Michigan schools ranked by test score
Latest M-STEP year (2024-25). 40 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 47.7%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City High Middle School GRAND RAPIDS · Grand Rapids Public Schools | High | 71.8% | +24.1pp |
| 2 | Van Hoosen Middle School ROCHESTER HILLS · Rochester Community School District | High | 71.8% | +24.1pp |
| 3 | Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy SAGINAW · Saginaw School District of the City of | High | 70.3% | +22.6pp |
| 4 | Hart Middle School ROCHESTER HILLS · Rochester Community School District | High | 68.2% | +20.5pp |
| 5 | West Middle School ROCHESTER HILLS · Rochester Community School District | High | 67.2% | +19.5pp |
| 6 | Black River Public School MiddleHigh HOLLAND · Black River Public School | High | 66.5% | +18.8pp |
| 7 | PewamoWestphalia MiddleHigh School WESTPHALIA · Pewamo-Westphalia Community Schools | High | 63.8% | +16.1pp |
| 8 | New Lothrop High School NEW LOTHROP · New Lothrop Area Public Schools | High | 63.7% | +16.0pp |
| 9 | Reuther Middle School ROCHESTER HILLS · Rochester Community School District | High | 59.1% | +11.4pp |
| 10 | Schoolcraft High School SCHOOLCRAFT · Schoolcraft Community Schools | High | 57.7% | +10.0pp |
| 11 | Summerfield JuniorSenior High School PETERSBURG · Summerfield Schools | High | 57.5% | +9.8pp |
| 12 | UnionvilleSebewaing MiddleHigh School SEBEWAING · Unionville-Sebewaing Area S.D. | High | 56.3% | +8.6pp |
| 13 | Charlevoix Middle High School CHARLEVOIX · Charlevoix Public Schools | High | 55.3% | +7.6pp |
| 14 | Columbia Central High School BROOKLYN · Columbia School District | High | 55.2% | +7.5pp |
| 15 | Centreville Jr Sr High School CENTREVILLE · Centreville Public Schools | High | 52.2% | +4.5pp |
| 16 | Whitmore Lake High School WHITMORE LAKE · Whitmore Lake Public School District | High | 52.0% | +4.3pp |
| 17 | Cass City Jr and Sr High School CASS CITY · Cass City Public Schools | High | 51.7% | +4.0pp |
| 18 | Freeland Middle SchoolHigh School FREELAND · Freeland Community School District | High | 49.7% | +2.0pp |
| 19 | Ubly Community JrSr High School UBLY · Ubly Community Schools | High | 49.4% | +1.7pp |
| 20 | Pellston MiddleHigh School PELLSTON · Pellston Public Schools | High | 48.7% | +1.0pp |
| 21 | Canton Preparatory High School CANTON · Canton Preparatory High School | High | 47.3% | -0.4pp |
| 22 | Memphis JuniorSenior High School MEMPHIS · Memphis Community Schools | High | 46.9% | -0.8pp |
| 23 | Stockbridge JrSr High School STOCKBRIDGE · Stockbridge Community Schools | High | 43.3% | -4.4pp |
| 24 | James R Geisler Middle School COMMERCE TOWNSHIP · Walled Lake Consolidated Schools | High | 42.1% | -5.6pp |
| 25 | Oscoda Area High School OSCODA · Oscoda Area Schools | High | 41.1% | -6.6pp |
| 26 | Escanaba JuniorSenior High School ESCANABA · Escanaba Area Public Schools | High | 41.0% | -6.7pp |
| 27 | Montabella JuniorSenior High BLANCHARD · Montabella Community Schools | High | 40.9% | -6.8pp |
| 28 | Gobles High School GOBLES · Gobles Public School District | High | 40.0% | -7.7pp |
| 29 | Beaverton JuniorSenior High School BEAVERTON · Beaverton Schools | High | 37.4% | -10.3pp |
| 30 | StandishSterling Central JrSr High School STANDISH · Standish-Sterling Community Schools | High | 35.9% | -11.8pp |
| 31 | Manchester JuniorSenior High School MANCHESTER · Manchester Community Schools | High | 35.5% | -12.2pp |
| 32 | Saranac JrSr High School SARANAC · Saranac Community Schools | High | 34.2% | -13.5pp |
| 33 | Manistee Middle High School MANISTEE · Manistee Area Public Schools | High | 33.7% | -14.0pp |
| 34 | Perry Secondary Campus Home to Perry Middle Perry High Sc PERRY · Perry Public Schools | High | 31.7% | -16.0pp |
| 35 | Ithaca High School ITHACA · Ithaca Public Schools | High | 29.4% | -18.3pp |
| 36 | Houghton Lake JrSr High School HOUGHTON LAKE · Houghton Lake Community Schools | High | 28.1% | -19.6pp |
| 37 | Sandusky JuniorSenior High School SANDUSKY · Sandusky Community School District | High | 27.6% | -20.1pp |
| 38 | Manistique Middle and High School MANISTIQUE · Manistique Area Schools | High | 26.8% | -20.9pp |
| 39 | Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy GRAND RAPIDS · Grand Rapids Public Schools | High | 26.3% | -21.4pp |
| 40 | University Preparatory Art Design MiddleHigh DETROIT · University Preparatory Art & Design | High | 16.8% | -30.9pp |
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.