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Michigan schools ranked by test score

Latest M-STEP year (2024-25). 383 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 47.7%.
RankSchoolLevelEnglish Language Artsvs state
351Mason Middle School
WATERFORD · Waterford School District
Middle27.4%-20.3pp
352Napoleon Middle School
NAPOLEON · Napoleon Community Schools
Middle27.4%-20.3pp
353Handy Middle School
BAY CITY · Bay City School District
Middle27.3%-20.4pp
354Oakland International Academy 28
DETROIT · Oakland International Academy
Middle27.3%-20.4pp
355Armstrong Middle School
FLINT · Kearsley Community School District
Middle27.2%-20.5pp
356Tri County Middle School
HOWARD CITY · Tri County Area Schools
Middle27.2%-20.5pp
357Gladstone Area Middle School
GLADSTONE · Gladstone Area Schools
Middle27.1%-20.6pp
358Lincoln Park Middle School
LINCOLN PARK · Lincoln Park School District of the City of
Middle27.1%-20.6pp
359Clarenceville Middle School
LIVONIA · Clarenceville School District
Middle26.8%-20.9pp
360Middle School at Parkside
JACKSON · Jackson Public Schools
Middle26.8%-20.9pp
361Hillside Middle School
KALAMAZOO · Kalamazoo Public Schools
Middle26.7%-21.0pp
362Owen Intermediate School
BELLEVILLE · Van Buren Public Schools
Middle25.9%-21.8pp
363Sturgis Middle School
STURGIS · Sturgis Public Schools
Middle25.4%-22.3pp
364East Intermediate School
LANSING · Waverly Community Schools
Middle25.2%-22.5pp
365Clintondale Middle School
CLINTON TOWNSHIP · Clintondale Community Schools
Middle24.7%-23.0pp
366Monroe Middle School
MONROE · Monroe Public Schools
Middle24.6%-23.1pp
367Battle Creek STEM Innovation Center
BATTLE CREEK · Battle Creek Public Schools
Middle24.2%-23.5pp
368Brandywine Middle School
NILES · Brandywine Community Schools
Middle24.2%-23.5pp
369Farwell Middle School
FARWELL · Farwell Area Schools
Middle24.1%-23.6pp
370Adlai Stevenson Middle School
WESTLAND · Wayne-Westland Community School District
Middle24.0%-23.7pp
371Caro Middle School
CARO · Caro Community Schools
Middle24.0%-23.7pp
372Coloma Junior High School
COLOMA · Coloma Community Schools
Middle23.8%-23.9pp
373Pennfield Middle School
BATTLE CREEK · Pennfield Schools
Middle23.1%-24.6pp
374John D Pierce Middle School
REDFORD · South Redford School District
Middle22.6%-25.1pp
375Cesar Chavez Academy Middle School
DETROIT · Cesar Chavez Academy
Middle22.5%-25.2pp
376Kent City Middle School
KENT CITY · Kent City Community Schools
Middle22.4%-25.3pp
377Adams Middle School
WESTLAND · Wayne-Westland Community School District
Middle22.2%-25.5pp
378Kosciuszko School
HAMTRAMCK · Hamtramck School District of the City of
Middle19.1%-28.6pp
379LakeVille Middle School
OTISVILLE · LakeVille Community School District
Middle18.3%-29.4pp
380Wolfe Middle School
CENTER LINE · Center Line Public Schools
Middle17.6%-30.1pp
381Durand Middle School
DURAND · Durand Area Schools
Middle17.3%-30.4pp
382White Cloud Junior High School
WHITE CLOUD · White Cloud Public Schools
Middle17.3%-30.4pp
383Cassopolis Middle School
CASSOPOLIS · Cassopolis Public Schools
Middle17.2%-30.5pp
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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.