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Best Public Schools in Marquette County, MI

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7,657

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Top rankedSandy Knoll School146^th of 1,492 Michigan elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Gwinn MiddleHigh School up 146 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

North Star Montessori Academy 9.6 students per teacher

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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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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
Marquette Branch Prison	Public	9-12	1960 Us Highway 41 S	Marquette	49855	Marquette County	Michigan Department of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(906) 226-6531	1	0		—	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Cherry Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1111 Ortman Rd	Marquette	49855	Marquette County	Marquette Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(906) 225-4399	430	25	17.5	21.2%	369 (85.8%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.1%)	61.8	527^th of 1492 public elementary schools	64.7%		58.5	586^th of 1488 public elementary schools	60.6%	59									48.4	52.9	43.1			46.9	42.9	16.9			58.5			40.0			$13,868	$460	$13,409
Vandenboom Alternative High School	Public	9-12	1175 Erie Ave	Marquette	49855	Marquette County	Marquette Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(906) 225-4321	127	9	14.9	47.2%	102 (80.3%)	2 (1.6%)	4 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (10.2%)	33.4	518^th of 800 public high schools	35.3%		66.1	218^th of 739 public high schools	70.5%	300		55.6	44.4		16.7	391.1	37.9	418.3													24.1			34.5	$17,525	$349	$17,176
Superior Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1201 S McClellan Ave	Marquette	49855	Marquette County	Marquette Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 225-4295	405	25	16.1	29.6%	351 (86.7%)	3 (0.7%)	10 (2.5%)	4 (1.0%)	8 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (6.9%)	77	308^th of 1492 public elementary schools	79.4%		75.9	323^rd of 1488 public elementary schools	78.3%	15									55.1	55.9	49.1			58.8	57.4	37.7			54.7			45.3			$14,753	$510	$14,242
Marquette Senior High School	Public	7-12	1203 W Fair Ave	Marquette	49855	Marquette County	Marquette Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(906) 225-4254	940	48	19.5	17.3%	823 (87.6%)	7 (0.7%)	18 (1.9%)	6 (0.6%)	22 (2.3%)	2 (0.2%)	62 (6.6%)	88.1	63^rd of 800 public high schools	92.1%		89.4	57^th of 739 public high schools	92.3%	6		74.3	81.3		50.2	52.1	67.5	39.5													68.0			64.5	$13,731	$379	$13,353
Sandy Knoll School	Public	PK, KG-5	401 N 6th St	Marquette	49855	Marquette County	Marquette Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 225-4281	322	23	13.8	26.4%	272 (84.5%)	3 (0.9%)	7 (2.2%)	7 (2.2%)	8 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.8%)	89.3	146^th of 1492 public elementary schools	90.2%		86.7	181^st of 1488 public elementary schools	87.8%	35									55.1	72.7	64.2			63.3	61.4	67.9			69.8			45.3			$15,451	$555	$14,896
Bothwell Middle School	Public	5-8	1200 Tierney St	Marquette	49855	Marquette County	Marquette Area Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(906) 225-4262	696	37	18.8	23.6%	595 (85.5%)	4 (0.6%)	12 (1.7%)	6 (0.9%)	20 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (8.5%)	77.4	158^th of 896 public middle schools	82.4%		78.8	149^th of 890 public middle schools	83.3%	9	77.2			47.8								47.3	46.2				35.3	44.0		53.2			63.9		$12,850	$296	$12,554
Graveraet Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	611 N Front St	Marquette	49855	Marquette County	Marquette Area Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 225-4302	289	17	16.8	29.8%	243 (84.1%)	5 (1.7%)	16 (5.5%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	18 (6.2%)	80.1	261^st of 1492 public elementary schools	82.5%		77.1	306^th of 1488 public elementary schools	79.4%	45									70.8	66.0	53.2			64.6	72.0	29.8			51.1			42.6			$19,492	$515	$18,977
North Star Montessori Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	3030 Wright St	Marquette	49855	Marquette County	North Star Montessori Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(906) 226-0156	145	15	9.6	49.0%	125 (86.2%)	3 (2.1%)	2 (1.4%)	2 (1.4%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.9%)	55	628^th of 1492 public elementary schools	57.9%		56	629^th of 1488 public elementary schools	57.7%	1	76.9			38.5					1279.3	35.3	41.2	54.6	38.5	1269.5	1383.2	31.3	45.5	1676.6	31.3	38.5		37.5	38.5		$16,714	$1,370	$15,343
Gwinn MiddleHigh School	Public	6-12	50 West State Highway M35	Gwinn	49841	Marquette County	Gwinn Area Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(906) 346-9247	477	32	14.9	47.8%	386 (80.9%)	9 (1.9%)	27 (5.7%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (9.2%)	41.5	439^th of 800 public high schools	45.1%		19.7	585^th of 739 public high schools	20.8%	146	60.0	53.1	50.8	20.0	14.1	16.4	50.0	37.0				23.6	19.0				19.4	11.4		26.0	28.3		40.3	39.1	$16,467	$1,183	$15,284
KI Sawyer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	411 Scorpion Rd	Gwinn	49841	Marquette County	Gwinn Area Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 346-5567	207	18	11.8	72.0%	176 (85.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.3%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (9.2%)								(n/a)																									$20,332	$2,558	$17,775
