Best Elementary Schools in Michigan for African American 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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 348)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
260022301182	1	South Arbor Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	8200 Carpenter Rd	Ypsilanti	48197	Washtenaw County	South Arbor Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(734) 528-2821	801	39	20.3	33.2%	373 (46.6%)	120 (15.0%)	54 (6.7%)	148 (18.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (13.2%)	$10,333			$405			$9,929	99.7%	96.7%	3.01%
260014900910	2	Walker Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1801 3 Mile Rd NW	Grand Rapids	49544	Kent County	Walker Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(616) 785-2700	698	38	18.1	53.2%	384 (55.0%)	64 (9.2%)	144 (20.6%)	41 (5.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (9.2%)	$11,637			$1,198			$10,440	99.4%	81.4%	18.07%
260585004227	3	Bingham Farms Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	23400 W 13 Mile Rd	Bingham Farms	48025	Oakland County	Birmingham Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(248) 203-3350	328	26	12.7	16.5%	224 (68.3%)	68 (20.7%)	14 (4.3%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.5%)	$20,475			$1,377			$19,098	99.1%	91.6%	7.55%
263039006662	4	Handley School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1300 Passolt St	Saginaw	48602	Saginaw County	Saginaw School District of the City of	No	Yes	No	No	(989) 399-4250	303	16	18.9	51.2%	100 (33.0%)	107 (35.3%)	29 (9.6%)	49 (16.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.6%)	$23,970			$7,900			$16,069	98.9%	97.7%	1.14%
260096307974	5	Achieve Charter Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	3250 Denton Rd	Canton	48188	Wayne County	Achieve Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(734) 397-0960	779	34	22.9	25.9%	149 (19.1%)	119 (15.3%)	24 (3.1%)	416 (53.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (8.9%)	$10,363			$418			$9,945	98.6%	94.4%	4.15%
260110307481	6	Bates Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	19701 Wyoming St	Detroit	48221	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 494-7000	755	40	18.6	57.7%	0 (0.0%)	752 (99.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$19,563			$6,215			$13,348	98.3%	87.0%	11.26%
262613006262	7	Orchard Hills Elementary School	Public	K-4	41900 Quince Dr	Novi	48375	Oakland County	Novi Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 449-1400	410	25	16.7	24.4%	200 (48.8%)	41 (10.0%)	22 (5.4%)	124 (30.2%)	5 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (4.1%)	$15,280			$775			$14,505	98.0%	87.5%	10.51%
261455005143	8	Central Elementary School	Public	1-6	525 Coutant St	Flushing	48433	Genesee County	Flushing Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 591-1901	488	24	20	49.0%	387 (79.3%)	43 (8.8%)	34 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.9%)	$11,687			$1,181			$10,505	97.7%	72.4%	25.29%
260111608870	9	Pembroke Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	19940 Mansfield St	Detroit	48235	Wayne County	Pembroke Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 243-0092	348	27	12.8	94.3%	1 (0.3%)	309 (88.8%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.8%)	$16,894			$1,776			$15,118	97.4%	83.0%	14.37%
260099708216	10	South Canton Scholars Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3085 S Canton Center Rd	Canton	48188	Wayne County	South Canton Scholars Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(734) 398-5658	815	35	23.2	46.3%	251 (30.8%)	238 (29.2%)	29 (3.6%)	211 (25.9%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	83 (10.2%)	$10,900			$788			$10,111	97.1%	89.1%	8.03%

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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.