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Davison ElementaryMiddle School

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Davison ElementaryMiddle School ranks 1098 th of 1488 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-8

1098^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,488 Michigan Elementary Schools

Better than 26% of Michigan elementary schools

Summary

Davison ElementaryMiddle School is a public school in Detroit, Michigan, serving 790 students in grades PK-8 and is part of the Detroit Public Schools Community District.

Academically, Davison ElementaryMiddle School consistently ranks in the bottom 25% of Michigan elementary schools, with proficiency rates in M-Step/English Language Arts and M-Step/Math significantly lower than state averages. The school's performance is also below the Detroit Public Schools Community District averages, indicating it is one of the lower-performing schools within the district. Nearby schools like Hamtramck Academy, Legacy Charter Academy, and Tau Beta School generally perform better academically, with higher proficiency rates and higher SchoolDigger rankings.

Davison ElementaryMiddle School also faces challenges with high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 29.5% to 66.1% over the past few years. Despite the relatively high spending per student, ranging from $15,936 to $21,003, the school is not achieving the desired academic outcomes, suggesting that the resources may not be effectively allocated or utilized. Addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism and optimizing resource allocation could be important focus areas for the school and district to improve student outcomes.

765

Students ?

17.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,945

Per pupil spending ?

89.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2800 E Davison St
Detroit, MI 48212-1680

(313) 252-3118

District: Detroit Public Schools Community District

Students who attend Davison ElementaryMiddle School usually attend:

High:

Pershing High School

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

48.2%

African American:

45.8%

White:

2.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 23rd percentile in 2019 → 26th in 2025

Strengths

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Detroit Public Schools Community District

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Michigan average (27% vs 40% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (60% vs 28% Michigan)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school27%

District avg15%

Michigan avg40%

Elementary school

1,098^th of 1,488

Michigan public elementary schools ?

Bottom 26%▲ up 4 pts since 2019

From bottom 23% (2019) to bottom 26% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

553^rd of 890

Michigan public middle schools ?

Bottom 38%▲ up 23 pts since 2019

From bottom 15% (2019) to bottom 38% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 65Elementary Schools in the Detroit Public Schools Community District

549^th of 613Detroit Public Schools Community District among Michigan districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	23.8	1098 of 1488	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.3	1300 of 1486	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.1	1148 of 1470	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	1117 of 1344	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.8	1091 of 1408	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	34.2	228 of 369	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.8	254 of 348	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.0	209 of 321	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	48.9	69 of 158	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	49.6	94 of 212	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	32.4	316 of 475	33.5%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	11.7	87 of 95	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.4	94 of 97	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.0	77 of 84	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.7	48 of 51	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.5	34 of 36	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.9	99 of 101	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	34.3	113 of 173	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	17.8	161 of 184	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.3	107 of 180	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.1	63 of 98	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.4	54 of 117	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.5	150 of 270	44.4%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	19.4	1090 of 1338	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.3	1242 of 1342	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	23.0	1022 of 1321	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.6	926 of 1106	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.7	913 of 1171	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.4	1230 of 1443	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	31.4	940 of 1346	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	17.9	1182 of 1381	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.9	1027 of 1350	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.3	898 of 1099	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.3	774 of 1134	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.2	1146 of 1397	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	22.3	1047 of 1366	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.9	1256 of 1347	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.4	1120 of 1334	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.1	960 of 1139	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.2	1015 of 1196	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.7	1252 of 1446	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	35.5	553 of 890	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	13.8	780 of 897	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.7	689 of 883	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.9	657 of 776	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.1	676 of 792	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	45.8	147 of 338	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	19.2	268 of 300	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.9	219 of 310	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	155 of 182	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.1	137 of 196	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.5	229 of 366	37.4%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	16.8	74 of 85	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	4.3	87 of 88	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.1	79 of 87	9.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.1	51 of 57	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	5.7	45 of 48	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.3	102 of 104	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	46.1	53 of 106	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	30.4	62 of 88	29.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	54.2	25 of 72	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	78.8	6 of 38	84.2%	★★★★☆
2019	59.4	16 of 46	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.8	62 of 154	59.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	33.9	515 of 789	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	12.9	696 of 771	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	27.6	559 of 770	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.0	553 of 657	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.8	588 of 658	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.3	658 of 794	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	47.9	406 of 832	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	19.1	698 of 836	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.5	598 of 825	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.3	534 of 691	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.1	530 of 672	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.4	601 of 815	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2025	31.8	532 of 798	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	10.9	728 of 786	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.7	712 of 776	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.0	617 of 658	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.9	561 of 639	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.0	641 of 797	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

African American (2025)38th percentile+12 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)35th percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)30th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)23rd percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)19th percentile-8 vs school

Asian (2025)8th percentile-18 vs school

Middle school

African American (2025)57th percentile+19 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)51st percentile+13 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)50th percentile+12 vs school

Female (2025)35th percentile-3 vs school

Male (2025)33rd percentile-5 vs school

Asian (2025)13th percentile-25 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2024-2025) ?

