
  3. 3 Webb Elementary School 56.8/100
  4. 4 Edison 55.7/100
  5. 5 Jardon Vocational School 55.4/100

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Which Ferndale school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Jardon Vocational School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Ferndale schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Ferndale, MI? ▼

Ferndale has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,028 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.4:1.

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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.