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Best Public Schools in Mecosta County, MI

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Schools

5,116

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedRiverview Elementary School77^th of 1,492 Michigan elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Morley Stanwood High School up 115 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Crossroads Charter Academy 10.4 students per teacher

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6 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)			Vaccination (2025-26)		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	Vaccination: Kindergartners complete for all required vaccines	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Crossroads Charter Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	215 Spruce St W	Big Rapids	49307	Mecosta County	Crossroads Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	No	(231) 796-9041	117	11	10.4	59.8%	97 (82.9%)	1 (0.9%)	6 (5.1%)	6 (5.1%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	5 (4.3%)								(n/a)	62.5	50.0		25.0	387.5		474.6	433.1	1270.2	30.8	18.8	1571.7	22.2	1268.8	23.1	1470.6	1573.7	1677.3	25.0	31.3	27.3	1476.3	50.0	58.3			$11,255	$1,437	$9,819
Big Rapids Virtual School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	14980 215th Ave	Big Rapids	49307	Mecosta County	Big Rapids Public Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(231) 796-3489	115	1	115.0	70.4%	100 (87.0%)	5 (4.3%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.3%)								(n/a)	72.7		63.6	363.6		390.9	458.0	415.0					1668.1					1660.5		1786.4	40.0		41.7	50.0			$11,624	$775	$10,850
Big Rapids Middle School	Public	5-8	500 N Warren Ave	Big Rapids	49307	Mecosta County	Big Rapids Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 796-9965	644	31	20.5	46.4%	564 (87.6%)	13 (2.0%)	16 (2.5%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.0%)	53.6	374^th of 896 public middle schools	58.3%		44.7	479^th of 890 public middle schools	46.2%	105	72.6			29.9							39.4	36.4	31.3			27.8	25.5	24.8	47.9	48.3		28.0	48.9				$13,487	$1,069	$12,418
Big Rapids High School	Public	9-12	21175 15 Mile Rd	Big Rapids	49307	Mecosta County	Big Rapids Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(231) 796-7651	755	37	20.3	34.8%	671 (88.9%)	30 (4.0%)	18 (2.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (4.2%)	53.9	325^th of 800 public high schools	59.4%		58.7	285^th of 739 public high schools	61.4%	40		60.2	60.2		23.5	28.7	56.9	27.5													44.3			31.1			$14,708	$1,248	$13,460
Brookside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	210 Escott St	Big Rapids	49307	Mecosta County	Big Rapids Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 796-8323	336	19	17.6	61.9%	274 (81.5%)	16 (4.8%)	9 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.5%)	48.5	722^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	51.6%		48.1	749^th of 1488 public elementary schools	49.7%	27									31.2	35.6				43.0	48.5												$16,288	$1,731	$14,558
Riverview Elementary School	Public	K-4	509 Willow Ave	Big Rapids	49307	Mecosta County	Big Rapids Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 796-2550	346	19	18.2	48.3%	309 (89.3%)	7 (2.0%)	9 (2.6%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.2%)	93.5	77^th of 1492 public elementary schools	94.8%		94.8	56^th of 1488 public elementary schools	96.2%	21									64.1	82.6				65.4	73.3												$14,787	$1,497	$13,290
Eastwood Elementary	Public	PK-K	410 N 3rd Ave	Big Rapids	49307	Mecosta County	Big Rapids Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(231) 598-9700	209	13	16.0	59.3%	172 (82.3%)	9 (4.3%)	9 (4.3%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (8.1%)								(n/a)																									87.4%	8.7%	$16,503	$889	$15,615
Mosaic School	Public	7-12	3102 Arthur Rd	Remus	49340	Mecosta County	Chippewa Hills School District	No	No	No	No	(989) 967-8150	89	3	29.6	84.3%	76 (85.4%)	1 (1.1%)	4 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (9.0%)								(n/a)		44.4			340.0																						$13,828	$221	$13,608
