Best Elementary Schools in Michigan for White 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, White 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 (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 1204)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
263045006695	1	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	99.9%	99.7%	0.25%
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	99.8%	99.4%	0.44%
260282004034	3	Martin Luther King Elementary School	Public	K-5	3800 Waldenwood Dr	Ann Arbor	48105	Washtenaw County	Ann Arbor Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 994-1940	508	29	17.4	10.0%	159 (31.3%)	29 (5.7%)	32 (6.3%)	210 (41.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (15.4%)	$16,586			$529			$16,058	99.8%	99.6%	0.15%
260282004005	4	Angell School	Public	K-5	1608 S University Ave	Ann Arbor	48104	Washtenaw County	Ann Arbor Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 994-1907	298	21	14.1	20.1%	166 (55.7%)	18 (6.0%)	29 (9.7%)	53 (17.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (10.7%)	$23,470			$475			$22,995	99.7%	99.3%	0.41%
261248004962	5	Lakeside School	Public	K-5	2325 Hall St SE	Grand Rapids	49506	Kent County	East Grand Rapids Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(616) 235-7553	451	23	19.4	5.3%	384 (85.1%)	7 (1.6%)	26 (5.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.9%)	$11,532			$499			$11,034	99.6%	99.1%	0.53%
260756004335	6	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	99.5%	99.0%	0.51%
261884005561	7	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	99.4%	99.2%	0.23%
263255006805	8	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%	0.19%
261461001550	9	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	99.3%	99.1%	0.13%
262574006221	10	Kerby Elementary School	Public	K-4	285 Kerby Rd	Grosse Pointe Farms	48236	Wayne County	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(313) 432-4200	283	20	13.9	11.0%	232 (82.0%)	17 (6.0%)	7 (2.5%)	9 (3.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.0%)	$18,002			$1,690			$16,312	99.2%	98.8%	0.38%

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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

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Magnet Schools: Unleashing the Power of Education

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