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Listing of all State Champs districts

Here are all 2014 Academic State Champs districts, recognized for scores in the top 5 percent of their category. Some districts won for overall excellence; some for the performance of its schools at the elementary, middle or high school level. Click on a district’s name to get more details.

Overall winners

RankDistrictCountyEnrollmentASC score*
1Central AcademyWashtenaw576114.5
2Fairview Area School DistrictOscoda304114.3
3Kingsley Area SchoolsGrand Traverse1384114.2
4Ashley Community SchoolsGratiot293114.2
5Star International AcademyWayne1586113.6
6Riverside AcademyWayne1059113.4
7West MI Academy of Environmental ScienceKent623112.9
8Crawford AuSable SchoolsCrawford1653112.3
9Godwin Heights Public SchoolsKent2274111.6
10Frankfort-Elberta Area SchoolsBenzie511111.4
11Public Schools of Calumet, Laurium & KeweenawHoughton1497110.8
12Okemos Public SchoolsIngham3997110
13Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area SchoolsHoughton314109.9
14North Central Area SchoolsMenominee437109.6
15International Academy of FlintGenesee1101109.5
16Stephenson Area Public SchoolsMenominee586109.5
17Crestwood School DistrictWayne3549109.3
18Madison School District (Lenawee)Lenawee1560109.2
19Mason County Eastern SchoolsMason459109.1
20Roscommon Area Public SchoolsRoscommon1155109
21Ann Arbor Public SchoolsWashtenaw16453108.9
22Benzie County Central SchoolsBenzie1633108.8
23Burr Oak Community School DistrictSt. Joseph280108.8
24Johannesburg-Lewiston Area SchoolsOtsego739108.6
25Deckerville Community School DistrictSanilac585108.6

* Districts with scores between 99 and 101 are meeting expectations, taking into account the percentage of low-income students. Those districts scoring above 101 are exceeding expectations, and those below 99 are falling short. Go here to search all districts.

High school winners

RankDistrictCountyEnrollmentASC score*
1Ashley Community SchoolsGratiot293121.1
2Fairview Area School DistrictOscoda304120.6
3Star International AcademyWayne1586120.2
4Central AcademyWashtenaw576120
5Kingsley Area SchoolsGrand Traverse1384118.8
6Bloomfield Hills SchoolsOakland5406118.3
7Bloomingdale Public School DistrictVan Buren1210117.2
8Riverside AcademyWayne1059116.6
9Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area SchoolsHoughton314116.5
10Baldwin Community SchoolsLake561116
11Okemos Public SchoolsIngham3997115.2
12Mason County Eastern SchoolsMason459114.1
13Crawford AuSable SchoolsCrawford1653114.1
14Frankfort-Elberta Area SchoolsBenzie511113.7
15Whittemore-Prescott Area SchoolsIosco894113.7
16Adams Township School DistrictHoughton443113.5
17Crossroads Charter AcademyMecosta678113.4
18Alba Public SchoolsAntrim164113.4
19Leland Public School DistrictLeelanau426113.1
20Harbor Springs School DistrictEmmet850113
21Arenac Eastern School DistrictArenac208112.7
22Ann Arbor Public SchoolsWashtenaw16453112.3
23Pellston Public SchoolsEmmet607111.9
24Frontier International AcademyWayne452111.9
25Chassell Township School DistrictHoughton257111.7
26Covert Public SchoolsVan Buren342111.6
27Countryside AcademyBerrien596111.4
28White Pigeon Community SchoolsSt. Joseph759111.3

* Districts with scores between 99 and 101 are meeting expectations, taking into account the percentage of low-income students. Those districts scoring above 101 are exceeding expectations, and those below 99 are falling short. Go here to search all districts.

