NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Saint Joseph, MI

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6 public K-12 schools in Saint Joseph 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
3,046
Students
31.3/100
Avg Resource Index
17.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Saint Joseph has more public-school enrollment than 29% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Saint Joseph'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

3 of Saint Joseph's 6 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 17-point gap between Lighthouse Education Center and Upton Middle School shows the range hidden by Saint Joseph'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 71%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
15th percentile
Teacher staffing
26th percentile

St Joseph High School accounts for 30.6% of all Saint Joseph public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Saint Joseph-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

Saint Joseph school enrollment varies 7.3× across entities

Saint Joseph school enrollment ranges from 128 students (lowest) to 933 students (highest), a spread of 805 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Saint Joseph student-teacher ratio is 17.9:1 — 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 Saint Joseph is typically wider than the Saint Joseph-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Lighthouse Education Center 38
2. Clarke School 37
3. Brown School 33
4. St Joseph High School 32
5. Lincoln School 27
6. Upton Middle School 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Saint Joseph

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 Lighthouse Education Center 54.9/100
  2. 2 Brown School 46.3/100
  3. 3 St Joseph High School 45.4/100
  4. 4 Lincoln School 44.8/100
  5. 5 Clarke School 44.0/100

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Which Saint Joseph school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lighthouse Education Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Saint Joseph 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 Saint Joseph, MI? ▼

Saint Joseph has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,046 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.9:1.

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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.