NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Marquette, MI

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

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10
Schools
3,393
Students
32.1/100
Avg Resource Index
15.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Marquette has more public-school enrollment than 34% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Marquette'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

5 of Marquette's 10 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Marquette lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 1 to 940 students, a 940-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 66%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
17th percentile
Teacher staffing
51st percentile

Marquette Senior High School accounts for 27.7% of all Marquette public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Marquette-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

Marquette school enrollment varies 940× across entities

Marquette school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 940 students (highest), a spread of 939 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

Marquette student-teacher ratio is 15.3:1 — 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 Marquette is typically wider than the Marquette-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Marquette's 10 listed schools are charters

10% 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. Vandenboom Alternative High School 47
2. North Star Montessori Academy 41
3. Marquettealger Administrative Unit 40
4. Sandy Knoll School 37
5. Graveraet Elementary School 33
6. Superior Hills Elementary School 26
7. Marquette Senior High School 23
8. Bothwell Middle School 22
9. Cherry Creek Elementary School 20
10. Marquette Branch Prison -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Marquette

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 Vandenboom Alternative High School 34.1/100
  2. 2 Graveraet Elementary School 28.5/100
  3. 3 Sandy Knoll School 27.8/100
  4. 4 Bothwell Middle School 26.1/100
  5. 5 Cherry Creek Elementary School 25.6/100

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Which Marquette school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Vandenboom Alternative High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Marquette schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Marquette, MI? ▼

Marquette has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,393 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.3:1.

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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.