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Best Public Schools in Barry County, MI

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Schools

8,041

Students

Districts

Top rankedNortheastern Elementary School304^th of 1,488 Michigan elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Northeastern Elementary School up 228 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Central Elementary School 12.4 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

DK Academy

SchoolDigger ratings

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6 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSAT English Language Arts (2025)	PSAT Mathematics (2025)	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	M-Step English Language Arts (2025)					M-Step Math (2025)					M-Step Science (2025)			M-Step Social Studies (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Science 11th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lighthouse AcademyBarry County Community Building	Public, Charter	6-12	2950 W M 179 Hwy	Hastings	49058	Barry County	Lighthouse Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(616) 600-6501	15	1	19.2	80.0%	15 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$16,794	$00	$16,794
DK Academy	Public	9-12	327 N Grove St	Delton	49046	Barry County	Delton Kellogg Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 623-1525	71	4	18.7	70.4%	63 (88.7%)	2 (2.8%)	2 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.6%)	25.6	536^th of 739 public high schools	27.5%					(n/a)																	21.4			28.6	$6,363	$1,280	$5,083
DeltonKellogg High School	Public	9-12	10425 Panther Pride	Delton	49046	Barry County	Delton Kellogg Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 623-1525	332	18	18.8	46.4%	308 (92.8%)	4 (1.2%)	10 (3.0%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	54.5	329^th of 739 public high schools	55.5%		44.3	388^th of 743 public high schools	47.8%	59			54.9	12.7													41.2			50.0	$13,842	$748	$13,094
Delton Kellogg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	327 N Grove St	Delton	49046	Barry County	Delton Kellogg Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 623-1535	405	25	15.9	55.6%	387 (95.6%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.7%)	37	909^th of 1488 public elementary schools	38.9%		43.4	795^th of 1486 public elementary schools	46.5%	114					28.0	43.4				36.0	27.6										$13,383	$1,289	$12,094
DeltonKellogg Middle School	Public	5-8	6325 Delton Rd	Delton	49046	Barry County	Delton Kellogg Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 623-1545	293	19	15.1	57.7%	276 (94.2%)	3 (1.0%)	10 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	45.1	473^rd of 890 public middle schools	46.9%		51.4	383^rd of 897 public middle schools	57.3%	90	69.0	21.1					33.8	37.1	39.4			28.2	27.1	25.4	29.6	32.9		19.7	32.9		$15,492	$767	$14,725
Star Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 Star School Rd	Hastings	49058	Barry County	Hastings Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 948-4442	287	17	16.6	48.8%	262 (91.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)	60.6	556^th of 1488 public elementary schools	62.6%		59.3	564^th of 1486 public elementary schools	62.0%	8					41.3	63.0	46.8			39.1	60.9	21.3			51.1			34.0			$14,971	$921	$14,049
Northeastern Elementary School	Public	K-5	519 E Grant St	Hastings	49058	Barry County	Hastings Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 948-4421	306	19	15.9	43.5%	288 (94.1%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.2%)	77.2	304^th of 1488 public elementary schools	79.6%		61.3	532^nd of 1486 public elementary schools	64.2%	228					44.2	47.2	70.8			65.1	43.4	64.6			58.3			45.8			$12,603	$1,072	$11,532
Central Elementary School	Public	K-5	509 S Broadway St	Hastings	49058	Barry County	Hastings Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 948-4423	239	19	12.4	66.5%	210 (87.9%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.3%)	55.1	646^th of 1488 public elementary schools	56.6%		61	536^th of 1486 public elementary schools	63.9%	110					34.2	42.9	46.3			23.7	28.6	61.0			43.9			43.9			$16,618	$1,198	$15,420
Hastings Middle School	Public	6-8	232 W Grand St	Hastings	49058	Barry County	Hastings Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 948-4404	584	32	18.0	48.1%	515 (88.2%)	4 (0.7%)	31 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.3%)	60	302^nd of 890 public middle schools	66.1%		67.5	225^th of 897 public middle schools	74.9%	77	70.2	24.3						32.3	45.1				20.9	41.1		57.4			53.3		$14,265	$799	$13,466
