NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Grand Haven, MI

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

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12
Schools
4,898
Students
30.1/100
Avg Resource Index
17.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Grand Haven has more public-school enrollment than 54% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Grand Haven'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

7 of Grand Haven's 12 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 Rosy Mound School and Grand Haven Cyber School shows the range hidden by Grand Haven'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 46%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
12th percentile
Teacher staffing
28th percentile

Grand Haven High School accounts for 33.3% of all Grand Haven public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Grand Haven-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

Grand Haven school enrollment varies 272× across entities

Grand Haven school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 1,630 students (highest), a spread of 1,624 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

Grand Haven operates one school district — a single-district system

Grand Haven's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Grand Haven student-teacher ratio is 17.7:1 — 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 Grand Haven is typically wider than the Grand Haven-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Rosy Mound School 39
2. Peach Plains School 38
3. Griffin Elementary School 38
4. Mary a White School 36
5. Central High School 35
6. Grand Haven High School 30
7. Career Development School 30
8. Ferry School 27
9. Robinson School 27
10. White Pines Intermediate School 24
11. Lakeshore Middle School 22
12. Grand Haven Cyber School 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Grand Haven

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 Ferry School 40.0/100
  2. 2 Robinson School 38.2/100
  3. 3 Mary a White School 36.6/100
  4. 4 Griffin Elementary School 36.0/100
  5. 5 Lakeshore Middle School 29.0/100

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Which Grand Haven school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Rosy Mound School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Grand Haven schools in this federal-data comparison at 39/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Grand Haven, MI? ▼

Grand Haven has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,898 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.7:1.

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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.