NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Mason, MI

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9 public K-12 schools in Mason 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
3,429
Students
35.9/100
Avg Resource Index
13.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Mason has more public-school enrollment than 35% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Mason'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

6 of Mason's 9 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

Mason lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 13 to 1,015 students, a 78-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 65%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
28th percentile
Teacher staffing
76th percentile

Mason High School accounts for 29.6% of all Mason public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Mason-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

Mason school enrollment varies 78× across entities

Mason school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 1,015 students (highest), a spread of 1,002 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

Mason student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Sail Skills for Adult Independent Living 62
2. Slcevergreen 55
3. North Aurelius Elementary School 37
4. Heartwood School 37
5. James C Harvey Education Center 32
6. Alaiedon Elementary School 31
7. Steele Street Elementary School 26
8. Mason High School 22
9. Mason Middle School 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Mason

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 Heartwood School 56.3/100
  2. 2 Sail Skills for Adult Independent Living 37.9/100
  3. 3 Alaiedon Elementary School 35.4/100
  4. 4 Mason Middle School 31.9/100
  5. 5 Steele Street Elementary School 29.0/100

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Which Mason school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Sail Skills for Adult Independent Living has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Mason schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Mason, MI? ▼

Mason has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,429 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.3:1.

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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.