Best Public Schools in Grand Traverse County, Michigan & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				PSAT English Language Arts (2024)	PSAT Mathematics (2024)	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2024)	SAT Mathematics (2024)	M-Step English Language Arts (2024)					M-Step Math (2024)					M-Step Science (2024)			M-Step Social Studies (2024)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Science 11th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Grand Traverse Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1245 Hammond Rd E	Traverse City	49686	Grand Traverse County	Grand Traverse Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(231) 932-6008	787	51	15.4	38.0%	712 (90.5%)	20 (2.5%)	18 (2.3%)	14 (1.8%)	8 (1.0%)	6 (0.8%)	9 (1.1%)								(n/a)	76.7	35.0	60.0	50.0	47.9	63.6	43.5	43.3	59.4	53.4	50.0	37.1	55.0	65.6	43.5	41.7	51.2	17.7	28.3	70.7	$8,614	$574	$8,040
The Greenspire School	Public, Charter	6-12	1026 Red Dr	Traverse City	49684	Grand Traverse County	The Greenspire School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(231) 421-5905	120	12	10.3	36.7%	99 (82.5%)	1 (0.8%)	3 (2.5%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (10.0%)								(n/a)	65.9	15.9						33.3	17.2					13.3		50.0			36.4		$12,759	$1,537	$11,221
The Greenspire High School	Public, Charter	9-12	2200 Dendrinos Drive	Traverse City	49684	Grand Traverse County	The Greenspire School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(231) 421-5905	125	6	20.8	40.0%	108 (86.4%)	3 (2.4%)	8 (6.4%)	2 (1.6%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.6%)	82.5	98^th of 743 public high schools	86.8%		83.7	93^rd of 735 public high schools	87.3%	5			61.3	32.3													61.3			64.5	$8,010	$1,547	$6,463
TCAPS Montessori School	Public	PK, KG-8	4053 Franke Rd	Traverse City	49684	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 933-6420	307	22	14.0	26.4%	275 (89.6%)	5 (1.6%)	8 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.2%)	87.5	157^th of 1486 public elementary schools	89.4%		85.3	178^th of 1470 public elementary schools	87.9%	21		68.8			65.9	76.3	76.9	78.6	60.0	73.2	71.1	56.4		75.0	64.1	50.0		20.5	50.0		$17,047	$816	$16,231
Central Grade School	Public	PK, KG-6	301 W Seventh St	Traverse City	49684	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 933-5910	516	29	17.6	47.1%	432 (83.7%)	9 (1.7%)	26 (5.0%)	14 (2.7%)	14 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.9%)	78	281^st of 1486 public elementary schools	81.1%		81.5	235^th of 1470 public elementary schools	84.0%	46					50.0	67.8	62.7			49.3	58.0	44.2			55.5			30.3			$15,294	$1,433	$13,861
West Middle School	Public	6-8	3950 Silver Lake Rd	Traverse City	49684	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 933-8200	1,081	54	20.1	38.3%	954 (88.3%)	9 (0.8%)	51 (4.7%)	17 (1.6%)	16 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (3.1%)	80.4	124^th of 897 public middle schools	86.2%		79.3	138^th of 883 public middle schools	84.4%	14	76.5	45.5						51.6	51.3				42.4	42.1		54.7			42.2		$14,303	$604	$13,699
Central High School	Public	8-12	1150 Milliken Dr	Traverse City	49686	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 933-6500	1,387	56	24.6	28.6%	1,234 (89.0%)	17 (1.2%)	50 (3.6%)	21 (1.5%)	21 (1.5%)	3 (0.2%)	41 (3.0%)	77.1	136^th of 743 public high schools	81.7%		81.7	111^th of 735 public high schools	84.9%	25			69.1	48.0													35.0			49.7	$12,922	$1,329	$11,593
Traverse Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	933 Rose St	Traverse City	49686	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 933-3500	257	18	14.0	80.2%	168 (65.4%)	9 (3.5%)	36 (14.0%)	7 (2.7%)	25 (9.7%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.3%)	22.2	1138^th of 1486 public elementary schools	23.4%		11.9	1285^th of 1470 public elementary schools	12.6%	147					40.5	24.5	36.4			18.9	16.3	15.9			25.6			7.1			$16,751	$2,145	$14,607
Willow Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1250 Hill St	Traverse City	49684	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 933-8540	421	22	19.3	24.0%	386 (91.7%)	4 (1.0%)	17 (4.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	83.9	207^th of 1486 public elementary schools	86.1%		83.5	204^th of 1470 public elementary schools	86.1%	3					79.5	66.7	61.8			65.1	58.7	47.1			52.9			31.4			$13,451	$829	$12,622
Silver Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5858 Culver Rd	Traverse City	49685	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 933-3580	306	18	17.0	50.3%	281 (91.8%)	2 (0.7%)	14 (4.6%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	39.7	854^th of 1486 public elementary schools	42.5%		34.7	920^th of 1470 public elementary schools	37.4%	66					40.0	53.8	29.2			50.0	26.9	18.8			41.7			6.3			$15,145	$1,470	$13,674
