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Best Public Schools in Barry County, MI

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Schools

7,846

Students

Districts

Top rankedNortheastern Elementary School230^th of 1,492 Michigan elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Southeastern Elementary School up 242 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Kellogg Elementary School 10.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT English Language Arts (2026)			PSAT Mathematics (2026)			SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	M-Step English Language Arts (2026)					M-Step Math (2026)					M-Step Science (2026)			M-Step Social Studies (2026)			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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT English Language Arts 9th Grade	PSAT English Language Arts 10th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 9th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 10th 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%)								(n/a)							390.0	378.5													2078.8			23.1	$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%)	49	378^th of 800 public high schools	52.8%		54.5	329^th of 739 public high schools	55.5%	49		55.1	60.0		29.0	30.0	47.4	13.2													38.2			42.1	$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%)	16.9	1241^st of 1492 public elementary schools	16.8%		37	909^th of 1488 public elementary schools	38.9%	332									15.9	28.6				15.9	21.7										$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%)	53.4	376^th of 896 public middle schools	58.0%		45.1	473^rd of 890 public middle schools	46.9%	97	75.4			32.8							47.5	34.8	34.3			21.3	31.9	25.4	41.0	39.3		19.7	45.9		$15,492	$767	$14,725
Kellogg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	9594 N 40th St	Hickory Corners	49060	Barry County	Gull Lake Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(269) 548-3805	278	26	10.8	32.7%	239 (86.0%)	2 (0.7%)	20 (7.2%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.0%)								(n/a)																									$16,100	$493	$15,607
Star Elementary School	Public	K-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%)	69.1	421^st of 1492 public elementary schools	71.8%		60.6	556^th of 1488 public elementary schools	62.6%	135									55.1	46.7	51.0			63.3	54.5	31.4			49.0			33.3			$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%)	83	230^th of 1492 public elementary schools	84.6%		77.2	304^th of 1488 public elementary schools	79.6%	74									45.8	44.4	78.8			64.6	53.3	69.2			69.2			44.2			$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%)	41.9	827^th of 1492 public elementary schools	44.6%		55.1	646^th of 1488 public elementary schools	56.6%	181									33.3	25.7	42.3			30.6	25.7	46.2			38.5			34.6			$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%)	68.1	227^th of 896 public middle schools	74.7%		60	302^nd of 890 public middle schools	66.1%	75	75.5			42.8								36.3	41.8				26.6	33.2		58.3			60.9		$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%)	50.5	689^th of 1492 public elementary schools	53.8%		35.2	931^st of 1488 public elementary schools	37.4%	242									45.7	43.2	50.0			42.9	37.8	19.1			44.7			23.4			$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%)	57.5	288^th of 800 public high schools	64.0%		61.9	258^th of 739 public high schools	65.1%	30		58.2	63.0		30.5	39.1	51.7	21.8													39.6			41.0	$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%)	40.5	511^th of 896 public middle schools	43.0%		44.2	487^th of 890 public middle schools	45.3%	24	65.1			27.9							53.8	29.4	26.7			33.3	16.7	13.3	58.1	37.8		36.8	48.8		$12,307	$532	$11,775
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%)	71.7	173^rd of 800 public high schools	78.4%		56.3	311^th of 739 public high schools	57.9%	138		72.6	64.0		41.1	38.4	62.6	31.7													42.8			49.0	$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)									60.9					54.0											$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%)	58.4	315^th of 896 public middle schools	64.8%		67.1	238^th of 890 public middle schools	73.3%	77	80.1			34.6								36.9	40.4				30.0	31.6		39.6			46.9		$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%)	49.6	701^st of 1492 public elementary schools	53.0%		59.2	574^th of 1488 public elementary schools	61.4%	127										48.0	45.7				47.5	26.9			31.6			25.2			$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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