Best High Schools in Michigan

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 743)	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)
260110304830	731	Southeastern High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	3030 Fairview St	Detroit	48214	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(313) 866-4500	644	32	20.3	87.3%	8 (1.2%)	629 (97.7%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$18,886			$5,502			$13,384	3.8	3	728	3
263597007205	732	Hamady Community High School	Public	9-12	3223 W Carpenter Rd	Flint	48504	Genesee County	Westwood Heights Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 591-0890	498	29	17.4	94.4%	8 (1.6%)	462 (92.8%)	13 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.0%)	$14,708			$1,619			$13,088	3.7	5.1	710	22
261995000047	733	Phoenix Alternative High School	Public	9-12	1411 Oakland Dr	Kalamazoo	49008	Kalamazoo County	Kalamazoo Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 337-0760	219	10	21	88.6%	48 (21.9%)	109 (49.8%)	33 (15.1%)	6 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (10.5%)	$16,761			$1,553			$15,208	3.7			(n/a)
262187008075	734	DiAnne M Pellerin Center	Public	9-12	24001 F V Pankow Blvd	Clinton Township	48038	Macomb County	L'Anse Creuse Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(586) 783-6420	240	19	12.5	66.3%	137 (57.1%)	66 (27.5%)	10 (4.2%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.6%)	$16,725			$1,589			$15,136	3.6	11.6	655	79
260110304793	735	Mumford High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	17525 Wyoming St	Detroit	48221	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(313) 416-7064	889	48	18.5	86.2%	0 (0.0%)	878 (98.8%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,293			$6,923			$13,369	3.6	3.4	726	9
260113909006	736	LincolnKing Adams Young School Grove Campus	Public, Charter	9-12	13436 Grove St	Detroit	48235	Wayne County	Lincoln-King Adams-Young Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 862-2352	539	19	28.3	99.3%	0 (0.0%)	533 (98.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$00			$00			$00	3.3	5.2	709	27
260110304670	737	Central High School	Public	9-12	2425 Tuxedo St	Detroit	48206	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 252-3000	353	20	17.4	89.2%	1 (0.3%)	347 (98.3%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,759			$6,216			$14,543	3.3			(n/a)
262976006555	738	River Rouge High School	Public	9-12	1460 Coolidge Hwy	River Rouge	48218	Wayne County	River Rouge School District of the City of	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 297-9600	966	38	25.6	84.8%	22 (2.3%)	839 (86.9%)	65 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.1%)	$15,260			$2,867			$12,393	3	3.1	727	11
263663008476	739	ACTech High School	Public	9-12	2095 Packard Rd	Ypsilanti	48197	Washtenaw County	Ypsilanti Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 221-1001	449	27	16.9	71.0%	64 (14.3%)	233 (51.9%)	98 (21.8%)	9 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (9.6%)	$00			$00			$00	3	2.1	735	4
263039006677	740	Saginaw High School	Public	9-12	3100 Webber St	Saginaw	48601	Saginaw County	Saginaw School District of the City of	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 399-6000	405	27	14.9	93.1%	10 (2.5%)	363 (89.6%)	19 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.7%)	5 (1.2%)	$19,646			$9,371			$10,274	2.9	2.4	732	8

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on M-Step Science, M-Step Social Studies, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, SAT Mathematics 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.