NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Saint Louis, MI

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

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5
Schools
895
Students
27/100
Avg Resource Index
15.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Saint Louis has more public-school enrollment than 2% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Saint Louis'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.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

2 of the 5 listed Saint Louis schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Saint Louis lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 13 to 244 students, a 19-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 98%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
7th percentile
Teacher staffing
47th percentile

St Louis High School accounts for 27.3% of all Saint Louis public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Saint Louis-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 Louis school enrollment varies 19× across entities

Saint Louis school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 244 students (highest), a spread of 231 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

Saint Louis reports 62.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Saint Louis student-teacher ratio is 15.6:1 — 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 Louis is typically wider than the Saint Louis-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. St Louis High School 31
2. Ts Nurnberger Middle School 31
3. Eugene M Nikkari Elementary 24
4. Carrie Knause Early Childhood Learning Center 22
5. St Louis Correctional Facility -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Saint Louis

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 St Louis Correctional Facility 47.4/100
  2. 2 Carrie Knause Early Childhood Learning Center 44.1/100
  3. 3 St Louis High School 31.9/100
  4. 4 Ts Nurnberger Middle School 31.2/100
  5. 5 Eugene M Nikkari Elementary 22.0/100

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

St Louis High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Saint Louis schools in this federal-data comparison at 31/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Saint Louis, MI? ▼

Saint Louis has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 895 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.6:1.

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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.