Mecosta Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	555 W Main St	Mecosta	49332	Mecosta County	Chippewa Hills School District	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 972-7477	256	14	18.7	59.8%	231 (90.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.7%)	60.8	545^th of 1492 public elementary schools	63.5%		58.4	589^th of 1488 public elementary schools	60.4%	44									54.2	46.2				41.7	41.5										97.7%	2.3%	$13,566	$1,790	$11,775
Chippewa Hills Middle School	Public	5-8	3102 Arthur Rd	Remus	49340	Mecosta County	Chippewa Hills School District	No	No	No	No	(989) 967-2200	503	30	16.8	58.1%	438 (87.1%)	2 (0.4%)	19 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (7.6%)	64	266^th of 896 public middle schools	70.3%		60.4	298^th of 890 public middle schools	66.5%	32	75.4			32.5							45.6	35.2	45.5			30.4	32.0	43.9	50.0	43.0		30.4	51.8				$13,977	$854	$13,123
Barryton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	19701 30th Ave	Barryton	49305	Mecosta County	Chippewa Hills School District	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 382-5311	204	12	17.4	70.6%	180 (88.2%)	5 (2.5%)	11 (5.4%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	5 (2.5%)	46.5	753^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	49.5%		46.5	770^th of 1488 public elementary schools	48.3%	17									35.0	45.0				27.5	45.0										97.8%	2.2%	$14,834	$2,196	$12,638
Chippewa Hills High School	Public	7-12	3226 Arthur Rd	Remus	49340	Mecosta County	Chippewa Hills School District	No	No	No	No	(989) 967-2100	463	24	19.1	44.1%	397 (85.7%)	3 (0.6%)	15 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (9.5%)	46.1	407^th of 800 public high schools	49.1%		47.2	384^th of 739 public high schools	48.0%	23		65.3	64.4		19.0	28.0	46.1	9.0													32.6			36.0			$14,888	$1,113	$13,774
Morley Stanwood Middle School	Public, Magnet	6-8	4700 Northland Dr	Morley	49336	Mecosta County	Morley Stanwood Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(231) 856-4550	234	14	16.2	66.2%	217 (92.7%)	4 (1.7%)	4 (1.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	29.4	616^th of 896 public middle schools	31.3%		22.2	673^rd of 890 public middle schools	24.4%	57	56.7			25.6								26.7	17.7				14.7	12.9		28.1			34.8				$15,667	$1,020	$14,648
Morley Stanwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4808 Northland Dr	Morley	49336	Mecosta County	Morley Stanwood Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(231) 856-7684	437	28	15.7	65.2%	388 (88.8%)	3 (0.7%)	16 (3.7%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.8%)	32.1	971^st of 1492 public elementary schools	34.9%		32.8	971^st of 1488 public elementary schools	34.7%										27.4	24.3	45.2			36.1	21.4	24.2			33.9			19.4			88.5%	10.3%	$17,229	$2,410	$14,819
Morley Stanwood High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	4700 Northland Dr	Morley	49336	Mecosta County	Morley Stanwood Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(231) 856-4444	287	16	17.9	53.3%	257 (89.5%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (4.2%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.5%)	42.6	428^th of 800 public high schools	46.5%		24.9	543^rd of 739 public high schools	26.5%	115		48.1	58.2		18.2	34.3	51.6	21.0													32.8			26.2			$15,867	$1,187	$14,680
MecostaOsceola Education Center	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	15700 190th Ave	Big Rapids	49307	Mecosta County	Mecosta-Osceola Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(231) 796-3543	121	11	10.9	57.0%	104 (86.0%)	5 (4.1%)	5 (4.1%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.1%)								(n/a)
MecostaOsceola Career Center	Public	11-12	15830 190th Ave	Big Rapids	49307	Mecosta County	Mecosta-Osceola Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(231) 796-3543	0	13	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

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