NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Shelby Township, MI

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

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12
Schools
9,080
Students
27.7/100
Avg Resource Index
19.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Shelby Township has more public-school enrollment than 78% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Shelby Township'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

11 of Shelby Township's 12 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 11-point gap between Beacon Tree Elementary School and Wiley Elementary School shows the range hidden by Shelby Township'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 22%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
8th percentile
Teacher staffing
17th percentile

Eisenhower High School accounts for 17.9% of all Shelby Township public-school enrollment

That concentration means Shelby Township-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

Shelby Township school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities

Shelby Township school enrollment ranges from 495 students (lowest) to 1,625 students (highest), a spread of 1,130 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

Shelby Township operates one school district — a single-district system

Shelby Township's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Shelby Township student-teacher ratio is 19.7:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Beacon Tree Elementary School 32
2. Morgan Elementary School 32
3. Switzer Elementary School 32
4. Richard J Duncan Elementary 31
5. Crissman Elementary School 30
6. Eisenhower High School 28
7. Malow Junior High School 28
8. Roberts Elementary School 27
9. Issac Monfort Elementary School 25
10. Shelby Junior High School 23
11. West Utica Elementary School 23
12. Wiley Elementary School 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Shelby Township

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 West Utica Elementary School 61.5/100
  2. 2 Roberts Elementary School 57.1/100
  3. 3 Wiley Elementary School 42.7/100
  4. 4 Issac Monfort Elementary School 40.5/100
  5. 5 Morgan Elementary School 35.3/100

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Which Shelby Township school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Beacon Tree Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Shelby Township schools in this federal-data comparison at 32/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Shelby Township, MI? ▼

Shelby Township has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,080 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.7:1.

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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.