Southeastern Elementary School	Public	K-5	1300 S East St	Hastings	49058	Barry County	Hastings Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 948-4419	261	19	13.5	64.8%	228 (87.4%)	2 (0.8%)	13 (5.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.1%)	35.2	931^st of 1488 public elementary schools	37.4%		33.3	964^th of 1486 public elementary schools	35.1%	33					42.9	43.5	17.8			48.6	30.4	13.3			28.3			23.9			$15,453	$1,154	$14,299
Hastings High School	Public	9-12	520 W South St	Hastings	49058	Barry County	Hastings Area School District	No	No	No	No	(269) 948-4409	804	44	18.4	42.5%	716 (89.1%)	6 (0.7%)	50 (6.2%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	25 (3.1%)	61.9	258^th of 739 public high schools	65.1%		51.9	330^th of 743 public high schools	55.6%	72			57.8	27.1													42.2			44.7	$14,353	$806	$13,547
Lakewood Middle School	Public	5-8	8669 Brown Rd	Woodland	48897	Barry County	Lakewood Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(616) 374-2400	514	24	21.3	30.7%	455 (88.5%)	2 (0.4%)	34 (6.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.9%)	44.2	487^th of 890 public middle schools	45.3%		54.3	347^th of 897 public middle schools	61.3%	140	66.7	22.5					37.7	37.7	26.9			19.8	14.0	26.2	31.1	40.8		37.7	45.4		$12,307	$532	$11,775
Lakewood High School	Public	8-12	7223 Velte Rd	Lake Odessa	48849	Barry County	Lakewood Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(616) 374-8868	473	21	22.0	22.4%	423 (89.4%)	7 (1.5%)	28 (5.9%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	58.1	293^rd of 739 public high schools	60.4%		57.3	287^th of 743 public high schools	61.4%	6			61.1	22.1													40.5			42.3	$13,163	$574	$12,589
Lakewood Early Childhood Center	Public	PK-K	223 W Broadway St	Woodland	48897	Barry County	Lakewood Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 367-4935	134	10	14.1	30.6%	110 (82.1%)	1 (0.7%)	15 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.0%)								(n/a)																					$15,778	$938	$14,840
Fuller Street Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-2	251 Fuller St	Nashville	49073	Barry County	Maple Valley Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(517) 852-9468	204	15	13.3	56.9%	186 (91.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.4%)								(n/a)																					$16,681	$1,781	$14,900
McFall Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-1	509 W Main St	Middleville	49333	Barry County	Thornapple Kellogg School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(269) 795-3637	506	31	16.2	37.9%	446 (88.1%)	8 (1.6%)	29 (5.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.0%)								(n/a)																					$16,436	$982	$15,454
Thornapple Kellogg High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	3885 Bender Rd	Middleville	49333	Barry County	Thornapple Kellogg School District	No	Yes	No	No	(269) 795-3394	982	52	19.0	36.3%	884 (90.0%)	11 (1.1%)	54 (5.5%)	9 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	22 (2.2%)	56.3	311^th of 739 public high schools	57.9%		70.2	172^nd of 743 public high schools	76.9%	139			59.2	31.7													36.4			34.1	$14,383	$835	$13,548
Lee Elementary School	Public, Magnet	2-3	840 W Main St	Middleville	49333	Barry County	Thornapple Kellogg School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(269) 795-9747	398	26	15.5	34.7%	357 (89.7%)	3 (0.8%)	14 (3.5%)	5 (1.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.0%)								(n/a)					57.1					55.4											$17,408	$1,515	$15,893
Thornapple Kellogg Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	10375 Green Lake Rd	Middleville	49333	Barry County	Thornapple Kellogg School District	No	Yes	No	No	(269) 795-3349	693	39	17.6	39.1%	604 (87.2%)	7 (1.0%)	47 (6.8%)	8 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.8%)	67.1	238^th of 890 public middle schools	73.3%		65	246^th of 897 public middle schools	72.6%	8	78.0	35.9						48.8	44.5				35.7	30.8		44.5			51.9		$14,519	$929	$13,591
Page Elementary School	Public, Magnet	4-5	3675 Bender Rd	Middleville	49333	Barry County	Thornapple Kellogg School District	No	Yes	No	No	(269) 795-7944	484	28	17.3	44.0%	424 (87.6%)	8 (1.7%)	23 (4.8%)	5 (1.0%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.9%)	59.2	574^th of 1488 public elementary schools	61.4%		54.5	642^nd of 1486 public elementary schools	56.8%	68						47.1	56.4				45.0	35.0			42.7			30.3			$13,917	$1,156	$12,761
Barry Independent School District (Isd) Special Education	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	555 W Woodlawn Ave	Hastings	49058	Barry County	Barry Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(269) 945-9545	56	12	4.5	100.0%	51 (91.1%)	1 (1.8%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.6%)								(n/a)

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