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)
263078006712	641	Ruth McGregor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6850 Sand Creek Hwy	Sand Creek	49279	Lenawee County	Sand Creek Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 436-3121	353	24	14.9	48.7%	319 (90.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	$13,597			$608			$12,989	54.6	55.6	606	35
263381007583	642	Page Elementary School	Public, Magnet	4-5	3675 Bender Rd	Middleville	49333	Barry County	Thornapple Kellogg School District	No	Yes	No	No	(269) 795-7944	497	28	17.9	40.8%	441 (88.7%)	6 (1.2%)	23 (4.6%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.2%)	$12,311			$1,278			$11,033	54.5	56.1	600	42
261845005521	643	Davisburg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	12003 Davisburg Rd	Davisburg	48350	Oakland County	Holly Area School District	No	No	No	No	(248) 328-3500	390	24	16.2	58.2%	316 (81.0%)	16 (4.1%)	25 (6.4%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.7%)	$16,159			$1,254			$14,905	54.4	69.8	392	251
261893005570	644	William D Miller Elementary School	Public	1-5	18955 Hannan Rd	New Boston	48164	Wayne County	Huron School District	No	No	No	Yes	(734) 753-4421	476	31	15.5	39.5%	414 (87.0%)	18 (3.8%)	18 (3.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.8%)	$15,452			$1,401			$14,051	54.3	51.7	666	22
263387006943	645	Long Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7600 N Long Lake Rd	Traverse City	49685	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 933-7800	357	20	17.6	37.8%	323 (90.5%)	2 (0.6%)	14 (3.9%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.6%)	$14,909			$1,399			$13,510	54.2	52.4	654	9
262328006014	646	Mayville Elementary School	Public	K-5	106 Orchard St	Mayville	48744	Tuscola County	Mayville Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 843-6115	254	15	16.9	74.8%	240 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	$13,329			$3,455			$9,874	54.2	40	854	208
260105108518	647	The James and Grace Lee Boggs School	Public, Charter	K-8	7600 Goethe St	Detroit	48214	Wayne County	The James and Grace Lee Boggs School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 923-2301	161	11	15.3	68.3%	39 (24.2%)	97 (60.2%)	9 (5.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (9.3%)	$12,947			$00			$12,947	54.1	57.3	583	64
261848000092	648	Horizon Elementary School	Public	K-4	5776 Holt Rd	Holt	48842	Ingham County	Holt Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 694-4224	390	24	16.5	41.8%	226 (57.9%)	40 (10.3%)	59 (15.1%)	23 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (10.5%)	$11,909			$943			$10,966	54	60.3	544	104
263648507243	649	Gudith Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	22700 Sibley Rd	Brownstown	48193	Wayne County	Woodhaven-Brownstown School District	No	No	No	Yes	(734) 783-5386	436	32	13.4	66.1%	223 (51.1%)	82 (18.8%)	47 (10.8%)	60 (13.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.0%)	$18,776			$2,177			$16,599	54	42.5	809	160
262061000940	650	Lake City Elementary School	Public	K-5	5534 W Davis Rd	Lake City	49651	Missaukee County	Lake City Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 839-6600	510	33	15.4	76.3%	471 (92.4%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.2%)	$14,378			$1,711			$12,668	53.9	59.3	558	92

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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.