NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Mount Pleasant, MI

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

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14
Schools
4,652
Students
36.2/100
Avg Resource Index
14.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Mount Pleasant has more public-school enrollment than 52% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Mount Pleasant'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

8 of Mount Pleasant's 14 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 36-point gap between Mary Mcguire School and Isabella Day Treatment shows the range hidden by Mount Pleasant'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 48%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
30th percentile
Teacher staffing
63rd percentile

Mt Pleasant Senior High School accounts for 22.9% of all Mount Pleasant public-school enrollment

That concentration means Mount Pleasant-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

Mount Pleasant school enrollment varies 178× across entities

Mount Pleasant school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 1,066 students (highest), a spread of 1,060 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

Mount Pleasant operates 5 school districts — among the most fragmented governance structures in the country

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

Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant is typically wider than the Mount Pleasant-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Mary Mcguire School 51
2. Mt Pleasant Senior High School 50
3. Ganiard School 49
4. Mt Pleasant Middle School 47
5. Giresd Center Programs 42
6. Fancher School 38
7. Pullen Elementary School 38
8. Vowles School 37
9. Beal City High School 33
10. Beal City Elementary School 29
11. Way Oasis 27
12. Renaissance Public School Academy 26
13. Odyssey Middlehigh School 25
14. Isabella Day Treatment 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Mount Pleasant

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 Way Oasis 64.4/100
  2. 2 Pullen Elementary School 58.4/100
  3. 3 Mary Mcguire School 54.0/100
  4. 4 Renaissance Public School Academy 49.2/100
  5. 5 Vowles School 47.9/100

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Which Mount Pleasant school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Mary Mcguire School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Mount Pleasant schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Mount Pleasant, MI? ▼

Mount Pleasant has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,652 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.