NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Sault Sainte Marie, MI

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5 public K-12 schools in Sault Sainte Marie 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
2,324
Students
26.8/100
Avg Resource Index
16.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Sault Sainte Marie has more public-school enrollment than 17% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Sault Sainte Marie'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

4 of Sault Sainte Marie's 5 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.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Sault Sainte Marie's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 6th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 41st percentile. The 35-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 83%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
6th percentile
Teacher staffing
41st percentile

Sault Area High School accounts for 29.6% of all Sault Sainte Marie public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Sault Sainte Marie-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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

Sault Sainte Marie school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities

Sault Sainte Marie school enrollment ranges from 195 students (lowest) to 688 students (highest), a spread of 493 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

Sault Sainte Marie student-teacher ratio is 16.2:1 — 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 Sault Sainte Marie is typically wider than the Sault Sainte Marie-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Sault Sainte Marie's 5 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy 37
2. Sault Area Middle School 29
3. Lincoln School 27
4. Washington Elementary School 26
5. Sault Area High School 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Sault Sainte Marie

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 Washington Elementary School 63.5/100
  2. 2 Lincoln School 58.2/100
  3. 3 Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy 57.2/100
  4. 4 Sault Area High School 54.5/100
  5. 5 Sault Area Middle School 51.0/100

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Which Sault Sainte Marie school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Joseph K Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Sault Sainte Marie schools in this federal-data comparison at 37/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Sault Sainte Marie, MI? ▼

Sault Sainte Marie has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,324 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.2:1.

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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.