Michigan schools ranked by test score
Latest M-STEP year (2024-25). 383 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 47.7%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodwillie Environmental School ADA · Forest Hills Public Schools | Middle | 81.6% | +33.9pp |
| 2 | Middle School Mathematics Science Technology Center WARREN · Warren Consolidated Schools | Middle | 81.3% | +33.6pp |
| 3 | John Ball Park Zoo School GRAND RAPIDS · Grand Rapids Public Schools | Middle | 78.1% | +30.4pp |
| 4 | Birmingham Covington School BLOOMFIELD HILLS · Birmingham Public Schools | Middle | 76.5% | +28.8pp |
| 5 | Spring Lake Intermediate School SPRING LAKE · Spring Lake Public Schools | Middle | 75.2% | +27.5pp |
| 6 | Central Middle School ADA · Forest Hills Public Schools | Middle | 74.4% | +26.7pp |
| 7 | Blandford School GRAND RAPIDS · Grand Rapids Public Schools | Middle | 74.1% | +26.4pp |
| 8 | East Middle School PLYMOUTH · Plymouth-Canton Community Schools | Middle | 73.6% | +25.9pp |
| 9 | Robert L Nickels Intermediate School BYRON CENTER · Byron Center Public Schools | Middle | 73.5% | +25.8pp |
| 10 | Hillside Middle School NORTHVILLE · Northville Public Schools | Middle | 72.3% | +24.6pp |
| 11 | Central Woodlands 56 School ADA · Forest Hills Public Schools | Middle | 71.6% | +23.9pp |
| 12 | South Hills Middle School BLOOMFIELD HILLS · Bloomfield Hills Schools | Middle | 71.2% | +23.5pp |
| 13 | Northern Trails 56 School GRAND RAPIDS · Forest Hills Public Schools | Middle | 71.1% | +23.4pp |
| 14 | Pierce Middle School GROSSE POINTE PARK · Grosse Pointe Public Schools | Middle | 70.9% | +23.2pp |
| 15 | Derby Middle School BIRMINGHAM · Birmingham Public Schools | Middle | 69.9% | +22.2pp |
| 16 | North Hills Middle School Bloomfield Hills · Bloomfield Hills Schools | Middle | 69.6% | +21.9pp |
| 17 | Scranton Middle School BRIGHTON · Brighton Area Schools | Middle | 69.6% | +21.9pp |
| 18 | Meads Mill Middle School NORTHVILLE · Northville Public Schools | Middle | 69.5% | +21.8pp |
| 19 | Novi Middle School NOVI · Novi Community School District | Middle | 69.5% | +21.8pp |
| 20 | Kraft Meadows Intermediate School CALEDONIA · Caledonia Community Schools | Middle | 69.4% | +21.7pp |
| 21 | Maltby Intermediate School BRIGHTON · Brighton Area Schools | Middle | 69.4% | +21.7pp |
| 22 | Larson Middle School TROY · Troy School District | Middle | 69.0% | +21.3pp |
| 23 | Clague Middle School ANN ARBOR · Ann Arbor Public Schools | Middle | 68.9% | +21.2pp |
| 24 | Slauson Middle School ANN ARBOR · Ann Arbor Public Schools | Middle | 68.8% | +21.1pp |
| 25 | Hartland Farms Intermediate School BRIGHTON · Hartland Consolidated Schools | Middle | 68.4% | +20.7pp |
| 26 | Boulan Park Middle School TROY · Troy School District | Middle | 68.3% | +20.6pp |
| 27 | Byron Center West Middle School BYRON CENTER · Byron Center Public Schools | Middle | 68.1% | +20.4pp |
| 28 | Center for Economicology GRAND RAPIDS · Grand Rapids Public Schools | Middle | 67.8% | +20.1pp |
| 29 | Eastern Middle School ADA · Forest Hills Public Schools | Middle | 67.2% | +19.5pp |
| 30 | Jefferson Middle School MIDLAND · Midland Public Schools | Middle | 67.1% | +19.4pp |
| 31 | Beach Middle School CHELSEA · Chelsea School District | Middle | 67.0% | +19.3pp |
| 32 | Novi Meadows School NOVI · Novi Community School District | Middle | 67.0% | +19.3pp |
| 33 | Chippewa Middle School OKEMOS · Okemos Public Schools | Middle | 66.9% | +19.2pp |
| 34 | Northern Hills Middle School GRAND RAPIDS · Forest Hills Public Schools | Middle | 66.9% | +19.2pp |
| 35 | East Rockford Middle School ROCKFORD · Rockford Public Schools | Middle | 66.2% | +18.5pp |
| 36 | 56 Building at Georgetown HUDSONVILLE · Hudsonville Public School District | Middle | 65.6% | +17.9pp |
| 37 | North Rockford Middle School ROCKFORD · Rockford Public Schools | Middle | 65.6% | +17.9pp |
| 38 | New Buffalo Middle School NEW BUFFALO · New Buffalo Area Schools | Middle | 65.5% | +17.8pp |
| 39 | East Elementary School IRON MOUNTAIN · Iron Mountain Public Schools | Middle | 65.2% | +17.5pp |
| 40 | Frost Middle School LIVONIA · Livonia Public Schools School District | Middle | 64.8% | +17.1pp |
| 41 | Berkshire Middle School BEVERLY HILLS · Birmingham Public Schools | Middle | 64.4% | +16.7pp |
| 42 | Pioneer Middle School PLYMOUTH · Plymouth-Canton Community Schools | Middle | 64.3% | +16.6pp |
| 43 | University Middle School Academy LATHRUP VILLAGE · Southfield Public School District | Middle | 64.3% | +16.6pp |
| 44 | Kinawa School OKEMOS · Okemos Public Schools | Middle | 64.2% | +16.5pp |
| 45 | Saline Middle School SALINE · Saline Area Schools | Middle | 63.8% | +16.1pp |
| 46 | Spring Lake Middle School SPRING LAKE · Spring Lake Public Schools | Middle | 63.8% | +16.1pp |
| 47 | East Grand Rapids Middle School GRAND RAPIDS · East Grand Rapids Public Schools | Middle | 63.4% | +15.7pp |
| 48 | EF Rittmueller Middle School FRANKENMUTH · Frankenmuth School District | Middle | 63.2% | +15.5pp |
| 49 | Mill Creek Middle School DEXTER · Dexter Community School District | Middle | 63.0% | +15.3pp |
| 50 | Charyl Stockwell Academy Middle School BRIGHTON · Charyl Stockwell Academy | Middle | 62.8% | +15.1pp |
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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.