Best Elementary Schools in Michigan

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the 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 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)
260769004353	491	CLK Elementary School	Public	K-5	57070 Mine St	Calumet	49913	Houghton County	Public Schools of Calumet Laurium & Keweenaw	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 337-0311	515	32	15.9	59.8%	492 (95.5%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.3%)	$13,071			$785			$12,287	64.4	56.8	593	102
262358006035	492	Meridian Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	3353 N Meridian Rd	Sanford	48657	Midland County	Meridian Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 687-3500	543	32	16.8	54.7%	497 (91.5%)	4 (0.7%)	19 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.2%)	$13,728			$1,419			$12,310	64.4	61.9	521	29
262412006084	493	Lincoln Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2951 Leon St	Muskegon	49441	Muskegon County	Mona Shores Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 755-1257	418	24	17.1	50.7%	318 (76.1%)	27 (6.5%)	41 (9.8%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.7%)	$12,915			$884			$12,031	64.3	53.7	633	140
263531007142	494	Cooley Elementary School	Public	K-5	2000 Highfield Rd	Waterford	48329	Oakland County	Waterford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 673-0300	408	20	20.1	54.4%	302 (74.0%)	34 (8.3%)	49 (12.0%)	11 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.9%)	$15,594			$2,409			$13,185	64.3	69.6	396	98
261872001524	495	Ruahmah J Hutchings Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3503 Bigelow Rd	Howell	48855	Livingston County	Howell Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 234-6074	468	29	16.4	22.2%	428 (91.5%)	4 (0.9%)	16 (3.4%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.6%)	$14,508			$1,461			$13,047	64.2	60	550	55
261602005253	496	Glen Lake Community School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	3375 W Burdickville Rd	Maple City	49664	Leelanau County	Glen Lake Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 334-3061	711	55	12.9	33.9%	678 (95.4%)	5 (0.7%)	15 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.4%)	$21,491			$1,618			$19,874	64.1	57.3	586	90
261872001067	497	Voyager Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1450 Byron Rd	Howell	48843	Livingston County	Howell Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 552-7500	566	33	17.4	26.1%	533 (94.2%)	2 (0.4%)	13 (2.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.7%)	$12,149			$739			$11,410	64.1	68	426	71
261407005041	498	Gill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	21195 Gill Rd	Farmington	48335	Oakland County	Farmington Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 489-3690	485	28	17.5	31.1%	263 (54.2%)	100 (20.6%)	24 (4.9%)	68 (14.0%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.9%)	$14,348			$1,078			$13,269	64.1	59.1	561	63
262637006286	499	Olivet Middle School	Public	4-8	255 First St	Olivet	49076	Eaton County	Olivet Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 749-9953	443	27	16.5	42.7%	412 (93.0%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (3.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.7%)	$14,284			$890			$13,394	64.1	67.2	437	62
260011408728	500	Black River Public School Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	513 Columbia Ave	Holland	49423	Ottawa County	Black River Public School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(616) 355-0055	395	24	16.4	27.6%	254 (64.3%)	2 (0.5%)	86 (21.8%)	17 (4.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.9%)	$8,158			$864			$7,294	63.9	68	424	76

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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.