Best High Schools in Michigan

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 743)	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)
260444004125	501	Beaverton JuniorSenior High School	Public, Magnet	7-12	3090 Crockett Rd	Beaverton	48612	Gladwin County	Beaverton Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(989) 246-3010	435	27	15.9	59.5%	399 (91.7%)	2 (0.5%)	20 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.8%)	$15,962			$3,491			$12,471	31.2	30.7	510	9
263654007252	502	Roosevelt High School	Public	9-12	540 Eureka Rd	Wyandotte	48192	Wayne County	Wyandotte School District of the City of	No	No	No	No	(734) 759-5010	1,232	69	17.8	53.5%	951 (77.2%)	43 (3.5%)	175 (14.2%)	4 (0.3%)	12 (1.0%)	5 (0.4%)	42 (3.4%)	$19,007			$1,423			$17,584	31.2	39.6	435	67
261041004521	503	Colon High School	Public	6-12	400 Dallas St	Colon	49040	St. Joseph County	Colon Community School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 432-3231	266	16	16.3	48.5%	248 (93.2%)	5 (1.9%)	10 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$12,923			$1,586			$11,337	31.1	30.7	509	6
260098408257	504	FlexTech High School	Public, Charter	9-12	7707 Conference Center Dr	Brighton	48114	Livingston County	FlexTech High School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(810) 844-3366	177	12	15.3	38.4%	173 (97.7%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$10,651			$1,244			$9,407	31.1	42.2	415	89
263531007150	505	Waterford Mott High School	Public	9-12	1151 Scott Lake Rd	Waterford	48328	Oakland County	Waterford School District	No	No	No	No	(248) 674-4134	1,131	55	20.6	62.8%	580 (51.3%)	164 (14.5%)	276 (24.4%)	36 (3.2%)	9 (0.8%)	5 (0.4%)	61 (5.4%)	$15,632			$1,874			$13,758	31	25.9	546	41
261197004634	506	DeTour High School	Public	7-12	202 Division St	De Tour Village	49725	Chippewa County	DeTour Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(906) 297-2011	48	5	8.8	54.2%	34 (70.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (27.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	$56,739			$1,841			$54,898	30.8			(n/a)
261947001791	506	Gogebic County Community Education	Public	9-12	E4946 Jackson Rd	Ironwood	49938	Gogebic County	Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County	No	No	No	No	(906) 932-0932	28	1	20	78.6%	26 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.6%)	$4,060			$703			$3,357	30.8			(n/a)
260111808853	508	Lighthouse Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3150 Livernois Rd	Troy	48083	Oakland County	Lighthouse Connections Academy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(248) 509-5858	2,454	80	30.5	73.4%	1,325 (54.0%)	645 (26.3%)	213 (8.7%)	39 (1.6%)	30 (1.2%)	4 (0.2%)	198 (8.1%)	$9,295			$00			$9,295	30.7	28.9	526	18
262121005845	509	Lawrence JrSr High School	Public	7-12	650 W Saint Joseph St	Lawrence	49064	Van Buren County	Lawrence Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 674-8232	212	14	14.9	65.6%	127 (59.9%)	1 (0.5%)	80 (37.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	$15,781			$2,873			$12,908	30.6	13.5	639	130
261160004590	510	Edsel Ford High School	Public	9-12	20601 Rotunda Dr	Dearborn	48124	Wayne County	Dearborn City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 827-1500	1,639	87	18.9	68.2%	1,428 (87.1%)	106 (6.5%)	65 (4.0%)	20 (1.2%)	7 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	11 (0.7%)	$16,306			$2,233			$14,073	30.4	28.3	530	20

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on M-Step Science, M-Step Social Studies, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing, SAT Mathematics 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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Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.