NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Spring Lake, MI

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

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9
Schools
3,166
Students
35/100
Avg Resource Index
15.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Spring Lake has more public-school enrollment than 31% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Spring Lake'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

5 of Spring Lake's 9 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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Spring Lake lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 13 to 795 students, a 61-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 69%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
25th percentile
Teacher staffing
49th percentile

Spring Lake High School accounts for 25.1% of all Spring Lake public-school enrollment

That concentration means Spring Lake-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

Spring Lake school enrollment varies 61× across entities

Spring Lake school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 795 students (highest), a spread of 782 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Spring Lake student-teacher ratio is 15.4:1 — 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 Spring Lake is typically wider than the Spring Lake-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Spring Lake's 9 listed schools are charters

22% 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. Jeffers Elementary School 51
2. Holmes Elementary School 50
3. Spring Lake Alternative Education 39
4. Spring Lake High School 37
5. Spring Lake Intermediate School 33
6. Spring Lake Middle School 32
7. West Mi Academy of Arts and Academics 30
8. Lake Hills Elementary School 25
9. Walden Green Montessori 18

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Spring Lake

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 Mi Academy of Arts and Academics 46.5/100
  2. 2 Lake Hills Elementary School 42.4/100
  3. 3 Spring Lake Alternative Education 26.1/100
  4. 4 Holmes Elementary School 22.3/100
  5. 5 Jeffers Elementary School 20.9/100

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Which Spring Lake school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Jeffers Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Spring Lake schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Spring Lake, MI? ▼

Spring Lake has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,166 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.4:1.

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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.