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Best Public Schools in Benzie County, MI

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At a glance

Schools

1,444

Students

Districts

Top rankedFrankfort High School132^nd of 800 Michigan high schools

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Biggest riser

Betsie Valley School up 64 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Frankfort High School 12.5 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Benzie Academy

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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
Benzie Central Middle School	Public	6-8	9300 Homestead Rd	Benzonia	49616	Benzie County	Benzie County Central Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 882-4497	239	14	17.5	56.1%	222 (92.9%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.1%)	27.7	632^nd of 896 public middle schools	29.5%		34.4	566^th of 890 public middle schools	36.4%	66	56.1			22.7								20.0	20.0				12.0	17.5		33.3			36.2		$14,746	$1,599	$13,147
Benzie Central Senior High School	Public	9-12	9300 Homestead Rd	Benzonia	49616	Benzie County	Benzie County Central Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 882-4497	292	18	16.2	49.7%	256 (87.7%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (5.5%)	5 (1.7%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.8%)	44.2	422^nd of 800 public high schools	47.3%		65.8	220^th of 739 public high schools	70.2%	202		53.0	52.2		38.6	21.7	53.1	18.4													32.7			17.0	$18,695	$1,304	$17,391
Homestead Hills Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	7048 Severance St	Benzonia	49616	Benzie County	Benzie County Central Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(231) 882-4641	209	14	14.8	63.2%	182 (87.1%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.7%)	24.7	1087^th of 1492 public elementary schools	27.1%		22.6	1118^th of 1488 public elementary schools	24.9%	31									35.9	23.1	21.9			41.0	17.9	9.4			28.1			12.5			$17,529	$1,833	$15,696
Betsie Valley School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	17936 Cadillac Hwy	Thompsonville	49683	Benzie County	Benzie County Central Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(231) 378-4164	131	10	13.3	71.0%	119 (90.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.9%)	22.9	1122^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	24.8%		18.7	1186^th of 1488 public elementary schools	20.3%	64									27.8	27.3	19.1			27.8	1377.1	19.1			28.6			1474.9			$18,578	$2,902	$15,677
Benzie Academy	Public	6-12	9222 Homestead Rd	Benzonia	49616	Benzie County	Benzie County Central Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 882-4497	85	1	80.9	68.2%	76 (89.4%)	1 (1.2%)	3 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.5%)	17.1	631^st of 800 public high schools	21.1%					(n/a)		30.0	26.3		341.0	15.8	40.9	385.5													13.6			18.2	$5,299	$1,108	$4,191
Frankfort Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	613 Leelanau Ave	Frankfort	49635	Benzie County	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 352-4641	240	17	13.8	56.7%	217 (90.4%)	5 (2.1%)	12 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	67.5	442^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	70.4%		73.3	362^nd of 1488 public elementary schools	75.7%	80									31.8	62.9	63.4			38.6	45.7	51.2			56.1			34.1			$20,207	$1,614	$18,593
Frankfort High School	Public	6-12	534 11th St	Frankfort	49635	Benzie County	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 352-4781	248	20	12.5	50.0%	222 (89.5%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (5.6%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	77.5	132^nd of 800 public high schools	83.5%		76.9	138^th of 739 public high schools	81.3%	6	72.7	74.1	56.0	40.9	37.0	32.0	71.0	38.7				50.0	31.0				42.9	21.4		52.3	69.0		56.8	62.1	$23,209	$1,060	$22,149

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

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