George D Gilbert Elementary School	Public, Magnet	3-5	250 W Iron St	Gwinn	49841	Marquette County	Gwinn Area Community Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(906) 346-2775	208	16	13.4	56.3%	173 (83.2%)	2 (1.0%)	7 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (11.1%)	29.2	1014^th of 1492 public elementary schools	32.0%		34.7	942^nd of 1488 public elementary schools	36.7%	72									21.3	32.2	25.8			32.8	39.0	27.4			27.4			14.5			$16,682	$2,223	$14,460
IshpemingNegauneeNICE Community Educational Division	Public	7-12	325 S Pine St	Ishpeming	49849	Marquette County	Ishpeming Public School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(906) 475-4173	22	3	8.3	68.2%	19 (86.4%)	1 (4.5%)	1 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.5%)								(n/a)																									$12,685	$987	$11,698
Birchview School	Public	PK, KG-4	663 Poplar St	Ishpeming	49849	Marquette County	Ishpeming Public School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 485-6341	233	20	11.8	49.8%	202 (86.7%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	24 (10.3%)	15.6	1263^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	15.3%		14.5	1267^th of 1488 public elementary schools	14.9%	4									24.3	13.2				29.7	8.3										$15,239	$1,512	$13,727
Ishpeming Middle School	Public	5-8	324 E Pearl St	Ishpeming	49849	Marquette County	Ishpeming Public School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 485-1066	185	10	18.7	45.4%	166 (89.7%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.0%)	30.2	608^th of 896 public middle schools	32.1%		44.6	482^nd of 890 public middle schools	45.8%	126	60.9			10.9							23.7	15.0	34.1			1473.6	12.5	14.6	39.5	31.1		13.2	40.0		$13,804	$894	$12,909
Ishpeming High School	Public	9-12	319 E Division St	Ishpeming	49849	Marquette County	Ishpeming Public School District No. 1	No	No	No	No	(906) 485-1066	172	13	12.7	39.0%	152 (88.4%)	3 (1.7%)	6 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.2%)	46.9	395^th of 800 public high schools	50.6%		44.4	412^th of 739 public high schools	44.2%	17		68.1	58.3		17.0	38.9	40.5	11.9													26.3			48.7	$19,267	$831	$18,436
Negaunee Middle School	Public	5-8	102 W Case St	Negaunee	49866	Marquette County	Negaunee Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(906) 475-7866	464	28	16.5	33.6%	425 (91.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.6%)	75.3	172^nd of 896 public middle schools	80.8%		81.6	123^rd of 890 public middle schools	86.2%	49	79.5			40.9							47.2	59.0	59.0			24.4	33.6	48.6	43.9	36.2		39.8	60.6		$13,454	$280	$13,173
Lakeview School	Public	PK, KG-4	200 Croix St	Negaunee	49866	Marquette County	Negaunee Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 475-7803	584	40	14.6	33.0%	525 (89.9%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	2 (0.3%)	36 (6.2%)	71.3	388^th of 1492 public elementary schools	74.0%		66.5	474^th of 1488 public elementary schools	68.1%	86									51.9	54.4				57.0	42.1										$14,032	$438	$13,594
Negaunee High School	Public	9-12	500 W Arch St	Negaunee	49866	Marquette County	Negaunee Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(906) 475-7861	474	26	18.3	34.0%	434 (91.6%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.3%)	82.3	101^st of 800 public high schools	87.4%		77.6	133^rd of 739 public high schools	82.0%	32		78.1	70.4		44.8	40.0	69.8	34.9													52.8			67.9	$13,915	$261	$13,654
Aspen Ridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	350 Aspen Ridge School Rd	Ishpeming	49849	Marquette County	NICE Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 485-3175	721	57	12.6	36.6%	690 (95.7%)	6 (0.8%)	5 (0.7%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.4%)	73.8	360^th of 1492 public elementary schools	75.9%		73.8	356^th of 1488 public elementary schools	76.1%	4	72.9			17.1					60.0	56.0	50.0	50.7	33.3	57.5	44.0	40.3	38.0	28.2	58.4	37.7		37.2	56.4		$16,398	$465	$15,933
Westwood High School	Public	7-12	300 S Westwood Dr	Ishpeming	49849	Marquette County	NICE Community School District	No	No	No	No	(906) 485-1023	383	23	16.7	25.6%	349 (91.1%)	3 (0.8%)	7 (1.8%)	2 (0.5%)	11 (2.9%)	3 (0.8%)	8 (2.1%)	58.3	274^th of 800 public high schools	65.8%		63.1	245^th of 739 public high schools	66.8%	29		62.5	60.9		32.5	39.1	56.6	21.7													35.4			42.7	$15,044	$341	$14,703
Powell Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	101 Deutsch Ave	Big Bay	49808	Marquette County	Powell Township Schools	No	No	No	No	(906) 345-9355	46	5	8.9	67.4%	39 (84.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.7%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)								(n/a)																									$36,919	$2,356	$34,563
RepublicMichigamme School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	227 Maple St	Republic	49879	Marquette County	Republic-Michigamme Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(906) 376-2277	80	9	8.5	57.5%	77 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.5%)								(n/a)																									$31,987	$2,268	$29,720
Wells Township School	Public, Magnet	K-8	38211 County Road 426	Arnold	49819	Marquette County	Wells Township School District	No	Yes	No	No	(906) 238-4200	8	2	4.0	—	8 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																									$67,729	$8,037	$59,692
MarquetteAlger Administrative Unit	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	321 E Ohio St	Marquette	49855	Marquette County	Marquette-Alger Regional Education Service Agency	No	No	No	No	(906) 226-5102	38	7	5.8	86.8%	33 (86.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (7.9%)								(n/a)

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