NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Harrison Township, MI

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7 public K-12 schools in Harrison Township 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
3,591
Students
26.1/100
Avg Resource Index
17.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Harrison Township has more public-school enrollment than 38% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Harrison Township's 7 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Harrison Township'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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 9-point gap between Middle School South and High School shows the range hidden by Harrison Township'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 62%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
5th percentile
Teacher staffing
33rd percentile

High School accounts for 32.6% of all Harrison Township public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Harrison Township-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

Harrison Township school enrollment varies 4.4× across entities

Harrison Township school enrollment ranges from 264 students (lowest) to 1,172 students (highest), a spread of 908 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

Harrison Township operates one school district — a single-district system

Harrison Township'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

Harrison Township student-teacher ratio is 17.1:1 — 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 Harrison Township is typically wider than the Harrison Township-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Middle School South 31
2. Emma V Lobbestael Elem School 31
3. Middle School Central 27
4. South River Elementary School 27
5. Marie C Graham Elem School 23
6. High School 22
7. Donald J Yacks Elem School 22

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Harrison Township

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 Middle School South 60.0/100
  2. 2 Donald J Yacks Elem School 56.1/100
  3. 3 Marie C Graham Elem School 55.7/100
  4. 4 High School 50.6/100
  5. 5 South River Elementary School 44.8/100

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Which Harrison Township school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Middle School South has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Harrison Township schools in this federal-data comparison at 31/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Harrison Township, MI? ▼

Harrison Township has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,591 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.1:1.

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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.