Other / mixed grade configuration · Nashville, MI

Fuller Street Elementary School

Federal NCES profile for Fuller Street Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 28/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 262262005968
0/100100/10028/100
👥 S:T ratio
55
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Fuller Street Elementary School earns 28/100 on the Resource Investment Index, even as it posts class sizes smaller than 89% of Michigan schools.

28
Resource Index · Lower
11.3:1
small classes for Michigan
56.3%
free-lunch eligible
204
students enrolled

Fuller Street Elementary School has class sizes smaller than 89% of Michigan schools. Computed live against every Michigan school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

204

Michigan · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

18.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

11.3:1

vs 17.5:1 Michigan avg

-35% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

56.3%

vs 54.3% Michigan avg

+4% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Fuller Street Elementary School compares with Michigan and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Fuller Street Elementary School

Fuller Street Elementary School is a higher-need, mid-sized combined-grade school in Nashville, Michigan, enrolling 204 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 11.3:1, Fuller Street Elementary School is leaner than roughly 89% of Michigan schools and 35% under the state's 17.5:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

Its free-meal eligibility rate of 56.3% lands close to the Michigan typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.

Enrollment of 204 puts it in the smaller third of Michigan schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 3,375 scored Michigan schools.

Against 347 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #196.

Its student body is predominantly White (91% of enrollment) (diversity index 16/100).

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 54.4% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Its district draws 18.0% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Maple Valley Schools also operates Maple Valley Jrsr High School (375 students) and Maplewood School (267 students) alongside Fuller Street Elementary School.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Fuller Street Elementary School compares

Fuller Street Elementary School on the metrics families compare, against Michigan and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Michigan Michigan avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 11.3:1 ▼ 35% 17.5:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 56.3% ▲ 4% 54.3% 51.7%
Enrollment 204 top 75% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

11.3:1
Leaner classes than 81% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
204
Bigger than 20% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
56.3%
free-lunch eligible - 4% above the Michigan average of 54.3%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
11.3:1
students per teacher - 35% below state mean
Top 11% in Michigan - lower ratio than 89% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
54.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$13,610
per pupil, district-wide - above Michigan avg of $13,507
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
2
in-school suspensions + 14 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 1.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 7.8 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 91.2%
Two or More 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino 3.4%

Largest group: White at 91.2% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 16.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 16.4, Fuller Street Elementary School is less mixed than the Michigan school average of 36.2.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Maple Valley Schools, which includes Fuller Street Elementary School.

$13,610
Per student
+1%
vs Michigan
Avg $13,507
-18%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 22.9%
State 59.2%
Federal 18.0%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Fuller Street Elementary School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Maple Valley Jrsr High School Larger Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Maplewood School Larger Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Maple Valley Pathways High School Smaller Higher economic need Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Fuller Street Elementary School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Maple Valley Schools · 3 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Michigan, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Fuller Street Elementary School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Fuller Street Elementary School

How many students attend Fuller Street Elementary School?

Fuller Street Elementary School has 204 students enrolled. It is a public school in Nashville, MI.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Fuller Street Elementary School?

The student-teacher ratio at Fuller Street Elementary School is 11.3:1, which is 35% lower than the Michigan average of 17.5:1 and 28% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Fuller Street Elementary School?

56.3% of students at Fuller Street Elementary School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Michigan average of 54.3%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Fuller Street Elementary School?

The largest demographic group at Fuller Street Elementary School is White at 91.2% of enrollment, in Nashville, MI.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Fuller Street Elementary School?

Fuller Street Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 28/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Fuller Street Elementary School a good school?

Fuller Street Elementary School earns 28/100 on the Resource Investment Index, even as it posts class sizes smaller than 89% of Michigan schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Maple Valley Schools?

Besides Fuller Street Elementary School, Maple Valley Schools also operates Maple Valley Jrsr High School (375 students), Maplewood School (267 students), and Maple Valley Pathways High School (23 students). See the Maple Valley Schools district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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