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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Duncan Lake Middle School CALEDONIA · Caledonia Community Schools | Middle | 62.5% | +14.8pp |
| 52 | Houghton Middle School HOUGHTON · Houghton-Portage Township School District | Middle | 62.4% | +14.7pp |
| 53 | White Pines Intermediate School GRAND HAVEN · Grand Haven Area Public Schools | Middle | 62.3% | +14.6pp |
| 54 | Williamston Middle School WILLIAMSTON · Williamston Community Schools | Middle | 62.1% | +14.4pp |
| 55 | Scripps Middle School LAKE ORION · Lake Orion Community Schools | Middle | 61.9% | +14.2pp |
| 56 | Lakeshore Middle School GRAND HAVEN · Grand Haven Area Public Schools | Middle | 61.6% | +13.9pp |
| 57 | Smith Middle School TROY · Troy School District | Middle | 61.3% | +13.6pp |
| 58 | Upton Middle School SAINT JOSEPH · St. Joseph Public Schools | Middle | 61.2% | +13.5pp |
| 59 | DeWitt Middle School DEWITT · DeWitt Public Schools | Middle | 61.1% | +13.4pp |
| 60 | Jenison Junior High School JENISON · Jenison Public Schools | Middle | 61.0% | +13.3pp |
| 61 | Sashabaw Middle School CLARKSTON · Clarkston Community School District | Middle | 60.7% | +13.0pp |
| 62 | Brownell Middle School GROSSE POINTE FARMS · Grosse Pointe Public Schools | Middle | 60.3% | +12.6pp |
| 63 | Forsythe Middle School ANN ARBOR · Ann Arbor Public Schools | Middle | 60.3% | +12.6pp |
| 64 | Ida Middle School IDA · Ida Public School District | Middle | 60.1% | +12.4pp |
| 65 | Baker Middle School TROY · Troy School District | Middle | 60.0% | +12.3pp |
| 66 | Baldwin Street Middle School HUDSONVILLE · Hudsonville Public School District | Middle | 59.6% | +11.9pp |
| 67 | Negaunee Middle School NEGAUNEE · Negaunee Public Schools | Middle | 59.6% | +11.9pp |
| 68 | Petoskey Middle School PETOSKEY · Public Schools of Petoskey | Middle | 59.3% | +11.6pp |
| 69 | Swan Valley Middle School SAGINAW · Swan Valley School District | Middle | 59.1% | +11.4pp |
| 70 | Holmes Middle School LIVONIA · Livonia Public Schools School District | Middle | 59.0% | +11.3pp |
| 71 | Northeast Middle School MIDLAND · Midland Public Schools | Middle | 59.0% | +11.3pp |
| 72 | Oakview Middle School OAKLAND · Lake Orion Community Schools | Middle | 58.6% | +10.9pp |
| 73 | FC Reed Middle School BRIDGMAN · Bridgman Public Schools | Middle | 58.3% | +10.6pp |
| 74 | Creekside Intermediate School DEXTER · Dexter Community School District | Middle | 58.1% | +10.4pp |
| 75 | Edwardsburg Middle School EDWARDSBURG · Edwardsburg Public Schools | Middle | 57.9% | +10.2pp |
| 76 | Davison Middle School DAVISON · Davison Community Schools | Middle | 57.6% | +9.9pp |
| 77 | Portage West Middle School PORTAGE · Portage Public Schools | Middle | 57.5% | +9.8pp |
| 78 | Waldon Middle School LAKE ORION · Lake Orion Community Schools | Middle | 57.5% | +9.8pp |
| 79 | Laingsburg Middle School LAINGSBURG · Laingsburg Community Schools | Middle | 57.3% | +9.6pp |
| 80 | Yale Junior High School YALE · Yale Public Schools | Middle | 57.3% | +9.6pp |
| 81 | Tappan Middle School ANN ARBOR · Ann Arbor Public Schools | Middle | 57.1% | +9.4pp |
| 82 | Clifford H Smart Middle School COMMERCE TOWNSHIP · Walled Lake Consolidated Schools | Middle | 57.0% | +9.3pp |
| 83 | Lowell Middle School LOWELL · Lowell Area Schools | Middle | 56.9% | +9.2pp |
| 84 | Whiteford Middle School OTTAWA LAKE · Whiteford Agricultural School District of the Counties of Le | Middle | 56.8% | +9.1pp |
| 85 | Anderson Middle School BERKLEY · Berkley School District | Middle | 56.7% | +9.0pp |
| 86 | Washtenaw International Middle Academy YPSILANTI · Ypsilanti Community Schools | Middle | 56.7% | +9.0pp |
| 87 | Almont Middle School ALMONT · Almont Community Schools | Middle | 56.6% | +8.9pp |
| 88 | Anchor Bay Middle School North NEW BALTIMORE · Anchor Bay School District | Middle | 56.5% | +8.8pp |
| 89 | Malow Junior High School SHELBY TOWNSHIP · Utica Community Schools | Middle | 56.4% | +8.7pp |
| 90 | West Middle School PLYMOUTH · Plymouth-Canton Community Schools | Middle | 56.4% | +8.7pp |
| 91 | Grandville Middle School GRANDVILLE · Grandville Public Schools | Middle | 56.1% | +8.4pp |
| 92 | Gaylord Middle School GAYLORD · Gaylord Community Schools | Middle | 55.5% | +7.8pp |
| 93 | Grand Blanc Middle School East GRAND BLANC · Grand Blanc Community Schools | Middle | 55.4% | +7.7pp |
| 94 | Cooper Upper Elementary School WESTLAND · Livonia Public Schools School District | Middle | 55.3% | +7.6pp |
| 95 | Harbor Springs Middle School HARBOR SPRINGS · Harbor Springs School District | Middle | 55.3% | +7.6pp |
| 96 | Royal Oak Middle School ROYAL OAK · Royal Oak Schools | Middle | 55.2% | +7.5pp |
| 97 | Riley Street Middle School HUDSONVILLE · Hudsonville Public School District | Middle | 55.0% | +7.3pp |
| 98 | Millennium Middle School SOUTH LYON · South Lyon Community Schools | Middle | 54.3% | +6.6pp |
| 99 | Riley Upper Elementary School LIVONIA · Livonia Public Schools School District | Middle | 54.1% | +6.4pp |
| 100 | Kenneth T Beagle Middle School GRAND LEDGE · Grand Ledge Public Schools | Middle | 53.4% | +5.7pp |
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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.