Best High Schools in Michigan for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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Every year, the Michigan Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Michigan test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the SAT and M-Step test scores by the Michigan Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 654)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
268088001588	1	International Academy	Public	9-12	1020 E Square Lake Rd	Bloomfield Hills	48304	Oakland County	Oakland Schools	No	No	No	No	(248) 341-5905	1,351	0		12.5%	565 (41.8%)	25 (1.9%)	41 (3.0%)	661 (48.9%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	55 (4.1%)								99.8%	99.9%	0.02%
263039001171	2	Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy	Public, Magnet	6-12	1903 N Niagara St	Saginaw	48602	Saginaw County	Saginaw School District of the City of	No	Yes	No	No	(989) 399-5500	399	26	15.3	46.6%	202 (50.6%)	98 (24.6%)	27 (6.8%)	58 (14.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.3%)	$19,065			$9,808			$9,257	99.7%	99.5%	0.23%
268082008011	3	Monroe County Middle College	Public	9-12	1101 S Raisinville Rd	Monroe	48161	Monroe County	Monroe Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(734) 342-8750	324	13	24.4	23.5%	283 (87.3%)	4 (1.2%)	22 (6.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.3%)								99.5%	96.9%	2.64%
260957007865	4	International Academy of Macomb	Public, Magnet	9-12	42755 Romeo Plank Rd	Clinton Twp	48038	Macomb County	Chippewa Valley Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(586) 723-7200	446	7	68.6	25.1%	281 (63.0%)	36 (8.1%)	13 (2.9%)	94 (21.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.5%)	$17,305			$308			$16,996	99.4%	99.6%	0.21%
260684004281	5	Bridgman High School	Public	9-12	9964 Gast Rd	Bridgman	49106	Berrien County	Bridgman Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 466-0223	264	21	12.5	33.7%	229 (86.7%)	7 (2.7%)	13 (4.9%)	7 (2.7%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	$19,271			$871			$18,401	99.2%	98.4%	0.85%
261305005002	6	Elk Rapids High School	Public	9-12	308 Meguzee Pt	Elk Rapids	49629	Antrim County	Elk Rapids Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 264-8108	380	21	18.3	27.6%	345 (90.8%)	4 (1.1%)	17 (4.5%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)	$00			$00			$00	99.1%	97.6%	1.51%
260001303869	7	Marquette Senior High School	Public	7-12	1203 W Fair Ave	Marquette	49855	Marquette County	Marquette Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(906) 225-4254	915	50	18.3	21.4%	817 (89.3%)	6 (0.7%)	14 (1.5%)	6 (0.7%)	18 (2.0%)	2 (0.2%)	52 (5.7%)	$13,536			$1,313			$12,223	98.9%	96.0%	2.97%
261461005155	8	Central High School	Public	9-12	5901 Hall St SE	Grand Rapids	49546	Kent County	Forest Hills Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(616) 493-8700	1,053	50	21	13.7%	864 (82.1%)	23 (2.2%)	42 (4.0%)	76 (7.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (4.4%)	$14,704			$888			$13,815	98.8%	99.2%	0.42%
261644005355	9	City MiddleHigh	Public	7-12	1720 Plainfield Ave NE	Grand Rapids	49505	Kent County	Grand Rapids Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(616) 819-2380	908	40	22.9	39.5%	469 (51.7%)	104 (11.5%)	222 (24.4%)	55 (6.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (6.1%)	$14,764			$3,146			$11,618	98.6%	99.3%	0.70%
261476005172	10	Frankenmuth High School	Public	9-12	525 E Genesee St	Frankenmuth	48734	Saginaw County	Frankenmuth School District	No	No	No	No	(989) 652-9955	524	23	22.3	15.3%	477 (91.0%)	14 (2.7%)	17 (3.2%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.3%)	$13,416			$1,075			$12,341	98.5%	94.2%	4.26%

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