Michigan schools ranked by test score
Latest M-STEP year (2024-25). 1,608 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 47.7%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown Elementary School BYRON CENTER · Byron Center Public Schools | Elementary | 87.8% | +40.1pp |
| 2 | Marshall Elementary School BYRON CENTER · Byron Center Public Schools | Elementary | 86.9% | +39.2pp |
| 3 | Hemmeter Elementary School SAGINAW · Saginaw Township Community Schools | Elementary | 86.1% | +38.4pp |
| 4 | Knapp Forest Elementary School GRAND RAPIDS · Forest Hills Public Schools | Elementary | 84.3% | +36.6pp |
| 5 | Moraine Elementary School NORTHVILLE · Northville Public Schools | Elementary | 83.9% | +36.2pp |
| 6 | Musson Elementary School ROCHESTER HILLS · Rochester Community School District | Elementary | 83.8% | +36.1pp |
| 7 | Countryside Elementary School BYRON CENTER · Byron Center Public Schools | Elementary | 83.6% | +35.9pp |
| 8 | Plymouth Scholars Charter Academy PLYMOUTH · Plymouth Scholars Charter Academy | Elementary | 82.6% | +34.9pp |
| 9 | Wealthy School GRAND RAPIDS · East Grand Rapids Public Schools | Elementary | 82.6% | +34.9pp |
| 10 | Bauer Elementary School HUDSONVILLE · Hudsonville Public School District | Elementary | 82.2% | +34.5pp |
| 11 | Goodwillie Environmental School ADA · Forest Hills Public Schools | Middle | 81.6% | +33.9pp |
| 12 | Amerman Elementary School NORTHVILLE · Northville Public Schools | Elementary | 81.3% | +33.6pp |
| 13 | Lakeside School GRAND RAPIDS · East Grand Rapids Public Schools | Elementary | 81.3% | +33.6pp |
| 14 | Middle School Mathematics Science Technology Center WARREN · Warren Consolidated Schools | Middle | 81.3% | +33.6pp |
| 15 | Handley School SAGINAW · Saginaw School District of the City of | Elementary | 80.9% | +33.2pp |
| 16 | Kettle Lake Elementary School ALTO · Caledonia Community Schools | Elementary | 80.9% | +33.2pp |
| 17 | Okemos Public MontessoriCentral OKEMOS · Okemos Public Schools | Elementary | 79.0% | +31.3pp |
| 18 | Pierce Elementary School BIRMINGHAM · Birmingham Public Schools | Elementary | 79.0% | +31.3pp |
| 19 | John Ball Park Zoo School GRAND RAPIDS · Grand Rapids Public Schools | Middle | 78.1% | +30.4pp |
| 20 | Bach Elementary School ANN ARBOR · Ann Arbor Public Schools | Elementary | 78.0% | +30.3pp |
| 21 | Chandler Woods Charter Academy BELMONT · Chandler Woods Charter Academy | Elementary | 77.8% | +30.1pp |
| 22 | Walden Green Montessori SPRING LAKE · Walden Green Montessori | Elementary | 77.6% | +29.9pp |
| 23 | Rosy Mound School GRAND HAVEN · Grand Haven Area Public Schools | Elementary | 76.8% | +29.1pp |
| 24 | Hamilton Elementary School TROY · Troy School District | Elementary | 76.6% | +28.9pp |
| 25 | Birmingham Covington School BLOOMFIELD HILLS · Birmingham Public Schools | Middle | 76.5% | +28.8pp |
| 26 | Lewis Maire Elementary School GROSSE POINTE · Grosse Pointe Public Schools | Elementary | 76.5% | +28.8pp |
| 27 | Wass Elementary School TROY · Troy School District | Elementary | 76.5% | +28.8pp |
| 28 | Angell School ANN ARBOR · Ann Arbor Public Schools | Elementary | 76.3% | +28.6pp |
| 29 | Richard Elementary School GROSSE POINTE FARMS · Grosse Pointe Public Schools | Elementary | 76.3% | +28.6pp |
| 30 | Martin Luther King Elem School ANN ARBOR · Ann Arbor Public Schools | Elementary | 76.1% | +28.4pp |
| 31 | Murray Lake Elementary LOWELL · Lowell Area Schools | Elementary | 76.1% | +28.4pp |
| 32 | Pine Ridge Elementary School GRAND RAPIDS · Forest Hills Public Schools | Elementary | 76.1% | +28.4pp |
| 33 | Beverly Elementary School BEVERLY HILLS · Birmingham Public Schools | Elementary | 76.0% | +28.3pp |
| 34 | Crestwood Elementary School ROCKFORD · Rockford Public Schools | Elementary | 76.0% | +28.3pp |
| 35 | Holmes Elementary School SPRING LAKE · Spring Lake Public Schools | Elementary | 76.0% | +28.3pp |
| 36 | Park Elemementary School HUDSONVILLE · Hudsonville Public School District | Elementary | 76.0% | +28.3pp |
| 37 | Ada Elementary School ADA · Forest Hills Public Schools | Elementary | 75.8% | +28.1pp |
| 38 | Way Elementary School BLOOMFIELD HILLS · Bloomfield Hills Schools | Elementary | 75.8% | +28.1pp |
| 39 | Achieve Charter Academy CANTON · Achieve Charter Academy | Elementary | 75.7% | +28.0pp |
| 40 | Lakewood Elementary School HOLLAND · West Ottawa Public School District | Elementary | 75.7% | +28.0pp |
| 41 | New Buffalo Elementary School NEW BUFFALO · New Buffalo Area Schools | Elementary | 75.3% | +27.6pp |
| 42 | Spring Lake Intermediate School SPRING LAKE · Spring Lake Public Schools | Middle | 75.2% | +27.5pp |
| 43 | Breton Downs School GRAND RAPIDS · East Grand Rapids Public Schools | Elementary | 75.1% | +27.4pp |
| 44 | Jeffers Elementary School SPRING LAKE · Spring Lake Public Schools | Elementary | 75.0% | +27.3pp |
| 45 | Buchanan Elementary School LIVONIA · Livonia Public Schools School District | Elementary | 74.9% | +27.2pp |
| 46 | Uriah H Lawton School ANN ARBOR · Ann Arbor Public Schools | Elementary | 74.9% | +27.2pp |
| 47 | Thornton Creek Elementary School NOVI · Northville Public Schools | Elementary | 74.8% | +27.1pp |
| 48 | Messmore Elementary School STERLING HEIGHTS · Utica Community Schools | Elementary | 74.5% | +26.8pp |
| 49 | Central Middle School ADA · Forest Hills Public Schools | Middle | 74.4% | +26.7pp |
| 50 | Leonard Elementary School TROY · Troy School District | Elementary | 74.4% | +26.7pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the M-STEP % Advanced + Proficient threshold on the latest available M-STEP English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Michigan, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.