Best Elementary Schools in Michigan

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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 (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)
261482005180	671	Mark Twain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	30601 Calahan Rd	Roseville	48066	Macomb County	Fraser Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(586) 439-6900	327	21	15.8	54.7%	241 (73.7%)	40 (12.2%)	12 (3.7%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.9%)	$15,123			$1,858			$13,265	52.6	47.6	730	59
261160004604	672	Nowlin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	23600 Penn St	Dearborn	48124	Wayne County	Dearborn City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 827-6900	241	20	11.9	77.6%	207 (85.9%)	12 (5.0%)	12 (5.0%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	3 (1.2%)	$27,302			$2,947			$24,355	52.6	59.7	552	120
262385001504	673	Clayton H Symons Elementary School	Public	3-5	432 S Platt Rd	Milan	48160	Monroe County	Milan Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 439-5300	379	27	14	47.0%	319 (84.2%)	5 (1.3%)	29 (7.7%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.3%)	$16,759			$1,715			$15,044	52.5	68	425	248
261587005239	674	Hunter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	21320 Roche Rd	Brownstown Township	48183	Wayne County	Gibraltar School District	No	No	No	Yes	(734) 379-6390	417	28	14.6	44.1%	330 (79.1%)	19 (4.6%)	41 (9.8%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.6%)	$15,178			$1,596			$13,582	52.5	29.8	992	318
260390004078	675	Bangor Lincoln School	Public	PK, KG-5	2771 N Euclid Ave	Bay City	48706	Bay County	Bangor Township Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 686-7639	337	16	21	65.0%	270 (80.1%)	3 (0.9%)	36 (10.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.0%)	$11,816			$978			$10,838	52.4	46.2	751	76
262913006502	676	Posen Elementary School	Public	K-6	10575 Michigan Ave	Posen	49776	Presque Isle County	Posen Consolidated School District No. 9	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 248-6500	120	7	16.7	59.2%	114 (95.0%)	2 (1.7%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	$12,641			$1,519			$11,122	52.3	47.2	731	55
261311005011	677	Ellsworth Community School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	9467 Park St	Ellsworth	49729	Antrim County	Ellsworth Community School	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 588-2544	230	16	14	55.2%	201 (87.4%)	7 (3.0%)	9 (3.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.2%)	$16,007			$1,462			$14,545	52.1	44	783	106
261455005148	678	Springview Elementary School	Public	1-6	1233 Springview Dr	Flushing	48433	Genesee County	Flushing Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 591-8550	451	23	19.7	63.4%	298 (66.1%)	80 (17.7%)	40 (8.9%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.8%)	$13,650			$1,610			$12,040	52.1	51.8	663	15
261644001636	679	Congress Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	940 Baldwin St SE	Grand Rapids	49506	Kent County	Grand Rapids Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(616) 819-2201	182	13	14.4	69.2%	71 (39.0%)	51 (28.0%)	44 (24.2%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.1%)	$16,416			$3,567			$12,850	52.1	58.7	567	112
262085005750	680	Minges Brook School	Public	PK, KG-4	435 Lincoln Hill Dr	Battle Creek	49015	Calhoun County	Lakeview School District (Calhoun)	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 565-4500	388	25	15.4	67.5%	186 (47.9%)	87 (22.4%)	24 (6.2%)	28 (7.2%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	59 (15.2%)	$14,336			$1,566			$12,770	52	48.6	708	28

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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.