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)
262628000541	231	Bennett Woods Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	2650 Bennett Rd	Okemos	48864	Ingham County	Okemos Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 706-5100	486	30	16.4	20.8%	297 (61.1%)	34 (7.0%)	10 (2.1%)	84 (17.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (12.1%)	$13,863			$952			$12,911	81.8	82.2	225	6
261461005153	232	Collins Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	4368 Heather Ln SE	Grand Rapids	49546	Kent County	Forest Hills Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(616) 493-8900	375	20	19	21.3%	255 (68.0%)	16 (4.3%)	31 (8.3%)	36 (9.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (9.3%)	$13,871			$1,092			$12,779	81.7	84.4	187	45
262994000243	233	Hampton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	530 Hampton Cir	Rochester Hills	48307	Oakland County	Rochester Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 726-3700	543	35	15.4	17.1%	166 (30.6%)	36 (6.6%)	41 (7.6%)	286 (52.7%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	$16,771			$3,346			$13,424	81.6	82.5	223	10
262994006568	234	Brooklands Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	490 E Auburn Rd	Rochester Hills	48307	Oakland County	Rochester Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 726-3400	482	28	17.3	24.7%	333 (69.1%)	12 (2.5%)	30 (6.2%)	75 (15.6%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	26 (5.4%)	$12,773			$993			$11,780	81.5	83.2	211	23
263666000701	235	Woodbridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	9110 Woodbridge St	Zeeland	49464	Ottawa County	Zeeland Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(616) 748-3400	392	28	13.7	31.6%	263 (67.1%)	14 (3.6%)	80 (20.4%)	8 (2.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.4%)	$15,591			$940			$14,651	81.5	85.8	171	64
261407005044	236	Longacre Elementary School	Public	K-5	34850 Arundel Dr	Farmington	48335	Oakland County	Farmington Public School District	No	No	No	No	(248) 489-3733	454	29	15.4	16.5%	149 (32.8%)	54 (11.9%)	16 (3.5%)	208 (45.8%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.8%)	$17,757			$1,301			$16,456	81.5	75.9	317	81
260279001490	237	Lighthouse Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	51880 Washington St	New Baltimore	48047	Macomb County	Anchor Bay School District	No	No	No	No	(586) 725-6404	442	25	17.8	28.1%	401 (90.7%)	9 (2.0%)	8 (1.8%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.1%)	$13,934			$1,513			$12,421	81.2	83.9	193	44
261407007669	238	Hillside Elementary School	Public	K-5	36801 W 11 Mile Rd	Farmington Hills	48335	Oakland County	Farmington Public School District	No	No	No	No	(248) 489-3773	636	39	16.2	21.2%	263 (41.4%)	134 (21.1%)	26 (4.1%)	173 (27.2%)	17 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (3.5%)	$15,767			$1,193			$14,573	81.2	85.9	169	69
262205000593	239	Cherry Creek Elementary School	Public	2-5	12675 Foreman St	Lowell	49331	Kent County	Lowell Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(616) 987-2700	473	26	18	36.4%	411 (86.9%)	10 (2.1%)	25 (5.3%)	7 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.6%)	$17,208			$3,120			$14,088	81.1	80.6	246	7
262169005872	240	Central Elementary School	Public	4-5	7199 Silver Lake Rd	Linden	48451	Genesee County	Linden Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 591-8410	331	18	18.3	34.7%	292 (88.2%)	4 (1.2%)	17 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.4%)	$12,730			$1,206			$11,525	80.7	72	367	127

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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.