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)
263666007291	151	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	60 E Lincoln Ave	Zeeland	49464	Ottawa County	Zeeland Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(616) 748-3350	368	25	14.5	26.6%	274 (74.5%)	5 (1.4%)	59 (16.0%)	10 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.4%)	$13,881			$364			$13,517	87.9	80.8	243	92
263096006719	152	Douglas Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	261 Randolph St	Douglas	49406	Allegan County	Saugatuck Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 857-2139	338	26	13.2	30.8%	305 (90.2%)	2 (0.6%)	22 (6.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.8%)	$14,135			$2,012			$12,122	87.8	87.6	144	8
260001303871	153	Sandy Knoll School	Public	PK, KG-5	401 N 6th St	Marquette	49855	Marquette County	Marquette Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 225-4281	315	25	12.5	34.3%	268 (85.1%)	4 (1.3%)	5 (1.6%)	7 (2.2%)	8 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.3%)	$14,504			$1,731			$12,773	87.8	83.5	203	50
261114004567	154	Meyer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	7201 Lake St	Lexington	48450	Sanilac County	Croswell-Lexington Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 679-1200	289	22	13.4	53.6%	260 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	$13,588			$1,516			$12,072	87.7	82.9	214	60
260282004010	155	Dicken Elementary School	Public	K-5	2135 Runnymede Blvd	Ann Arbor	48103	Washtenaw County	Ann Arbor Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 994-1928	324	23	14	24.1%	183 (56.5%)	36 (11.1%)	47 (14.5%)	23 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (10.8%)	$20,670			$1,251			$19,419	87.7	76.4	308	153
263066001003	156	Heritage School	Public	4-5	290 Woodland Dr	Saline	48176	Washtenaw County	Saline Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 401-4101	631	37	17	15.1%	496 (78.6%)	13 (2.1%)	38 (6.0%)	31 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	52 (8.2%)	$14,749			$1,591			$13,158	87.6	90.1	111	45
263387001719	157	TCAPS Montessori School	Public	PK, KG-8	4053 Franke Rd	Traverse City	49684	Grand Traverse County	Traverse City Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 933-6420	297	22	13.6	29.0%	263 (88.6%)	5 (1.7%)	7 (2.4%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.4%)	$17,047			$816			$16,231	87.5	85.3	178	21
260009800602	158	Vanguard Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1620 52nd St SW	Wyoming	49519	Kent County	Vanguard Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(616) 538-3630	791	41	19.4	61.7%	357 (45.1%)	76 (9.6%)	252 (31.9%)	18 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	86 (10.9%)	$11,589			$1,249			$10,339	87.4	86.3	163	5
262184005884	159	Grant Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	9300 Hubbard St	Livonia	48150	Wayne County	Livonia Public Schools School District	No	No	No	Yes	(734) 744-2720	493	32	15.2	37.9%	391 (79.3%)	36 (7.3%)	31 (6.3%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.9%)	$17,758			$2,644			$15,114	87.4	84.3	189	30
263285006830	160	Brown School	Public	PK, KG-5	2027 Brown School Rd	Saint Joseph	49085	Berrien County	St. Joseph Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 926-3500	409	3	131.9	30.1%	301 (73.6%)	34 (8.3%)	20 (4.9%)	26 (6.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.4%)	$11,712			$507			$11,205	87.3	88	137	23

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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.