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)
261242004941	241	Marine City High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	1085 Ward St	Marine City	48039	St. Clair County	East China School District	No	Yes	No	No	(810) 676-1900	456	30	15.3	40.1%	442 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	$14,199			$1,009			$13,191	62.4	58.5	281	40
261011004498	242	Clio Area High School	Public	8-12	1 Mustang Dr	Clio	48420	Genesee County	Clio Area School District	No	No	No	No	(810) 591-1358	712	31	23.2	50.8%	638 (89.6%)	16 (2.2%)	32 (4.5%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.1%)	$14,179			$1,804			$12,376	62.4	54.3	315	73
260273003984	243	Alpena High School	Public	8-12	3303 S Third Ave	Alpena	49707	Alpena County	Alpena Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(989) 358-5200	1,096	61	17.9	54.9%	1,015 (92.6%)	6 (0.5%)	30 (2.7%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (3.6%)	$15,086			$1,869			$13,218	62.3	69.7	183	60
261062004532	244	Comstock Park High School	Public	9-12	150 6 Mile Rd NE	Comstock Park	49321	Kent County	Comstock Park Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(616) 254-5200	505	27	18.4	54.3%	288 (57.0%)	39 (7.7%)	131 (25.9%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.9%)	$13,996			$1,895			$12,101	62.3	64	222	22
260804004376	245	Caro High School	Public	9-12	301 N Hooper St	Caro	48723	Tuscola County	Caro Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(989) 673-3165	419	22	18.8	51.8%	369 (88.1%)	5 (1.2%)	32 (7.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	$13,302			$1,506			$11,797	62.3	81.4	113	132
260888004428	246	Chassell K12 School	Public, Magnet, Alternative	PK, KG-12	41585 Us Highway 41	Chassell	49916	Houghton County	Chassell Township School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(906) 483-2132	196	14	14.1	100.0%	184 (93.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.1%)	$14,507			$1,633			$12,874	62.1			(n/a)
263594007200	247	Western High School	Public	9-12	1400 S Dearing Rd	Parma	49269	Jackson County	Western School District	No	No	No	No	(517) 841-8270	799	44	17.9	31.5%	679 (85.0%)	18 (2.3%)	37 (4.6%)	16 (2.0%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (5.5%)	$00			$00			$00	61.8	59.5	270	23
263282006827	248	St Johns High School	Public	9-12	501 W Sickles St	Saint Johns	48879	Clinton County	St. Johns Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(989) 227-4100	835	45	18.3	26.0%	724 (86.7%)	15 (1.8%)	58 (6.9%)	4 (0.5%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.5%)	$12,872			$844			$12,028	61.7	73	164	84
261989005647	249	JohannesburgLewiston High School	Public	9-12	10854 M 32 E	Johannesburg	49751	Otsego County	Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(989) 731-4420	214	14	15.3	52.8%	200 (93.5%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.4%)	$30,737			$1,316			$29,421	61.7	53.6	319	70
262005005685	250	Kalkaska High School	Public	9-12	109 N Birch St	Kalkaska	49646	Kalkaska County	Kalkaska Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 258-9167	466	24	19.4	52.1%	421 (90.3%)	8 (1.7%)	22 (4.7%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	$14,508			$1,234			$13,274	61.6	63.2	233	17

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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.