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)
263387006937	281	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%)	$15,294			$1,433			$13,861	78	81.5	235	46
262412006082	282	Churchill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	961 Porter Rd	Muskegon	49441	Muskegon County	Mona Shores Public School District	No	No	No	No	(231) 798-1276	408	24	17.1	28.9%	334 (81.9%)	21 (5.1%)	24 (5.9%)	5 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (5.4%)	$13,067			$707			$12,360	77.9	77.6	288	6
262772006355	283	Pellston Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	114 Zipf St	Pellston	49769	Emmet County	Pellston Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 539-8421	204	20	10	65.2%	156 (76.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (16.7%)	$18,821			$3,718			$15,104	77.9	68.1	423	140
260198003943	284	Joseph C Sterling Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-4	160 Fessner Rd	Carleton	48117	Monroe County	Airport Community Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(734) 654-6846	320	20	16.4	44.4%	290 (90.6%)	5 (1.6%)	18 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$12,732			$1,653			$11,079	77.9	86.4	161	123
262793007688	285	Central Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	410 State St	Petoskey	49770	Emmet County	Public Schools of Petoskey	No	Yes	No	Yes	(231) 348-2110	249	16	16	32.9%	216 (86.7%)	2 (0.8%)	6 (2.4%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.4%)	$15,581			$1,351			$14,230	77.8	74	336	51
261941007700	286	North Elementary School	Public	K-4	900 5th St	Iron Mountain	49801	Dickinson County	Iron Mountain Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 779-2626	238	16	14.8	61.8%	186 (78.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.8%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (11.3%)	$14,254			$2,218			$12,036	77.8	76.2	311	25
260501004189	287	Rogers Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2265 Hamilton Ave	Berkley	48072	Oakland County	Berkley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 837-8800	360	22	16.2	19.7%	301 (83.6%)	31 (8.6%)	11 (3.1%)	6 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	$14,611			$553			$14,058	77.8	72.7	354	67
263282006826	288	Oakview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 S Clinton Ave	Saint Johns	48879	Clinton County	St. Johns Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 227-4500	292	21	14	58.6%	244 (83.6%)	2 (0.7%)	27 (9.2%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.8%)	$13,791			$1,957			$11,834	77.7	68.6	416	128
263447006997	289	Morgan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	53800 Mound Rd	Shelby Township	48316	Macomb County	Utica Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(586) 797-5800	594	31	18.9	32.0%	495 (83.3%)	16 (2.7%)	30 (5.1%)	27 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.2%)	$13,464			$953			$12,511	77.7	79.6	255	34
262895006484	290	Amberly Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6637 Amberly St	Portage	49024	Kalamazoo County	Portage Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 323-5900	526	31	16.9	33.8%	345 (65.6%)	72 (13.7%)	46 (8.7%)	21 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.8%)	$13,105			$1,136			$11,968	77.7	70.9	377	87

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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.

Educational resources:

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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.