Social Studies59%+21 vs state

Math24%-12 vs state

English Language Arts22%-18 vs state

Science19%-22 vs state

Mathematics17%-13 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSAT English Language Arts (2025)	PSAT Mathematics (2025)	M-Step English Language Arts (2025)					M-Step Math (2025)					M-Step Science (2025)		M-Step Social Studies (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th 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 Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Davison ElementaryMiddle School	Public	PK, KG-8	2800 E Davison St	Detroit	48212	Wayne County	Detroit Public Schools Community District	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 252-3118	765	43	17.9	89.3%	18 (2.4%)	350 (45.8%)	9 (1.2%)	369 (48.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.2%)	23.8	1098^th of 1488 public elementary schools	26.2%		12.3	1300^th of 1486 public elementary schools	12.5%	202	34.1	16.9	18.5	15.4	32.5	18.3	28.2	21.4	11.9	14.9	16.8	57.1	14.9	23.6	60.2	58.0	$19,945	$2,195	$17,749
Bridge Academy West	Public, Charter	K-8	3120 CARPENTER Ave	Hamtramck	48212	Wayne County	Bridge Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 462-6200	331	15	22.0	100.0%	265 (80.1%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (19.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	42.5	9.2				27.9	21.6				19.2	23.3		22.3		29.8	$14,778	$3,577	$11,201
Early Childhood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	11680 McDougall St	Hamtramck	48212	Wayne County	Hamtramck School District of the City of	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 591-7410	146	14	10.1	76.0%	58 (39.7%)	8 (5.5%)	1 (0.7%)	79 (54.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																	$00	$00	$00
Commonwealth Community Development Academy	Public, Magnet, Charter	PK, KG-8	13477 Eureka St	Hamtramck	48212	Wayne County	Commonwealth Community Development Academy	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	(313) 366-9470	150	10	15.5	92.7%	4 (2.7%)	146 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12.4	1310^th of 1488 public elementary schools	12.0%					(n/a)	27.3		12.5			23.1	36.4	16.7									$13,547	$3,574	$9,972
Dickinson West Elementary School	Public	K-6	2333 Burger St	Hamtramck	48212	Wayne County	Hamtramck School District of the City of	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 591-7407	422	28	15.0	85.5%	199 (47.2%)	85 (20.1%)	1 (0.2%)	129 (30.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.9%)	10.2	1354^th of 1488 public elementary schools	9.0%		10.4	1337^th of 1486 public elementary schools	10.0%	17				12.0	16.3	22.9		8.1	12.8		12.0		9.4		5.7		$00	$00	$00
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%)	61.9	537^th of 1488 public elementary schools	63.9%		52.6	669^th of 1486 public elementary schools	55.0%	132	80.0	45.0	56.9	48.4	46.0	49.1	57.6	58.6	54.8	28.6	43.9	57.6	33.3	60.7	23.8	72.1	$13,365	$2,393	$10,973
Dickinson East Elementary School	Public	K-6	3385 Norwalk St	Hamtramck	48212	Wayne County	Hamtramck School District of the City of	No	No	No	Yes	(313) 591-7406	529	41	12.9	81.7%	359 (67.9%)	34 (6.4%)	1 (0.2%)	134 (25.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	16.1	1243^rd of 1488 public elementary schools	16.5%		18.7	1186^th of 1486 public elementary schools	20.2%	57			11.7	11.1	23.6	23.3		16.7	6.1	11.7	26.9		16.9		15.6		$00	$00	$00
Barber Elementary School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	45 E Buena Vista St	Highland Park	48203	Wayne County	Highland Park Public School Academy System	Yes	No	No	Yes	(614) 623-5345	362	3	120.6	94.8%	1 (0.3%)	346 (95.6%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)								(n/a)	19.2		7.0				17.9	11.9									$15,959	$3,668	$12,291
Legacy Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	4900 E Hildale St	Detroit	48234	Wayne County	Legacy Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 368-2215	738	41	18.2	96.7%	3 (0.4%)	662 (89.7%)	8 (1.1%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (7.7%)	30	1014^th of 1488 public elementary schools	31.9%		31.1	1004^th of 1486 public elementary schools	32.4%	10	40.6	7.2	35.7	30.2	26.1	18.4	21.1	44.0	40.7	30.7	5.3	14.1	5.7	26.5		36.8	$12,917	$1,930	$10,987
Bridge Academy East	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	9600 Buffalo St	Hamtramck	48212	Wayne County	Bridge Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(313) 462-6100	581	36	16.2	100.0%	500 (86.1%)	6 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	72 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	33.8	955^th of 1488 public elementary schools	35.8%		28.4	1046^th of 1486 public elementary schools	29.6%	91			32.2	24.4	30.8			48.9	20.9	38.5			33.3		10.3		$10,909	$2,351	$8,558

Frequently Asked Questions about Davison ElementaryMiddle School

Is Davison ElementaryMiddle School a good school?

Davison ElementaryMiddle School ranks 1098^th of 1488 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Davison ElementaryMiddle School attend?

Students who attend Davison ElementaryMiddle School usually go on to attend:

High : Pershing High School

How many students attend Davison ElementaryMiddle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 765 students attended Davison ElementaryMiddle School.

What is the racial makeup of Davison ElementaryMiddle School?

Students at Davison ElementaryMiddle School are 48% Asian, 46% African American, 2% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% Hispanic.

What district is Davison ElementaryMiddle School in?

Detroit Public Schools Community District

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