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Navigator Upper Elementary School

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Navigator Upper Elementary School ranks 621 st of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 3-5

621^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 Michigan Elementary Schools

Better than 58% of Michigan elementary schools

Summary

Navigator Upper Elementary School in Pinckney, MI, serves 491 students in grades 3-5 as part of the Pinckney Community Schools district. This mid-sized school has earned a consistent 3-star rating from SchoolDigger for nine straight years, with its most recent state ranking placing it in the 58th percentile—a solid, middle-of-the-pack performance that has remained stable over the past decade.

Reading is a clear strength at Navigator. In the most recent testing year, proficiency rates in English Language Arts across all three grades were well above the state average—for example, 47.9% of 3rd graders met proficiency compared to 38.2% statewide. Math tells a more mixed story: while 3rd graders matched the state average, 4th and 5th graders lagged slightly behind, and 4th-grade math has now been below the state average for three consecutive years. The school also stands out for exceptionally low chronic absenteeism at just 12.9%, far better than the state average of 27.9% and even better than its own district's 15.9% rate. This suggests students are engaged and showing up ready to learn. Additionally, the school has shown meaningful improvement in supporting students from low-income households, with their ranking jumping from the 42nd to the 58th percentile over two years.

Compared to nearby high-performing schools in Brighton Area Schools (like Hornung Elementary School) and the Dexter Community School District (like Wylie Elementary School), Navigator's test scores are notably lower—those schools rank in the 80th-96th percentiles with 4th-grade reading proficiency around 64-74% versus Navigator's 46%. However, Navigator performs comparably to Whitmore Lake Elementary School, which serves a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students yet achieves a similar overall ranking. The most pressing concern is special education: Navigator's ranking for these students sits in the bottom quartile statewide, a challenge that has persisted for at least three years and clearly warrants attention and additional resources.

491

Students ?

17.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,323

Per pupil spending ?

21.2%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in Michigan receive free school meals.

2150 E M 36
Pinckney, MI 48169-8186

(810) 225-5300

District: Pinckney Community Schools

Students who attend Navigator Upper Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Pathfinder School
High:	Pinckney Community High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

90.0%

Hispanic:

4.9%

Two or more races:

2.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 62nd percentile in 2016 → 58th in 2026

Strengths

✓Above the Michigan median (58th percentile)

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school40%

District avg40%

Michigan avg38%

621^st of 1,492

Michigan public elementary schools ?

Top 42%▼ down 4 pts since 2016

From top 38% (2016) to top 42% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

132^nd of 625Pinckney Community Schools 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
2026	55.5	621 of 1492	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	59.8	562 of 1488	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	55.0	635 of 1486	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.2	674 of 1470	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	55.3	554 of 1344	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	47.7	548 of 1153	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	49.0	684 of 1408	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.9	758 of 1448	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2017	47.6	730 of 1466	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2016	61.4	585 of 1548	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2015	63.3	559 of 1580	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2014	68.8	451 of 1533	70.6%	★★★★☆
2013	69.1	453 of 1563	71.0%	★★★★☆
2012	69.1	459 of 1566	70.7%	★★★★☆
2011	72.3	424 of 1552	72.7%	★★★★☆
2010	71.7	457 of 1552	70.6%	★★★★☆
2009	75.1	343 of 1589	78.4%	★★★★☆
2008	71.8	438 of 1577	72.2%	★★★★☆
2007	76.6	277 of 1565	82.3%	★★★★☆
2006	67.5	510 of 1545	67.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	51.4	584 of 1343	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	53.6	567 of 1338	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.3	595 of 1342	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	42.1	728 of 1321	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	52.5	493 of 1106	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	43.7	490 of 902	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.0	792 of 1171	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.2	826 of 1443	42.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	52.3	572 of 1352	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	55.6	534 of 1346	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.2	802 of 1381	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.1	873 of 1350	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	52.5	477 of 1099	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	44.5	412 of 749	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.4	873 of 1134	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.8	894 of 1397	36.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	49.2	669 of 1372	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	56.3	571 of 1366	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.0	662 of 1347	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.6	635 of 1334	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.1	609 of 1139	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.6	587 of 915	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	51.2	567 of 1196	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.0	663 of 1446	54.1%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	31.0	180 of 246	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	32.9	182 of 252	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.9	172 of 225	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.2	169 of 195	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	40.9	225 of 403	44.2%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	39.6	727 of 1199	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	43.0	698 of 1206	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.8	720 of 1204	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.2	780 of 1198	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.4	614 of 1102	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	42.4	573 of 1005	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.9	717 of 1128	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.3	819 of 1253	34.6%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2014	77.5	159 of 921	82.7%	★★★★☆
2013	76.1	173 of 919	81.2%	★★★★☆
2012	78.7	156 of 900	82.7%	★★★★☆
2011	77.2	152 of 858	82.3%	★★★★☆
2010	79.4	127 of 851	85.1%	★★★★☆
2009	80.8	114 of 847	86.5%	★★★★☆
2008	80.1	119 of 839	85.8%	★★★★☆
2007	75.8	179 of 823	78.3%	★★★★☆
2006	67.9	292 of 806	63.8%	★★★☆☆

