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)
262184005885	311	Hayes Elementary School	Public	K-4	30600 Louise St	Westland	48185	Wayne County	Livonia Public Schools School District	No	No	No	Yes	(734) 744-2725	390	26	15.1	49.0%	301 (77.2%)	36 (9.2%)	19 (4.9%)	5 (1.3%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.4%)	$15,855			$1,456			$14,399	76.4	60.5	541	230
263009001310	312	Hevel Elementary	Public	K-5	12700 29 Mile Rd	Washington	48094	Macomb County	Romeo Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(586) 752-5951	428	32	13.2	37.4%	357 (83.4%)	11 (2.6%)	30 (7.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.5%)	$13,674			$719			$12,954	76.4	84.3	191	121
261539005201	313	Shettler School	Public	PK, KG-5	2187 Shettler Rd	Muskegon	49444	Muskegon County	Fruitport Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 737-7595	303	21	14.2	52.8%	253 (83.5%)	5 (1.7%)	25 (8.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.9%)	$13,430			$1,740			$11,689	76.3	69.6	395	82
261407005042	314	Kenbrook Elementary School	Public	K-5	32130 Bonnet Hill Rd	Farmington Hills	48334	Oakland County	Farmington Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 489-3711	398	27	14.7	26.6%	185 (46.5%)	103 (25.9%)	29 (7.3%)	56 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.3%)	$17,270			$1,741			$15,529	76.3	70.2	388	74
262706000015	315	Alamo Elementary School	Public	K-5	8184 N 6th St	Kalamazoo	49009	Kalamazoo County	Otsego Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 694-7603	292	16	18.3	32.2%	265 (90.8%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.8%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.1%)	$10,471			$484			$9,986	76	81.4	237	78
262574006224	316	John Monteith Elementary School	Public	K-4	1275 Cook Rd	Grosse Pointe Woods	48236	Wayne County	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 432-4500	455	31	14.5	22.6%	302 (66.4%)	81 (17.8%)	16 (3.5%)	11 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	42 (9.2%)	$17,436			$1,418			$16,018	76	69.4	402	86
260369007667	317	Deerfield Elementary School	Public	K-5	3600 Crooks Rd	Rochester Hills	48309	Oakland County	Avondale School District	No	No	No	No	(248) 537-6700	317	25	12.8	39.7%	183 (57.7%)	64 (20.2%)	33 (10.4%)	27 (8.5%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	6 (1.9%)	$15,770			$912			$14,857	76	73.8	339	22
260447001388	318	Monroe Road Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7979 Monroe Rd	Lambertville	48144	Monroe County	Bedford Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 850-6800	610	32	18.9	29.2%	541 (88.7%)	8 (1.3%)	37 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.6%)	$12,617			$807			$11,809	76	72.5	359	41
261635001469	319	Perry Innovation Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	11920 S Saginaw St	Grand Blanc	48439	Genesee County	Grand Blanc Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(810) 591-6017	366	24	15.5	51.9%	235 (64.2%)	63 (17.2%)	20 (5.5%)	9 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	38 (10.4%)	$14,605			$1,106			$13,499	75.9	72.8	351	32
263372008997	320	Herrick Park Intermediate School	Public	3-4	600 Herrick Park Dr	Tecumseh	49286	Lenawee County	Tecumseh Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 423-2324	168	12	13.7	35.7%	149 (88.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.0%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.6%)	$14,558			$1,041			$13,517	75.7	76.1	313	7

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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.