Best Middle Schools in Michigan

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the PSAT and M-Step test scores by the Michigan Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 897)	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)
262316006008	471	Mason County Eastern Junior HighHigh School	Public	7-12	18 S Main St	Custer	49405	Mason County	Mason County Eastern Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 757-3733	171	9	18.1	59.1%	151 (88.3%)	4 (2.3%)	7 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.1%)	$16,584			$2,147			$14,438	43.8	64.2	255	216
263084006714	472	Sandusky JuniorSenior High School	Public	7-12	191 E Pinetree Ln	Sandusky	48471	Sanilac County	Sandusky Community School District	No	No	No	No	(810) 648-3401	468	21	22.3	51.1%	433 (92.5%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.7%)	5 (1.1%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	$12,294			$949			$11,346	43.8	43.5	477	5
261065004539	473	Concord Middle School	Public	6-8	405 S Main St	Concord	49237	Jackson County	Concord Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 524-8854	124	9	14.1	56.5%	92 (74.2%)	13 (10.5%)	6 (4.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (9.7%)	$15,885			$1,492			$14,392	43.7	44.8	458	15
260216003955	474	Alcona Community High School	Public, Magnet	6-12	51 N Barlow Rd	Harrisville	48740	Alcona County	Alcona Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(989) 736-8534	371	52	7.1	60.1%	349 (94.1%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	$16,361			$2,191			$14,170	43.7	45	454	20
262184005881	475	Emerson Middle School	Public	6-8	29100 W Chicago St	Livonia	48150	Wayne County	Livonia Public Schools School District	No	No	No	No	(734) 744-2665	641	37	17.4	49.3%	475 (74.1%)	80 (12.5%)	49 (7.6%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.7%)	$15,585			$859			$14,726	43.6	43.8	472	3
262001001147	476	Brethren Middle School	Public	7-8	4400 N High Bridge Rd	Brethren	49619	Manistee County	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 477-5353	73	5	14.9	75.3%	61 (83.6%)	1 (1.4%)	3 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,155			$2,281			$14,874	43.5	46.7	435	41
261356000974	477	Evart Middle School	Public	5-8	321 N Hemlock St	Evart	49631	Osceola County	Evart Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 734-4222	255	18	14.4	76.5%	242 (94.9%)	2 (0.8%)	6 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	$16,460			$2,041			$14,419	43.5	24.2	657	180
261473001140	478	Fowlerville Junior High School	Public	6-8	7677 W Sharpe Rd	Fowlerville	48836	Livingston County	Fowlerville Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 223-6003	578	35	16.7	42.0%	540 (93.4%)	4 (0.7%)	21 (3.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.7%)	$14,614			$759			$13,855	43.4	45.7	446	32
261215004918	479	Dowagiac Middle School	Public	6-8	57072 Riverside Dr	Dowagiac	49047	Cass County	Dowagiac Union School District	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 782-4440	408	23	17.4	71.8%	237 (58.1%)	25 (6.1%)	78 (19.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (16.2%)	$14,865			$1,808			$13,057	43.3	31.2	597	118
262115005813	480	Post Oak School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	2320 Post Oak Ln	Lansing	48912	Ingham County	Lansing Public School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(517) 755-1610	315	18	17.1	67.0%	110 (34.9%)	61 (19.4%)	83 (26.3%)	21 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (12.7%)	$16,212			$5,005			$11,207	43.3	53.3	349	131

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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, PSAT English Language Arts, PSAT 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.