NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Marshall, MI

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8 public K-12 schools in Marshall 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
2,680
Students
32.1/100
Avg Resource Index
14.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Marshall has more public-school enrollment than 24% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Marshall'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 Marshall's 8 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

Marshall lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 9 to 787 students, a 87-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 76%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
17th percentile
Teacher staffing
63rd percentile

Marshall High School accounts for 29.4% of all Marshall public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Marshall-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

Marshall school enrollment varies 87× across entities

Marshall school enrollment ranges from 9 students (lowest) to 787 students (highest), a spread of 778 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

Marshall student-teacher ratio is 14.3:1 — 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 Marshall is typically wider than the Marshall-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Marshall's 8 listed schools are charters

13% 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. Calhoun County Juvenile Home 55
2. Marshall High School 31
3. Walters Elementary 31
4. Gordon Elementary School 31
5. Marshall Middle School 29
6. Mar Lee School 29
7. Hughes Elementary School 29
8. Marshall Academy 22

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Marshall

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 Marshall Academy 49.9/100
  2. 2 Calhoun County Juvenile Home 49.4/100
  3. 3 Marshall Middle School 47.0/100
  4. 4 Marshall High School 38.4/100
  5. 5 Hughes Elementary School 33.4/100

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Which Marshall school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Calhoun County Juvenile Home has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Marshall schools in this federal-data comparison at 55/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Marshall, MI? ▼

Marshall has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,680 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.3:1.

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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.