Michigan schools ranked by test score
Latest M-STEP year (2024-25). 374 schools with reported Social Studies scores. State average: 47.7%.
| Rank | School | Level | Social Studies | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avondale Gifted and Talented Education ROCHESTER HLS · Avondale School District | Middle | 90.4% | +42.7pp |
| 2 | Byron Center West Middle School BYRON CENTER · Byron Center Public Schools | Middle | 90.1% | +42.4pp |
| 3 | New Buffalo Middle School NEW BUFFALO · New Buffalo Area Schools | Middle | 89.6% | +41.9pp |
| 4 | East Grand Rapids Middle School GRAND RAPIDS · East Grand Rapids Public Schools | Middle | 84.6% | +36.9pp |
| 5 | Derby Middle School BIRMINGHAM · Birmingham Public Schools | Middle | 82.5% | +34.8pp |
| 6 | Central Middle School ADA · Forest Hills Public Schools | Middle | 82.4% | +34.7pp |
| 7 | Saugatuck Middle School SAUGATUCK · Saugatuck Public Schools | Middle | 80.7% | +33.0pp |
| 8 | North Rockford Middle School ROCKFORD · Rockford Public Schools | Middle | 80.1% | +32.4pp |
| 9 | Duncan Lake Middle School CALEDONIA · Caledonia Community Schools | Middle | 79.1% | +31.4pp |
| 10 | East Rockford Middle School ROCKFORD · Rockford Public Schools | Middle | 78.7% | +31.0pp |
| 11 | East Middle School PLYMOUTH · Plymouth-Canton Community Schools | Middle | 78.0% | +30.3pp |
| 12 | Beach Middle School CHELSEA · Chelsea School District | Middle | 77.8% | +30.1pp |
| 13 | South Hills Middle School BLOOMFIELD HILLS · Bloomfield Hills Schools | Middle | 77.6% | +29.9pp |
| 14 | Saline Middle School SALINE · Saline Area Schools | Middle | 77.5% | +29.8pp |
| 15 | Chippewa Middle School OKEMOS · Okemos Public Schools | Middle | 77.4% | +29.7pp |
| 16 | Slauson Middle School ANN ARBOR · Ann Arbor Public Schools | Middle | 77.3% | +29.6pp |
| 17 | Marcellus Middle School MARCELLUS · Marcellus Community Schools | Middle | 77.0% | +29.3pp |
| 18 | Novi Middle School NOVI · Novi Community School District | Middle | 76.0% | +28.3pp |
| 19 | Oak Valley Middle School COMMERCE TOWNSHIP · Huron Valley Schools | Middle | 75.8% | +28.1pp |
| 20 | Williamston Middle School WILLIAMSTON · Williamston Community Schools | Middle | 75.8% | +28.1pp |
| 21 | Meads Mill Middle School NORTHVILLE · Northville Public Schools | Middle | 75.6% | +27.9pp |
| 22 | Clague Middle School ANN ARBOR · Ann Arbor Public Schools | Middle | 75.4% | +27.7pp |
| 23 | Mill Creek Middle School DEXTER · Dexter Community School District | Middle | 75.3% | +27.6pp |
| 24 | Northern Hills Middle School GRAND RAPIDS · Forest Hills Public Schools | Middle | 74.5% | +26.8pp |
| 25 | Lakeshore Middle School GRAND HAVEN · Grand Haven Area Public Schools | Middle | 74.4% | +26.7pp |
| 26 | West Middle School PLYMOUTH · Plymouth-Canton Community Schools | Middle | 74.3% | +26.6pp |
| 27 | Waldon Middle School LAKE ORION · Lake Orion Community Schools | Middle | 74.2% | +26.5pp |
| 28 | Clifford H Smart Middle School COMMERCE TOWNSHIP · Walled Lake Consolidated Schools | Middle | 74.0% | +26.3pp |
| 29 | Cherryland Middle School ELK RAPIDS · Elk Rapids Schools | Middle | 73.8% | +26.1pp |
| 30 | Baldwin Street Middle School HUDSONVILLE · Hudsonville Public School District | Middle | 73.4% | +25.7pp |
| 31 | Clinton Middle School CLINTON · Clinton Community Schools | Middle | 73.2% | +25.5pp |
| 32 | Millennium Middle School SOUTH LYON · South Lyon Community Schools | Middle | 73.0% | +25.3pp |
| 33 | Grand Blanc Middle School East GRAND BLANC · Grand Blanc Community Schools | Middle | 72.7% | +25.0pp |
| 34 | Birmingham Covington School BLOOMFIELD HILLS · Birmingham Public Schools | Middle | 72.3% | +24.6pp |
| 35 | Edwardsburg Middle School EDWARDSBURG · Edwardsburg Public Schools | Middle | 72.3% | +24.6pp |
| 36 | North Hills Middle School Bloomfield Hills · Bloomfield Hills Schools | Middle | 72.3% | +24.6pp |
| 37 | Boulan Park Middle School TROY · Troy School District | Middle | 72.2% | +24.5pp |
| 38 | Sarah G Banks Middle School WIXOM · Walled Lake Consolidated Schools | Middle | 72.2% | +24.5pp |
| 39 | Petoskey Middle School PETOSKEY · Public Schools of Petoskey | Middle | 72.0% | +24.3pp |
| 40 | Liberty Middle School CANTON · Plymouth-Canton Community Schools | Middle | 71.8% | +24.1pp |
| 41 | Spring Lake Middle School SPRING LAKE · Spring Lake Public Schools | Middle | 71.7% | +24.0pp |
| 42 | Kenneth T Beagle Middle School GRAND LEDGE · Grand Ledge Public Schools | Middle | 71.3% | +23.6pp |
| 43 | DeWitt Middle School DEWITT · DeWitt Public Schools | Middle | 71.2% | +23.5pp |
| 44 | Pioneer Middle School PLYMOUTH · Plymouth-Canton Community Schools | Middle | 71.1% | +23.4pp |
| 45 | Anchor Bay Middle School North NEW BALTIMORE · Anchor Bay School District | Middle | 70.9% | +23.2pp |
| 46 | Larson Middle School TROY · Troy School District | Middle | 70.6% | +22.9pp |
| 47 | Pierce Middle School GROSSE POINTE PARK · Grosse Pointe Public Schools | Middle | 70.6% | +22.9pp |
| 48 | Bullock Creek Middle School MIDLAND · Bullock Creek School District | Middle | 70.2% | +22.5pp |
| 49 | Holmes Middle School LIVONIA · Livonia Public Schools School District | Middle | 70.2% | +22.5pp |
| 50 | Haslett Middle School HASLETT · Haslett Public Schools | Middle | 69.9% | +22.2pp |
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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 Social Studies 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.