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)
262856001929	331	Workman Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	250 N Denton Rd	Canton	48187	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(734) 582-6700	689	40	17.2	14.2%	435 (63.1%)	60 (8.7%)	31 (4.5%)	128 (18.6%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	29 (4.2%)	$15,659			$1,240			$14,419	74.6	78	275	56
261305007651	332	Mill Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9039 Old M 72	Williamsburg	49690	Grand Traverse County	Elk Rapids Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 267-9955	248	15	16.5	26.2%	220 (88.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.5%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.8%)	$00			$00			$00	74.6	81.3	238	94
260279004001	333	Lottie M Schmidt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	33700 Hooker Rd	Chesterfield	48047	Macomb County	Anchor Bay School District	No	No	No	Yes	(586) 725-7541	333	19	17.7	34.8%	273 (82.0%)	18 (5.4%)	20 (6.0%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.8%)	$16,379			$3,048			$13,332	74.5	78.2	272	61
260279003999	334	Dean A Naldrett School	Public	PK, KG-5	47800 Sugarbush Rd	Chesterfield	48047	Macomb County	Anchor Bay School District	No	No	No	Yes	(586) 949-1212	348	25	13.8	30.2%	292 (83.9%)	10 (2.9%)	15 (4.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.3%)	$14,353			$1,967			$12,386	74.5	61.4	529	195
261160000104	335	Iris Becker Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10821 Henson St	Dearborn	48126	Wayne County	Dearborn City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 827-6950	222	17	13.3	93.7%	211 (95.0%)	4 (1.8%)	6 (2.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,424			$3,259			$19,165	74.5	65.2	472	137
261848005533	336	Wilcox Elementary School	Public	K-4	1650 Laurelwood Dr	Holt	48842	Ingham County	Holt Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 699-0249	351	22	15.9	60.7%	188 (53.6%)	46 (13.1%)	55 (15.7%)	9 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (15.1%)	$33,623			$768			$32,856	74.3	59.6	553	217
262793006374	337	Sheridan School	Public, Magnet	K-5	1415 Howard St	Petoskey	49770	Emmet County	Public Schools of Petoskey	No	Yes	No	Yes	(231) 348-2140	259	18	14.3	46.3%	221 (85.3%)	2 (0.8%)	7 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (10.4%)	$14,889			$1,059			$13,830	74.1	82.7	220	117
261114004566	338	Frostick School	Public	PK, KG-4	57 S Howard Ave	Croswell	48422	Sanilac County	Croswell-Lexington Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 679-1100	331	22	14.7	71.9%	290 (87.6%)	4 (1.2%)	30 (9.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	$14,686			$2,409			$12,277	74	78.2	273	65
263447007011	339	Issac Monfort Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	6700 Montgomery Dr	Shelby Township	48316	Macomb County	Utica Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(586) 797-5700	537	30	17.9	41.9%	425 (79.1%)	21 (3.9%)	31 (5.8%)	36 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.5%)	$14,045			$922			$13,123	74	75.3	322	17
260402004089	340	Bark RiverHarris Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	Hwy Us 2 41	Harris	49845	Menominee County	Bark River-Harris School District	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 466-5334	411	24	16.8	54.0%	354 (86.1%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	$12,847			$2,077			$10,769	74	77.9	278	62

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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.
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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.