Best Elementary Schools in Michigan

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 1470)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
262184007549	1	Webster Elementary School	Public, Magnet	1-6	32401 Pembroke St	Livonia	48152	Wayne County	Livonia Public Schools School District	No	Yes	No	No	(734) 774-2795	271	23	11.7	8.9%	176 (64.9%)	11 (4.1%)	8 (3.0%)	56 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.4%)	$16,265			$2,366			$13,899	99.8			(n/a)
260369008910	2	Avondale Gifted and Talented Education	Public, Magnet	2-8	1435 W Auburn Rd	Rochester Hills	48309	Oakland County	Avondale School District	No	Yes	No	No	(248) 537-6400	237	14	16.8	3.8%	138 (58.2%)	6 (2.5%)	9 (3.8%)	80 (33.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	$11,292			$873			$10,419	99.6			(n/a)
260756004333	3	Brown Elementary School	Public	K-4	8064 Byron Center Ave SW	Byron Center	49315	Kent County	Byron Center Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(616) 878-6200	607	25	24.1	18.3%	501 (82.5%)	3 (0.5%)	46 (7.6%)	23 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.6%)	$10,719			$613			$10,107	99.4	99.3	2	1
260282004034	4	Martin Luther King Elementary School	Public	K-5	3800 Waldenwood Dr	Ann Arbor	48105	Washtenaw County	Ann Arbor Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 994-1940	501	31	16.3	6.8%	166 (33.1%)	33 (6.6%)	31 (6.2%)	203 (40.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (13.6%)	$15,009			$1,362			$13,647	98.9	97.7	7	3
262598006244	5	Amerman Elementary School	Public	K-5	847 N Center St	Northville	48167	Wayne County	Northville Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(248) 465-2100	535	30	17.9	3.4%	358 (66.9%)	6 (1.1%)	17 (3.2%)	137 (25.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.0%)	$13,237			$667			$12,571	98.8	99.4	1	4
263039006662	6	Handley School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	224 N Elm St	Saginaw	48602	Saginaw County	Saginaw School District of the City of	No	Yes	No	No	(989) 399-4250	283	17	16.6	52.7%	85 (30.0%)	111 (39.2%)	25 (8.8%)	44 (15.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.0%)	$15,381			$7,579			$7,803	98.5	95.6	35	29
263426006978	7	Bemis Elementary School	Public	K-5	3571 Northfield Pkwy	Troy	48084	Oakland County	Troy School District	No	No	No	No	(248) 823-4100	455	28	16.1	8.8%	141 (31.0%)	16 (3.5%)	18 (4.0%)	258 (56.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.8%)	$13,218			$1,640			$11,578	98.2	97.4	10	3
260282004005	8	Angell School	Public	K-5	1608 S University Ave	Ann Arbor	48104	Washtenaw County	Ann Arbor Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 994-1907	295	19	15.2	14.2%	153 (51.9%)	20 (6.8%)	34 (11.5%)	57 (19.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (10.2%)	$32,881			$15,037			$17,844	98.1	96.7	19	11
260609004233	9	Conant Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4100 Quarton Rd	Bloomfield Hills	48302	Oakland County	Bloomfield Hills Schools	No	No	No	No	(248) 341-7000	433	33	13	8.8%	335 (77.4%)	31 (7.2%)	14 (3.2%)	34 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.4%)	$17,992			$1,075			$16,918	98	96.6	22	13
263045006695	10	Hemmeter Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1890 Hemmeter Rd	Saginaw	48638	Saginaw County	Saginaw Township Community Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(989) 797-1832	317	14	21.9	19.6%	250 (78.9%)	15 (4.7%)	16 (5.0%)	26 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.2%)	$10,308			$1,209			$9,099	97.9	97.2	13	3

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on M-Step English Language Arts, M-Step Math, M-Step Science, M-Step Social Studies test scores released by the Michigan Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 31, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Michigan Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Michigan Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.