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)
261059004527	1441	Comstock Elementary School	Public	K-5	1423 N 28th St	Kalamazoo	49048	Kalamazoo County	Comstock Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 250-8960	577	40	14.4	79.2%	300 (52.0%)	128 (22.2%)	75 (13.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (12.5%)	$18,328			$5,466			$12,862	6	7	1394	47
262469001673	1442	Seminole Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	1500 Mulberry St	Mount Clemens	48043	Macomb County	Mount Clemens Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(586) 461-3900	370	23	16	93.8%	56 (15.1%)	240 (64.9%)	21 (5.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (13.8%)	$19,485			$11,046			$8,439	5.9	4.8	1448	6
261644005358	1443	Burton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2133 Buchanan Ave SW	Grand Rapids	49507	Kent County	Grand Rapids Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(616) 819-2262	376	26	14.4	91.5%	9 (2.4%)	36 (9.6%)	321 (85.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	$17,650			$4,845			$12,805	5.9	6	1424	19
260110304838	1444	Edward Duke Ellington at Beckham	Public	PK, KG-8	9860 Park Dr	Detroit	48213	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 852-8500	493	34	14.5	88.4%	3 (0.6%)	489 (99.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$21,584			$6,715			$14,869	5.8	5.1	1443	1
261776005442	1445	Tyrone Elementary School	Public, Magnet	3-5	19525 Tyrone St	Harper Woods	48225	Wayne County	Harper Woods The School District of the City of	No	Yes	No	Yes	(313) 245-5379	327	19	17.5	82.6%	12 (3.7%)	305 (93.3%)	5 (1.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$17,983			$2,839			$15,144	5.8	4.3	1459	14
260110304701	1446	Durfee ElementaryMiddle School	Public	PK, KG-8	2425 Tuxedo St	Detroit	48206	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 252-3070	593	32	18.6	90.7%	1 (0.2%)	583 (98.3%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$20,703			$6,649			$14,053	5.7	5	1446
260000503848	1447	Verona Elementary School	Public	3-5	825 Capital Ave NE	Battle Creek	49017	Calhoun County	Battle Creek Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 965-9710	222	14	15.4	90.5%	58 (26.1%)	89 (40.1%)	32 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (19.4%)	$19,634			$5,124			$14,510	5.7	5.6	1432	15
262484006148	1448	Marquette Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	550 W Grand Ave	Muskegon	49441	Muskegon County	Muskegon Public Schools of the City of	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 720-2600	474	35	13.6	92.2%	63 (13.3%)	278 (58.6%)	94 (19.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.8%)	$17,941			$3,935			$14,007	5.6	5.9	1425	23
262619000240	1449	Key Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	23400 Jerome St	Oak Park	48237	Oakland County	Oak Park School District of the City of	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 336-7610	541	26	20.8	87.1%	19 (3.5%)	507 (93.7%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	$16,636			$1,876			$14,761	5.6	5.8	1427	22
260110304691	1450	Thurgood Marshall Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	15531 Linwood St	Detroit	48238	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 494-8820	482	32	15	88.4%	5 (1.0%)	469 (97.3%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,235			$7,203			$16,032	5.6	6.4	1410	40

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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.