21 public K-12 schools in Midland from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Midland has more public-school enrollment than 79% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Midland sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.
Midland's list includes 7 elementary, 3 middle, and 6 high-school campuses, plus 5 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.
The 35-point gap between Preprimary Center at Carpenter Street School and Academic and Career Education Academy shows the range hidden by Midland'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.
Midland school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 1,272 students (highest), a spread of 1,265 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
Each school district has independent budgeting, hiring, and service delivery authority. The fragmentation reflects historical patterns of inter-municipal boundary lines that pre-date modern city growth, students in different parts of the same city can attend different districts with different per-pupil spending, calendars, and graduation requirements. Per-region variation is largest in fragmented systems because each school district sets its own budget, contracts, and priorities without higher-level coordination above the regulatory floor.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
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 Midland is typically wider than the Midland-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Preprimary Center at Carpenter Street School | 63 |
| 2. | Juvenile Care Center | 58 |
| 3. | Central Park Elementary School | 53 |
| 4. | Plymouth Elementary School | 53 |
| 5. | Adams Elementary School | 51 |
| 6. | Chestnut Hill Elementary School | 51 |
| 7. | Post Secondary Transition Program | 51 |
| 8. | Floyd School | 50 |
| 9. | Bullock Creek Elementary School | 50 |
| 10. | Siebert Elementary School | 49 |
| 11. | Woodcrest Elementary School | 49 |
| 12. | Bullock Creek High School | 48 |
| 13. | Bullock Creek Middle School | 47 |
| 14. | Pine River Elementary School | 45 |
| 15. | Mcesa and Sugnet School Classroom Programs | 43 |
| 16. | Northeast Middle School | 40 |
| 17. | Midland High School | 39 |
| 18. | Hh Dow High School | 38 |
| 19. | Jefferson Middle School | 38 |
| 20. | Windover High School | 34 |
| 21. | Academic and Career Education Academy | 28 |
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.
Preprimary Center at Carpenter Street School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Midland schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Midland has 21 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,391 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16:1.
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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.