Middle school winners

RankDistrictCountyEnrollmentASC score*
1Martin Luther King, Jr. Education Center AcademyWayne298140.9
2Hamtramck AcademyWayne493127.5
3Detroit Merit Charter AcademyWayne734117.4
4Star International AcademyWayne1586116.6
5Ashley Community SchoolsGratiot293115.9
6Crawford AuSable SchoolsCrawford1653114.7
7Burr Oak Community School DistrictSt. Joseph280114.6
8Deckerville Community School DistrictSanilac585114.4
9Joseph K. Lumsden Bahweting Anishnabe AcademyChippewa463114.3
10Central AcademyWashtenaw576113.9
11Fairview Area School DistrictOscoda304113.1
12Great Oaks AcademyMacomb714112.9
13Roscommon Area Public SchoolsRoscommon1155112.8
14Manton Consolidated SchoolsWexford910112.7
15Madison School District (Lenawee)Lenawee1560112.7
16Johannesburg-Lewiston Area SchoolsOtsego739112.6
17Public Schools of Calumet, Laurium & KeweenawHoughton1497112.4
18Riverside AcademyWayne1059112.1
19Vanguard Charter AcademyKent768112
20Detroit Edison Public School AcademyWayne1501111.8
21Brown City Community SchoolsSanilac884111.8
22West MI Academy of Environmental ScienceKent623111.7
23International Academy of FlintGenesee1101111.3
24Godwin Heights Public SchoolsKent2274111
25Ridge Park Charter AcademyKent659110.9
26South Arbor Charter AcademyWashtenaw793110.7
27Bellaire Public SchoolsAntrim430110.7
28Kingsley Area SchoolsGrand Traverse1384110.6
29Frankfort-Elberta Area SchoolsBenzie511110.3
30Detroit Premier AcademyWayne726110.2
31Dearborn City School DistrictWayne19379110.1
31West Village AcademyWayne436110.1

* Districts with scores between 99 and 101 are meeting expectations, taking into account the percentage of low-income students. Those districts scoring above 101 are exceeding expectations, and those below 99 are falling short. Go here to search all districts.

Elementary school winners

RankDistrictCountyEnrollmentASC score*
1Martin Luther King, Jr. Education Center AcademyWayne298136.6
2Hamtramck AcademyWayne493123.9
3Vanderbilt Charter AcademyOttawa459118.6
4Godwin Heights Public SchoolsKent2274118.3
5Ellsworth Community SchoolAntrim245117.9
6West MI Academy of Environmental ScienceKent623117.4
7Onaway Area Community School DistrictPresque Isle674116.9
8North Central Area SchoolsMenominee437116.7
9Detroit Merit Charter AcademyWayne734115.3
10Academy of SouthfieldOakland319114.7
11Benzie County Central SchoolsBenzie1633114
12Three Oaks Public School AcademyMuskegon372113.9
13Kingsley Area SchoolsGrand Traverse1384113.2
14Stephenson Area Public SchoolsMenominee586113
15Croswell-Lexington Community SchoolsSanilac2322112.4
16Berrien Springs Public SchoolsBerrien2448112.2
17Brimley Area SchoolsChippewa500112.1
18Au Gres-Sims School DistrictArenac431111.7
19Clintondale Community SchoolsMacomb3152111.4
20Riverside AcademyWayne1059111.4
21Albion Public SchoolsCalhoun577111.3
22Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated School DistrictOntonagon242111.1
23Public Schools of Calumet, Laurium & KeweenawHoughton1497111
24Vanguard Charter AcademyKent768110.9
25Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker SchoolsHuron908110.8
26Eagle Crest Charter AcademyOttawa733110.7
27Crestwood School DistrictWayne3549110.6
28Madison School District (Lenawee)Lenawee1560110.6
29Napoleon Community SchoolsJackson1428110.4
30Ovid-Elsie Area SchoolsClinton1647110.2
31Vista Charter AcademyKent753110.2
32Frankfort-Elberta Area SchoolsBenzie511110.1
33International Academy of FlintGenesee1101110.1

* Districts with scores between 99 and 101 are meeting expectations, taking into account the percentage of low-income students. Those districts scoring above 101 are exceeding expectations, and those below 99 are falling short. Go here to search all districts.

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