NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools MI

Best-Resourced Schools in Swartz Creek, MI

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

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8
Schools
3,627
Students
20.8/100
Avg Resource Index
23:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Swartz Creek has more public-school enrollment than 38% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Swartz Creek'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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Swartz Creek's list includes 3 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Swartz Creek lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 93 to 996 students, a 11-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 62%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
1st percentile
Teacher staffing
5th percentile

Swartz Creek High School accounts for 27.5% of all Swartz Creek public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Swartz Creek-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

Swartz Creek school enrollment varies 11× across entities

Swartz Creek school enrollment ranges from 93 students (lowest) to 996 students (highest), a spread of 903 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

Swartz Creek reports 54.2% 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

Swartz Creek student-teacher ratio is 23.0:1 — 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. Morrish Elementary School 34
2. Swartz Creek High School 23
3. Rankin Elementary School 21
4. Swartz Creek Middle School 19
5. Elms Road Elementary School 19
6. Dieck Elementary School 18
7. Syring Elementary School 17
8. Swartz Creek Virtual Learning Center 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Swartz Creek

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 Rankin Elementary School 66.9/100
  2. 2 Swartz Creek Middle School 43.0/100
  3. 3 Swartz Creek Virtual Learning Center 42.7/100
  4. 4 Syring Elementary School 41.7/100
  5. 5 Swartz Creek High School 39.6/100

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Which Swartz Creek school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Morrish Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Swartz Creek schools in this federal-data comparison at 34/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Swartz Creek, MI? ▼

Swartz Creek has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,627 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 23:1.

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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.