NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Paw Paw, MI

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

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6
Schools
2,199
Students
30/100
Avg Resource Index
16.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Paw Paw has more public-school enrollment than 16% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Paw Paw'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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Paw Paw's list includes 1 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 2 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Paw Paw lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 53 to 638 students, a 12-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 84%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
12th percentile
Teacher staffing
35th percentile

Paw Paw High School accounts for 29.0% of all Paw Paw public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Paw Paw-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

Paw Paw school enrollment varies 12× across entities

Paw Paw school enrollment ranges from 53 students (lowest) to 638 students (highest), a spread of 585 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Paw Paw student-teacher ratio is 16.8:1 — 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 Paw Paw is typically wider than the Paw Paw-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Cedar Street Community and Family Center 38
2. Communitybased Transition Center 38
3. Paw Paw Later Elementary 32
4. Paw Paw High School 29
5. Paw Paw Early Elementary School 28
6. Paw Paw Middle School 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Paw Paw

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 Communitybased Transition Center 51.7/100
  2. 2 Paw Paw Early Elementary School 36.9/100
  3. 3 Paw Paw Later Elementary 36.2/100
  4. 4 Cedar Street Community and Family Center 36.0/100
  5. 5 Paw Paw High School 31.0/100

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Which Paw Paw school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Cedar Street Community and Family Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Paw Paw schools in this federal-data comparison at 38/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Paw Paw, MI? ▼

Paw Paw has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,199 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.8:1.

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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.