Eastern Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1600 Eastern Ave	Traverse City	49686	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 933-5600	454	25	18.0	27.1%	399 (87.9%)	5 (1.1%)	17 (3.7%)	16 (3.5%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	73.7	342^nd of 1486 public elementary schools	77.0%		60.3	543^rd of 1470 public elementary schools	63.1%	201					64.5	54.2	60.9			50.0	40.7	56.5			60.9			21.7			$14,312	$1,176	$13,136
North EdCareer Technical	Public	11-12	880 Parsons Rd	Traverse City	49686	Grand Traverse County	Northwest Education Services	No	No	No	No	(231) 922-6260	0	35	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
North EdCreekside School	Public, Alternative	K-12	1100 Silver Dr	Traverse City	49684	Grand Traverse County	Northwest Education Services	No	No	No	No	(231) 922-6375	59	9	6.5	54.2%	49 (83.1%)	3 (5.1%)	4 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
North EdNew Horizons	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	933 Rose St	Traverse City	49686	Grand Traverse County	Northwest Education Services	No	No	No	No	(231) 933-5685	77	10	7.7	27.3%	70 (90.9%)	3 (3.9%)	3 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)								(n/a)
North EdBridgeway	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	301 S Garfield Ave	Traverse City	49686	Grand Traverse County	Northwest Education Services	No	No	No	No	(231) 933-5683	58	19	2.9	55.2%	52 (89.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.9%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Long Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7600 N Long Lake Rd	Traverse City	49685	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 933-7800	352	21	16.9	37.8%	315 (89.5%)	2 (0.6%)	18 (5.1%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.4%)	54.2	645^th of 1486 public elementary schools	56.6%		52.4	654^th of 1470 public elementary schools	55.5%	9					46.2	55.4	48.2			46.2	35.7	32.1			46.4			14.3			$14,909	$1,399	$13,510
Blair Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1625 Sawyer Rd	Traverse City	49685	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 933-5700	212	20	10.4	71.7%	181 (85.4%)	3 (1.4%)	14 (6.6%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	10 (4.7%)	46.9	744^th of 1486 public elementary schools	49.9%		34.6	926^th of 1470 public elementary schools	37.0%	182					14.3	45.2	57.1			23.8	41.9	27.8			41.7						$18,632	$2,049	$16,582
Courtade Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1111 Rasho Rd	Traverse City	49696	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 933-5800	218	14	15.8	46.3%	191 (87.6%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (3.7%)	4 (1.8%)	7 (3.2%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (2.8%)	72.9	359^th of 1486 public elementary schools	75.8%		69.2	406^th of 1470 public elementary schools	72.4%	47					73.9	51.3	61.3			67.4	25.6	41.9			64.5			25.8			$16,115	$1,211	$14,904
Cherry Knoll Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1800 3 Mile Rd N	Traverse City	49696	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 933-8940	357	21	16.7	39.5%	292 (81.8%)	6 (1.7%)	21 (5.9%)	2 (0.6%)	6 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (8.1%)	52.8	667^th of 1486 public elementary schools	55.1%		49.5	696^th of 1470 public elementary schools	52.7%	29					51.0	53.3	50.8			69.4	33.3	25.4			35.6			11.9			$14,521	$1,404	$13,116
East Middle School	Public	6-8	1776 3 Mile Rd N	Traverse City	49696	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 933-7300	786	38	20.7	37.9%	689 (87.7%)	7 (0.9%)	37 (4.7%)	9 (1.1%)	15 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (3.6%)	83.1	109^th of 897 public middle schools	87.8%		74.9	165^th of 883 public middle schools	81.3%	56	81.6	49.0						53.7	52.6				47.1	41.6		51.1			44.7		$14,153	$604	$13,549
West Senior High	Public	9-12	5376 N Long Lake Rd	Traverse City	49685	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 933-7502	1,509	61	24.8	34.4%	1,336 (88.5%)	19 (1.3%)	57 (3.8%)	23 (1.5%)	20 (1.3%)	2 (0.1%)	52 (3.4%)	76.4	140^th of 743 public high schools	81.2%		72.7	167^th of 735 public high schools	77.3%	27			70.2	42.2													43.0			42.7	$12,743	$1,308	$11,435
Traverse City High School	Public	9-12	3962 3 Mile Rd N	Traverse City	49686	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 933-5860	158	9	18.1	67.1%	115 (72.8%)	5 (3.2%)	21 (13.3%)	1 (0.6%)	5 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (7.0%)	8.8	675^th of 743 public high schools	9.2%					(n/a)			22.5																	11.1	$17,598	$1,311	$16,287
