Best Elementary Schools in Michigan

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1486)	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	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
261587001435	831	Frank E Weiss Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	26631 Reaume St	Woodhaven	48183	Wayne County	Gibraltar School District	No	No	No	Yes	(734) 379-7060	300	17	17.2	52.7%	199 (66.3%)	50 (16.7%)	34 (11.3%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.3%)	$15,136			$1,829			$13,306	41.3	39.3	863	32
263342006877	832	Gaines Elementary School	Public	K-5	300 Lansing St	Gaines	48436	Genesee County	Swartz Creek Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(810) 591-1076	108	6	19.2	47.2%	93 (86.1%)	2 (1.9%)	7 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.6%)	$14,184			$1,273			$12,911	41.2	34	934	102
263447006996	833	Jack Harvey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	41700 Montroy Dr	Sterling Heights	48313	Macomb County	Utica Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(586) 797-5100	458	30	15.5	65.1%	290 (63.3%)	22 (4.8%)	78 (17.0%)	25 (5.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (9.2%)	$14,797			$1,587			$13,210	41.2	48.9	701	132
261062001064	834	Pine Island Elementary	Public	3-5	6101 Pine Island Dr NE	Comstock Park	49321	Kent County	Comstock Park Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(616) 254-5500	377	27	14	61.0%	226 (59.9%)	33 (8.8%)	81 (21.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (9.5%)	$14,946			$2,136			$12,810	40.9	41.7	824	10
261296004993	835	Montabella Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1456 E North County Line Rd	Blanchard	49310	Isabella County	Montabella Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 427-5414	380	26	14.3	74.2%	326 (85.8%)	1 (0.3%)	37 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.2%)	$14,810			$1,682			$13,128	40.9	37	894	59
262034005714	836	Brookwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5465 Kalamazoo Ave SE	Grand Rapids	49508	Kent County	Kentwood Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(616) 455-0030	363	23	15.6	73.3%	79 (21.8%)	157 (43.3%)	47 (12.9%)	40 (11.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (10.5%)	$15,635			$2,294			$13,341	40.7	40.1	853	17
260273003993	837	Wilson Elementary	Public	K-5	4999 S Herron Rd	Herron	49744	Alpena County	Alpena Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 358-5700	242	13	18.6	66.1%	225 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.3%)	$12,166			$1,143			$11,024	40.5	25.2	1072	235
261160004607	838	Long Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3100 Westwood St	Dearborn	48124	Wayne County	Dearborn City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 827-6104	254	16	15.6	79.5%	189 (74.4%)	40 (15.7%)	11 (4.3%)	4 (1.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.5%)	$19,748			$3,004			$16,744	40.3	43.3	796	42
260033101955	839	Taylor Exemplar Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	26727 Goddard Rd	Taylor	48180	Wayne County	Taylor Exemplar Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(734) 941-7742	643	26	24.7	80.2%	156 (24.3%)	339 (52.7%)	43 (6.7%)	26 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (12.3%)	$12,255			$1,769			$10,486	40.3	35.1	918	79
261407005053	840	Wood Creek Elementary School	Public	K-5	28400 Harwich Dr	Farmington Hills	48334	Oakland County	Farmington Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 785-2077	429	26	16.5	39.6%	138 (32.2%)	218 (50.8%)	22 (5.1%)	23 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (6.3%)	$17,380			$1,290			$16,090	40.3	38	886	46

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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.