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Best Public Schools in Kalkaska County, MI

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Schools

1,872

Students

Districts

Top rankedKalkaska High School361^st of 800 Michigan high schools

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Biggest riser

Kalkaska Elementary School up 245 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Fife Lake Elementary School 12.3 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Rapid City Elementary School

SchoolDigger ratings

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2 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
Crawford School	Public	K-8	5521 M 72 E	Kalkaska	49646	Kalkaska County	Excelsior Township S/D #1	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 258-2934	46	3	15.3	54.3%	46 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)													30.0					40.0							$14,127	$416	$13,712
Forest Area Middle School	Public	4-8	7661 Shippy Rd SW	Fife Lake	49633	Kalkaska County	Forest Area Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 369-2884	193	13	14.3	56.5%	172 (89.1%)	3 (1.6%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.2%)	13.5	779^th of 896 public middle schools	13.1%		14.3	762^nd of 890 public middle schools	14.4%	17	30.8			15.4						29.0	33.3	15.8	15.8		32.3	23.1	12.8	15.8	33.3	15.4		17.9	17.9		$14,364	$1,458	$12,906
Fife Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	108 Pierce St	Fife Lake	49633	Kalkaska County	Forest Area Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 879-3362	144	12	12.3	61.1%	103 (71.5%)	6 (4.2%)	4 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.5%)								(n/a)									22.0					31.7											$17,168	$2,119	$15,049
Forest Area High School	Public	9-12	7661 Shippy Rd SW	Fife Lake	49633	Kalkaska County	Forest Area Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 369-2884	156	10	15.1	44.9%	150 (96.2%)	3 (1.9%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	34.9	498^th of 800 public high schools	37.8%		24.6	544^th of 739 public high schools	26.4%	46		32.4	44.1		18.9	14.7	40.5	21.6													35.9			44.7	$15,266	$979	$14,287
Kalkaska High School	Public	9-12	109 N Birch St	Kalkaska	49646	Kalkaska County	Kalkaska Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 258-9167	439	23	18.9	47.4%	399 (90.9%)	8 (1.8%)	19 (4.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)	50.5	361^st of 800 public high schools	54.9%		55.9	314^th of 739 public high schools	57.5%	47		69.9	58.1		38.6	34.4	37.7	24.5													27.9			35.6	$00	$00	$00
Rapid City Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5258 River Rd	Rapid City	49676	Kalkaska County	Kalkaska Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 331-6121	70	6	11.6	77.1%	64 (91.4%)	1 (1.4%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.3%)	41.8	828^th of 1492 public elementary schools	44.5%					(n/a)											36.4					27.3			36.4			27.3			$00	$00	$00
Kalkaska Middle School	Public	6-8	1700 W Kalkaska Rd	Kalkaska	49646	Kalkaska County	Kalkaska Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 258-4040	307	19	16.5	55.4%	294 (95.8%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	30.5	603^rd of 896 public middle schools	32.7%		38.5	533^rd of 890 public middle schools	40.1%	70	60.4			21.7								17.6	27.6				8.1	23.0		28.8			32.7		$00	$00	$00
Kalkaska Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	309 N Birch St	Kalkaska	49646	Kalkaska County	Kalkaska Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 258-8629	517	34	15.2	62.3%	493 (95.4%)	3 (0.6%)	11 (2.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	49.2	709^th of 1492 public elementary schools	52.5%		33.9	954^th of 1488 public elementary schools	35.9%	245									50.0	39.3	36.4			55.3	36.0	27.3			36.4			22.7			$00	$00	$00

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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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