NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Sturgis, MI

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

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7
Schools
2,949
Students
27.7/100
Avg Resource Index
17.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Sturgis has more public-school enrollment than 28% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Sturgis'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.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Sturgis's 7 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 35-point gap between Nottawa Community School and Sturgis Middle School shows the range hidden by Sturgis'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 72%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
8th percentile
Teacher staffing
28th percentile

Sturgis High School accounts for 29.9% of all Sturgis public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Sturgis-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

Sturgis school enrollment varies 6.0× across entities

Sturgis school enrollment ranges from 148 students (lowest) to 882 students (highest), a spread of 734 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

Sturgis reports 55.7% 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

Sturgis student-teacher ratio is 17.7:1 — 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 Sturgis is typically wider than the Sturgis-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Nottawa Community School 47
2. Congress School 37
3. Wenzel School 31
4. Eastwood School 26
5. Wall School 24
6. Sturgis High School 17
7. Sturgis Middle School 12

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Sturgis

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 Wenzel School 54.9/100
  2. 2 Wall School 53.3/100
  3. 3 Sturgis High School 53.2/100
  4. 4 Eastwood School 53.0/100
  5. 5 Sturgis Middle School 52.7/100

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Which Sturgis school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Nottawa Community School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Sturgis schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Sturgis, MI? ▼

Sturgis has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,949 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.7:1.

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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.