Best Public Schools in Zip Code 48174

Summary:

The 48174 zip code area is home to 12 schools across two school districts, including 6 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, and 3 high schools. While the schools serve a high-need population with significant socioeconomic challenges, a few standout institutions emerge from the data.

Barth Elementary School is the top performer in the area, ranking 572 out of 1,486 Michigan elementary schools and boasting the highest proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math. In contrast, Wick Elementary School struggles, with only 10.7% of 3rd graders proficient in English Language Arts. The data reveals stark disparities in academic performance across the schools in this zip code.

At the middle school level, Brownstown Middle School stands out, outperforming the Woodhaven-Brownstown School District and state averages in English Language Arts and Math proficiency. Meanwhile, Romulus Middle School struggles with a chronic absenteeism rate of 61.9%, the highest in the area. The two charter high schools, Summit Academy North High School and Summit Academy North Elementary School, perform below state averages in test scores but have higher graduation rates and lower dropout rates compared to the traditional public high schools in the Summit Academy North and Romulus Community Schools districts.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				PSAT English Language Arts (2024)	PSAT Mathematics (2024)	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2024)	SAT Mathematics (2024)	M-Step English Language Arts (2024)					M-Step Math (2024)					M-Step Science (2024)			M-Step Social Studies (2024)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Science 11th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Metro Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	34800 Ecorse Rd	Romulus	48174	Wayne County	Metro Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(734) 641-3200	464	21	22.0	74.6%	11 (2.4%)	380 (81.9%)	8 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (13.8%)	38.4	879^th of 1486 public elementary schools	40.8%		32.9	953^rd of 1470 public elementary schools	35.2%	74	53.1	12.5			29.1	32.7	64.7	31.0	53.2	33.3	21.2	26.5	33.3	23.4	42.9	40.6		11.4	21.9		$12,367	$1,601	$10,766
Romulus Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	32200 Beverly Rd	Romulus	48174	Wayne County	Romulus Community Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(734) 532-1453	271	15	17.7	79.3%	34 (12.5%)	208 (76.8%)	8 (3.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.0%)	36.9	907^th of 1486 public elementary schools	39.0%		24.8	1084^th of 1470 public elementary schools	26.3%	177					45.2	31.3	48.8			35.7	27.1	18.6			27.9						$19,522	$3,369	$16,152
Romulus Senior High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	9650 Wayne Rd	Romulus	48174	Wayne County	Romulus Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(734) 532-1000	576	28	20.3	71.7%	86 (14.9%)	431 (74.8%)	23 (4.0%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.0%)	13.8	642^nd of 743 public high schools	13.6%		12.2	652^nd of 735 public high schools	11.3%	10			24.5	9.1													17.1			20.9	$19,232	$6,996	$12,236
Wick Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	36900 Wick Rd	Romulus	48174	Wayne County	Romulus Community Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(734) 532-1503	280	16	17.7	82.1%	29 (10.4%)	222 (79.3%)	14 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.4%)	21.8	1145^th of 1486 public elementary schools	22.9%		11.7	1286^th of 1470 public elementary schools	12.5%	141					34.0	35.6	19.5			33.3	22.2	7.3			7.3						$15,486	$2,772	$12,715
Romulus Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	37300 Wick Rd	Romulus	48174	Wayne County	Romulus Community Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(734) 532-1703	449	33	13.6	77.5%	82 (18.3%)	310 (69.0%)	25 (5.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.9%)	14.7	765^th of 897 public middle schools	14.7%		9.1	814^th of 883 public middle schools	7.8%	49	38.3	8.5						28.8	17.0				9.5	11.0		13.5			5.7		$18,588	$5,383	$13,204
Barth Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	38207 Barth St	Romulus	48174	Wayne County	Romulus Community Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(734) 532-1250	221	17	12.8	69.2%	95 (43.0%)	93 (42.1%)	16 (7.2%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.2%)	58.6	572^nd of 1486 public elementary schools	61.5%		49.6	694^th of 1470 public elementary schools	52.8%	122					41.7	35.7	52.0			63.9	46.4	28.0			44.0						$18,727	$4,209	$14,518
Hale Creek Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	16200 Harrison	Romulus	48174	Wayne County	Romulus Community Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(734) 532-1353	245	15	16.6	87.8%	50 (20.4%)	164 (66.9%)	19 (7.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.5%)	29.3	1029^th of 1486 public elementary schools	30.8%		21.8	1120^th of 1470 public elementary schools	23.8%	91					34.0	23.7	36.8			42.6	18.4	23.7			18.4						$19,445	$3,877	$15,568
Romulus Adult Education	Public	12	9650 Wayne Rd	Romulus	48174	Wayne County	Romulus Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 532-1407	0	2	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Romulus Virtual Learning Center	Public, Virtual, Magnet	9-12	9650 Wayne Rd	Romulus	48174	Wayne County	Romulus Community Schools	No	Yes	Yes	No	(734) 532-1407	88	2	44.0	77.3%	24 (27.3%)	57 (64.8%)	4 (4.5%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)	9.5	671^st of 743 public high schools	9.7%					(n/a)																	12.1			15.2	$8,735	$1,910	$6,825
Brownstown Middle School	Public	6-7	20135 Inkster Rd	Romulus	48174	Wayne County	Woodhaven-Brownstown School District	No	No	No	No	(734) 783-3400	850	47	18.2	52.1%	531 (62.5%)	130 (15.3%)	92 (10.8%)	48 (5.6%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (5.2%)	54.5	344^th of 897 public middle schools	61.6%		51.4	369^th of 883 public middle schools	58.2%	25								42.6	42.2				26.6	27.7							$14,100	$1,501	$12,599
Summit Academy North High School	Public, Charter	9-12	18601 Middlebelt Rd	Romulus	48174	Wayne County	Summit Academy North	Yes	No	No	Yes	(734) 955-1730	562	27	20.9	69.4%	166 (29.5%)	337 (60.0%)	40 (7.1%)	10 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.4%)	26.6	534^th of 743 public high schools	28.1%		21.2	579^th of 735 public high schools	21.2%	45			37.6	9.4													23.9			31.5	$12,222	$2,698	$9,524
Summit Academy North Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	18601 Middlebelt Rd	Romulus	48174	Wayne County	Summit Academy North	Yes	No	No	Yes	(734) 955-1712	409	23	17.5	73.6%	89 (21.8%)	264 (64.5%)	32 (7.8%)	10 (2.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.9%)	19	714^th of 897 public middle schools	20.4%		19.9	700^th of 883 public middle schools	20.7%	14	50.0	11.9						15.7	18.6					10.1		23.7			14.8		$11,985	$2,702	$9,283
Summit Academy North Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-5	28697 Sibley Rd	Romulus	48174	Wayne County	Summit Academy North	Yes	No	No	Yes	(734) 789-1428	614	37	16.7	77.9%	173 (28.2%)	390 (63.5%)	35 (5.7%)	11 (1.8%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19.2	1173^rd of 1486 public elementary schools	21.1%		16.5	1218^th of 1470 public elementary schools	17.1%	45					25.9	24.8	39.8			27.1	12.5	12.0			16.9						$12,091	$2,770	$9,321

Cities Near Zip Code 48174

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Taylor	2.39 mi	18	449^th
Romulus	2.47 mi	13	423^rd
Wayne	4.11 mi	5	491^st
Inkster	4.65 mi	10	493^rd
New Boston	4.7 mi	5	215^th

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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.

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