Best Elementary 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 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 1381)	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)
260756004333	1	Brown Elementary School	Public	K-4	8064 Byron Center Ave SW	Byron Center	49315	Kent County	Byron Center Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(616) 878-6200	583	26	22.2	22.1%	473 (81.1%)	2 (0.3%)	44 (7.5%)	22 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.2%)	$12,316			$711			$11,605	99.9%	99.8%	0.13%
260756001549	2	Countryside Elementary School	Public	K-4	8200 Eastern Ave SE	Byron Center	49315	Kent County	Byron Center Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(616) 878-6900	589	28	20.7	22.1%	441 (74.9%)	9 (1.5%)	53 (9.0%)	40 (6.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.6%)	$12,327			$914			$11,412	99.9%	99.4%	0.46%
261884005560	3	Bauer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	8136 48th Ave	Hudsonville	49426	Ottawa County	Hudsonville Public School District	No	No	No	No	(616) 669-6824	421	28	15	17.3%	372 (88.4%)	5 (1.2%)	22 (5.2%)	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.3%)	$14,119			$873			$13,246	99.8%	97.8%	1.94%
261884005561	4	Forest Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1645 32nd Ave	Hudsonville	49426	Ottawa County	Hudsonville Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(616) 896-9429	263	17	15.7	24.0%	226 (85.9%)	4 (1.5%)	19 (7.2%)	6 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.0%)	$14,932			$724			$14,208	99.7%	99.2%	0.52%
260756004335	5	Marshall Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1756 64th St SW	Byron Center	49315	Kent County	Byron Center Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(616) 878-6300	523	27	19.6	23.9%	398 (76.1%)	7 (1.3%)	42 (8.0%)	28 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (9.2%)	$12,778			$827			$11,950	99.6%	99.0%	0.65%
260956004448	6	Weidman Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-4	3311 N School Rd	Weidman	48893	Isabella County	Chippewa Hills School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(989) 644-3430	263	17	15.4	74.5%	234 (89.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.8%)	$00			$00			$00	99.6%	96.4%	3.13%
260020901136	7	Chandler Woods Charter Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	6895 Samrick Ave NE	Belmont	49306	Kent County	Chandler Woods Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(616) 866-6000	773	35	22.1	36.4%	692 (89.5%)	8 (1.0%)	29 (3.8%)	10 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.4%)	$10,589			$599			$9,990	99.5%	98.0%	1.51%
263045006695	8	Hemmeter Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1890 Hemmeter Rd	Saginaw	48638	Saginaw County	Saginaw Township Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(989) 797-1832	323	16	20.5	21.1%	263 (81.4%)	12 (3.7%)	20 (6.2%)	17 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.4%)	$11,554			$838			$10,716	99.4%	99.7%	0.24%
261791001470	9	Creekside Elementary School	Public	K-4	3480 East St	Hartland	48353	Livingston County	Hartland Consolidated Schools	No	No	No	No	(810) 626-2600	424	26	16.3	19.6%	395 (93.2%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (3.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.8%)	$13,279			$733			$12,546	99.3%	96.5%	2.85%
263255006805	10	Jeffers Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	16031 144th Ave	Spring Lake	49456	Ottawa County	Spring Lake Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(616) 846-5503	367	29	12.8	21.0%	328 (89.4%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.0%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.4%)	$16,917			$2,773			$14,144	99.3%	99.5%	0.25%

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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.

Educational resources:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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