Best Middle Schools in Michigan

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 890)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
91	Hartland Middle School at Ore Creek	Public	7-8	3250 Hartland Rd	Hartland	48353	Livingston County	Hartland Consolidated Schools	No	No	No	No	(810) 626-2400	752	38	19.9	16.1%	690 (91.8%)	8 (1.1%)	24 (3.2%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (3.2%)	$12,222			$677			$11,545	87.3	93.1	50	41		261791001066
92	Frost Middle School	Public	6-8	14041 Stark Rd	Livonia	48154	Wayne County	Livonia Public Schools School District	No	No	No	No	(734) 744-2670	641	41	15.7	25.3%	429 (66.9%)	88 (13.7%)	39 (6.1%)	47 (7.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.8%)	$17,553			$1,559			$15,994	87.3	89	78	14		262184005898
93	Tappan Middle School	Public	6-8	2251 E Stadium Blvd	Ann Arbor	48104	Washtenaw County	Ann Arbor Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(734) 994-2011	695	41	16.9	29.9%	357 (51.4%)	104 (15.0%)	83 (11.9%)	58 (8.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	91 (13.1%)	$21,620			$831			$20,789	87	87.7	86	7		260282004026
94	Oakview Middle School	Public	6-8	917 Lake George Rd	Oakland	48363	Oakland County	Lake Orion Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(248) 693-0321	510	35	14.7	26.1%	386 (75.7%)	11 (2.2%)	45 (8.8%)	21 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (9.0%)	$17,290			$467			$16,823	86.7	86.5	93	1		262073001283
95	Jeffers High School	Public	7-12	43084 Goodell St	Painesdale	49955	Houghton County	Adams Township School District	No	No	No	No	(906) 482-0580	270	16	16.5	31.9%	262 (97.0%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	$12,459			$710			$11,749	86.7	77.9	145	50		260189003921
96	Schoolcraft High School	Public	7-12	13400 S 14th St	Schoolcraft	49087	Kalamazoo County	Schoolcraft Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(269) 488-7350	502	27	18.8	22.3%	461 (91.8%)	3 (0.6%)	13 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.0%)	$13,913			$636			$13,277	86.7	68.4	217	121		263102006732
97	Bates Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	19701 Wyoming St	Detroit	48221	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 494-7000	773	42	18.3	61.1%	0 (0.0%)	770 (99.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$18,447			$1,840			$16,607	86.4	76.3	162	65		260110307481
98	Hamtramck Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	11420 Conant St	Hamtramck	48212	Wayne County	Hamtramck Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 368-7312	549	35	15.9	96.0%	74 (13.5%)	60 (10.9%)	3 (0.5%)	366 (66.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.8%)	$13,365			$2,393			$10,973	86.1	84.2	103	5		260028701656
99	Ubly Community JrSr High School	Public	6-12	2020 Union St	Ubly	48475	Huron County	Ubly Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(989) 658-8554	305	16	19.2	38.7%	298 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$14,077			$977			$13,100	85.7	78.3	141	42		263438006981
100	Swan Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	453 Van Wormer Rd	Saginaw	48609	Saginaw County	Swan Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(989) 921-2601	408	23	17.9	32.1%	307 (75.2%)	6 (1.5%)	66 (16.2%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.1%)	$12,750			$415			$12,335	85.2	80.6	121	21		263341006874

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on M-Step English Language Arts, M-Step Math, M-Step Science, M-Step Social Studies, PSAT English Language Arts, PSAT Mathematics test scores released by the Michigan Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 28, 2025, 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.
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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.