Westwoods Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1500 Fisher Rd	Traverse City	49685	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 933-7900	368	21	17.5	33.7%	348 (94.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	10 (2.7%)	71.3	382^nd of 1486 public elementary schools	74.3%		56.3	599^th of 1470 public elementary schools	59.3%	217					62.5	55.9	61.8			59.4	37.3	40.0			54.5			23.6			$14,638	$1,096	$13,542
Old Mission Peninsula School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	2699 Island View Rd	Traverse City	49686	Grand Traverse County	Old Mission Peninsula School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(231) 225-0225	163	14	12.0	19.0%	137 (84.0%)	1 (0.6%)	18 (11.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.1%)	89.1	131^st of 1486 public elementary schools	91.2%		82.1	228^th of 1470 public elementary schools	84.5%	97					66.7	72.2	77.8			70.8	47.4	55.6			72.2			38.9			$10,125	$718	$9,407
Lake Ann Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	19375 Bronson Lake Rd	Interlochen	49643	Grand Traverse County	Benzie County Central Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(231) 275-7730	210	11	18.2	62.4%	193 (91.9%)	3 (1.4%)	6 (2.9%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.9%)	58.9	569^th of 1486 public elementary schools	61.7%		46.7	743^rd of 1470 public elementary schools	49.5%	174					25.7	53.8	59.3			34.3	46.2	44.4			53.8			29.6			$15,546	$2,358	$13,188
Mill Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9039 Old M 72	Williamsburg	49690	Grand Traverse County	Elk Rapids Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 267-9955	249	15	17.1	27.7%	219 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.0%)	3 (1.2%)	5 (2.0%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.4%)	74.6	332^nd of 1486 public elementary schools	77.7%		81.3	238^th of 1470 public elementary schools	83.8%	94					52.9	68.8	55.2			61.8	45.8	44.8			55.2			24.1			$00	$00	$00
Kingsley Area High School	Public	9-12	7475 Kingsley Rd	Kingsley	49649	Grand Traverse County	Kingsley Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 263-5262	457	28	16.5	39.6%	429 (93.9%)	5 (1.1%)	13 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	66.4	201^st of 743 public high schools	72.9%		82.5	100^th of 735 public high schools	86.4%	101			56.4	21.8													47.1			52.9	$12,609	$1,054	$11,555
Kingsley Area Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	311 Clark St	Kingsley	49649	Grand Traverse County	Kingsley Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 263-5261	571	35	16.5	53.1%	547 (95.8%)	8 (1.4%)	10 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	68.8	426^th of 1486 public elementary schools	71.3%		60.4	542^nd of 1470 public elementary schools	63.1%	116					69.9	49.1				61.2	35.1										$12,664	$1,562	$11,102
Kingsley Area Middle School	Public	5-8	403 Blair St	Kingsley	49649	Grand Traverse County	Kingsley Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 263-5261	457	26	17.3	46.8%	437 (95.6%)	3 (0.7%)	11 (2.4%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	79.3	135^th of 897 public middle schools	84.9%		88.3	88^th of 883 public middle schools	90.0%	47	65.5	40.0					41.2	56.1	60.6			42.1	36.4	68.5	46.5	54.6		30.7	38.9		$13,168	$1,064	$12,104
Woodland School	Public, Charter	K-8	7224 Supply Rd	Traverse City	49696	Grand Traverse County	Woodland School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(231) 947-7474	206	14	14.9	30.1%	195 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.9%)	64.5	490^th of 1486 public elementary schools	67.0%		75.1	324^th of 1470 public elementary schools	78.0%	166		47.1			36.4	58.3	48.0	65.4		63.6	58.3	24.0	38.5	84.2	56.0	55.6		12.0	33.3		$9,107	$657	$8,450

Best Public Schools in Grand Traverse County, MI

Old Mission Peninsula School

TCAPS Montessori School

Willow Hill Elementary School

East Middle School

The Greenspire High School

West Middle School

Kingsley Area Middle School

Central Grade School

Central High School

West Senior High

Mill Creek Elementary School

Eastern Elementary School

Courtade Elementary School

Westwoods Elementary School

Kingsley Area Elementary School

Kingsley Area High School

Woodland School

Lake Ann Elementary School

Long Lake Elementary School

Cherry Knoll Elementary School

Blair Elementary School

Silver Lake Elementary School

Traverse Heights Elementary School

Traverse City High School

Grand Traverse Academy

North EdBridgeway

North EdCareer Technical

North EdCreekside School

North EdNew Horizons

The Greenspire School

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