NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Harper Woods, MI

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9 public K-12 schools in Harper Woods 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
5,585
Students
17.4/100
Avg Resource Index
22.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Harper Woods has more public-school enrollment than 60% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Harper Woods'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

Harper Woods's list includes 2 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, 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

84.8% of enrollment in reporting Harper Woods schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 3 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 19-point gap between Chandler Park Academy Middle School and Distinctive College Prep Harper Woods 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 40%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
1st percentile
Teacher staffing
7th percentile

Harper Woods Virtual Academy accounts for 18.4% of all Harper Woods public-school enrollment

That concentration means Harper Woods-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

Harper Woods school enrollment varies 3.1× across entities

Harper Woods school enrollment ranges from 336 students (lowest) to 1,029 students (highest), a spread of 693 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Harper Woods reports 84.8% 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

Harper Woods student-teacher ratio is 22.4:1 — 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

4 of Harper Woods's 9 listed schools are charters

44% 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. Chandler Park Academy Middle School 26
2. Harper Woods High School 24
3. Chandler Park Academy High School 22
4. Harper Woods Middle School 18
5. Tyrone Elementary School 18
6. Harper Woods Virtual Academy 15
7. Beacon Elementary School 15
8. Chandler Park Academy Elementary 12
9. Distinctive College Prep Harper Woods 7

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Harper Woods

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 Harper Woods Virtual Academy 52.4/100
  2. 2 Harper Woods Middle School 11.3/100
  3. 3 Beacon Elementary School 11.0/100
  4. 4 Distinctive College Prep Harper Woods 9.9/100
  5. 5 Tyrone Elementary School 7.6/100

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Which Harper Woods school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Chandler Park Academy Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Harper Woods schools in this federal-data comparison at 26/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Harper Woods, MI? ▼

Harper Woods has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,585 students. 4 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 22.4:1.

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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.