Best Elementary Schools in Michigan

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1486)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
262529006187	391	New Lothrop Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9387 Genesee St	New Lothrop	48460	Shiawassee County	New Lothrop Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 638-5026	476	28	17	33.2%	442 (92.9%)	4 (0.8%)	23 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	$10,050			$1,328			$8,721	71	65.1	475	84
263138006743	392	Winn Elementary School	Public	K-5	380 E Blanchard Rd	Shepherd	48883	Isabella County	Shepherd Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(989) 866-2250	112	7	16	34.8%	104 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.6%)	$00			$00			$00	71	92.9	65	327
260501004193	393	Pattengill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3540 Morrison Ave	Berkley	48072	Oakland County	Berkley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 837-8700	291	21	13.7	19.2%	213 (73.2%)	47 (16.2%)	6 (2.1%)	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.9%)	$18,479			$1,169			$17,310	70.9	68.1	421	28
261143004578	394	Gates Elementary School	Public	1-4	2359 S Irish Rd	Davison	48423	Genesee County	Davison Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 591-5001	516	27	19	58.3%	419 (81.2%)	31 (6.0%)	32 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.6%)	$13,044			$1,440			$11,604	70.8	80.9	241	153
260001303867	395	Superior Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1201 S McClellan Ave	Marquette	49855	Marquette County	Marquette Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 225-4295	361	24	15	32.7%	303 (83.9%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.8%)	11 (3.0%)	1 (0.3%)	39 (10.8%)	$13,600			$1,952			$11,648	70.8	62.4	514	119
260714004310	396	Moccasin Elementary School	Public	2-4	410 Moccasin St	Buchanan	49107	Berrien County	Buchanan Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 695-8408	360	19	19.2	57.5%	298 (82.8%)	15 (4.2%)	13 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.2%)	$10,772			$456			$10,316	70.7	78.3	269	127
263594007197	397	Bean Elementary School	Public	K-5	3201 Noble Rd	Spring Arbor	49283	Jackson County	Western School District	No	No	No	No	(517) 841-8470	402	20	19.6	34.6%	340 (84.6%)	7 (1.7%)	20 (5.0%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.2%)	$00			$00			$00	70.7	66.4	449	52
262118005841	398	CK Schickler Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2020 W Oregon St	Lapeer	48446	Lapeer County	Lapeer Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 667-2440	512	25	20.2	69.3%	427 (83.4%)	5 (1.0%)	49 (9.6%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.3%)	$13,338			$1,784			$11,554	70.6	61.2	533	135
261755007544	399	Barkell Elementary School	Public	K-5	1201 N Elevation St	Hancock	49930	Houghton County	Hancock Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 487-9030	272	19	14.7	59.6%	254 (93.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.0%)	$14,775			$1,908			$12,867	70.5	65.8	462	63
261425005066	400	North Road Elementary School	Public	K-5	525 North Rd	Fenton	48430	Genesee County	Fenton Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 591-1500	385	29	13.3	49.4%	322 (83.6%)	9 (2.3%)	27 (7.0%)	7 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.9%)	$14,658			$897			$13,761	70.4	70.5	384	16

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on M-Step English Language Arts, M-Step Math, M-Step Science, M-Step Social Studies test scores released by the Michigan Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 28, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Michigan Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Michigan Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.