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

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)58th percentile~ school

Female (2026)57th percentile~ school

Male (2026)51st percentile-7 vs school

White (2026)39th percentile-19 vs school

Special Education (2026)27th percentile-32 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts47%+6 vs state

Science46%+6 vs state

Math39%~ state avg

Social Studies21%-6 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT English Language Arts (2026)	PSAT 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 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	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
Navigator Upper Elementary School	Public	3-5	2150 E M 36	Pinckney	48169	Livingston County	Pinckney Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(810) 225-5300	491	29	17.2	21.2%	442 (90.0%)	7 (1.4%)	24 (4.9%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	10 (2.0%)	55.5	621^st of 1492 public elementary schools	58.4%		59.8	562^nd of 1488 public elementary schools	62.2%	59			47.9	45.9	47.7			42.9	38.8	35.4			46.0		21.1				$13,323	$752	$12,571
Country Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	2939 E M 36	Pinckney	48169	Livingston County	Pinckney Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(810) 225-6600	192	11	17.2	26.0%	174 (90.6%)	2 (1.0%)	6 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	6 (3.1%)								(n/a)																	89.7%	7.4%	$16,645	$752	$15,892
Farley Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	8110 Farley Rd	Pinckney	48169	Livingston County	Pinckney Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 225-6400	233	13	18.0	23.2%	218 (93.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)								(n/a)																	89.9%	7.2%	$16,290	$737	$15,552
Light of the World Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	550 E Hamburg St	Pinckney	48169	Livingston County	Light of the World Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(248) 254-3445	222	16	13.8	30.6%	211 (95.0%)	7 (3.2%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	45.4	768^th of 1492 public elementary schools	48.5%		49.7	719^th of 1488 public elementary schools	51.7%	49	457.5	50.0	33.3	35.7	46.2	38.5	61.1	11.1	28.6	34.6	23.1	50.0	65.4	81.3	26.9	75.0	60%	36%	$11,615	$126	$11,489
Whitmore Lake Elementary School	Public	K-6	1077 Barker Rd	Whitmore Lake	48189	Washtenaw County	Whitmore Lake Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(734) 449-2051	401	34	11.9	38.9%	337 (84.0%)	13 (3.2%)	19 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (7.5%)	50.5	688^th of 1492 public elementary schools	53.9%		57.2	606^th of 1488 public elementary schools	59.3%	82			40.9	39.6	45.6			50.0	43.1	24.6			38.6		26.3		88%	9.6%	$19,841	$813	$19,029
Hornung Elementary School	Public	K-4	4680 Bauer Rd	Brighton	48116	Livingston County	Brighton Area Schools	No	No	No	No	(810) 299-4450	558	31	18.0	9.1%	525 (94.1%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.7%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	93.2	80^th of 1492 public elementary schools	94.6%		94.5	60^th of 1488 public elementary schools	96.0%	20			61.2	74.3				67.0	79.6								93.9%	5.2%	$13,402	$572	$12,830
Three Fires Elementary	Public	K-5	4125 Crooked Lake Rd	Howell	48843	Livingston County	Howell Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 548-6387	753	46	16.4	33.6%	672 (89.2%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (5.6%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.4%)	45.2	773^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	48.2%		54.9	648^th of 1488 public elementary schools	56.5%	125			31.1	43.7	38.5			31.8	42.1	30.3			33.0		33.9		90.2%	6.8%	$15,410	$901	$14,509
Parker Middle School	Public	K-8	400 Wright Rd	Howell	48843	Livingston County	Howell Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 552-4600	1,011	46	21.9	21.4%	916 (90.6%)	4 (0.4%)	55 (5.4%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	29 (2.9%)	58.1	583^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	60.9%					(n/a)	71.1	35.6	40.6	45.8	70.0	37.9	30.6	31.3	50.0	65.0	32.6	37.1	55.0	38.7	40.0	44.0	38.5%	59.6%	$14,314	$545	$13,769
Hawkins Elementary School	Public	K-4	8900 Lee Rd	Brighton	48116	Livingston County	Brighton Area Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(810) 299-3900	551	32	17.1	11.8%	494 (89.7%)	3 (0.5%)	22 (4.0%)	12 (2.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.3%)	79.8	265^th of 1492 public elementary schools	82.2%		72.1	384^th of 1488 public elementary schools	74.2%	119			61.0	48.6				61.9	57.0								92.2%	7.8%	$14,856	$572	$14,284
Wylie Elementary School	Public	3-4	3060 Kensington St	Dexter	48130	Washtenaw County	Dexter Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(734) 424-4140	486	29	16.5	8.8%	432 (88.9%)	7 (1.4%)	25 (5.1%)	18 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	82.4	236^th of 1492 public elementary schools	84.2%		88.6	145^th of 1488 public elementary schools	90.3%	91			50.9	63.6				57.6	61.4										$15,609	$163	$15,446

Frequently Asked Questions about Navigator Upper Elementary School

Is Navigator Upper Elementary School a good school?

Navigator Upper Elementary School ranks 621^st of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What district is Navigator Upper Elementary School in?

Pinckney Community Schools

How many students attend Navigator Upper Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 491 students attended Navigator Upper Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Navigator Upper Elementary School?

Students at Navigator Upper Elementary School are 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Navigator Upper Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Navigator Upper Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Pathfinder School
High : Pinckney Community High School

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