Best Elementary Schools in Michigan for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Michigan!

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, Special Education 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 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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 225)	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 (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
262994007576	1	Musson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3500 Dutton Rd	Rochester Hills	48306	Oakland County	Rochester Community School District	No	No	No	No	(248) 726-4200	527	26	20.6	5.9%	343 (65.1%)	9 (1.7%)	30 (5.7%)	120 (22.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.4%)	$13,949			$557			$13,391	99.6%	95.8%	3.80%
262598006250	2	Winchester Elementary School	Public	K-5	16141 Winchester Dr	Northville	48168	Wayne County	Northville Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(248) 465-2400	476	26	18.4	6.3%	398 (83.6%)	4 (0.8%)	17 (3.6%)	40 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.6%)	$14,749			$1,356			$13,394	99.1%	95.3%	3.82%
261899005582	3	Lakewood Elementary School	Public	K-5	1500 Bogie Lake Rd	White Lake	48383	Oakland County	Huron Valley Schools	No	No	No	No	(248) 684-8030	425	29	14.8	21.9%	389 (91.5%)	10 (2.4%)	8 (1.9%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.1%)	$16,588			$2,247			$14,341	98.7%	83.5%	15.15%
261461001550	4	Knapp Forest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4243 Knapp Valley Dr NE	Grand Rapids	49525	Kent County	Forest Hills Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(616) 493-8980	572	32	18	7.7%	473 (82.7%)	4 (0.7%)	16 (2.8%)	46 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.8%)	$12,909			$710			$12,199	98.2%	99.1%	0.90%
263648507241	5	Yake Elementary School	Public	K-5	16400 Carter Rd	Woodhaven	48183	Wayne County	Woodhaven-Brownstown School District	No	No	No	No	(734) 692-2230	464	26	17.6	41.4%	331 (71.3%)	49 (10.6%)	40 (8.6%)	30 (6.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.6%)	$15,099			$1,787			$13,311	97.8%	87.8%	10.03%
261722005403	6	Meridian Elementary School	Public	K-5	26700 Meridian Rd	Grosse Ile	48138	Wayne County	Grosse Ile Township Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 362-2700	345	20	17.6	15.1%	292 (84.6%)	5 (1.4%)	25 (7.2%)	7 (2.0%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.5%)	$14,428			$661			$13,767	97.3%	91.5%	5.81%
260282004038	7	Logan Elementary School	Public	K-5	2685 Traver Blvd	Ann Arbor	48105	Washtenaw County	Ann Arbor Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 994-1807	362	28	12.9	19.9%	158 (43.6%)	28 (7.7%)	32 (8.8%)	95 (26.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (13.5%)	$20,317			$468			$19,848	96.9%	94.8%	2.14%
262856000293	8	Tonda Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	46501 Warren Rd	Canton	48187	Wayne County	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 416-6100	486	29	16.9	17.9%	390 (80.2%)	20 (4.1%)	28 (5.8%)	21 (4.3%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.9%)	$15,880			$1,289			$14,592	96.4%	91.8%	4.65%
262067005732	9	Torrey Hill Intermediate School	Public	3-5	12410 Torrey Rd	Fenton	48430	Genesee County	Lake Fenton Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 591-3617	420	24	17.8	33.6%	379 (90.2%)	8 (1.9%)	19 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.3%)	$12,063			$2,688			$9,375	96.0%	87.8%	8.18%
262307005992	10	Alaiedon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1723 Okemos Rd	Mason	48854	Ingham County	Mason Public Schools (Ingham)	No	No	No	No	(517) 676-6499	390	23	16.9	32.3%	323 (82.8%)	2 (0.5%)	34 (8.7%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (6.2%)	$12,954			$799			$12,155	95.6%	79.5%	16.01%

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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.