Searchable Database: Academic State Champs

January 26, 2014Bridge StaffTalent & Education

Michigan Academic State Champs, 2013 Academic State Champs, Searchable database

Fifty-four Michigan public school districts and charters were named 2013 Academic State Champions. Winners represented the top 10 percent of districts and charters in a database created by Bridge Magazine and Public Sector Consultants that used test scores and socioeconomic status to determine which schools are exceeding expectations.

How to read the chart: An Academic Champs score of 100 indicates a school’s students are achieving at expected levels for their income level; the higher the score, the better a school’s students are performing on standardized tests.

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District or charter	State Rank	Type	Students	Free/Reduced Lunch	Academic Champs Score	11th Grade Rank	8th Grade Rank	4th Grade Rank
Star International Academy	1	Public charter	1,530	87.0	118.98	1	1	24
Central Academy	2	Public charter	547	83.6	114.87	32	4	11
Crawford AuSable Schools	3	Public	1,639	62.7	114.84	7	12	21
Riverside Academy	4	Public charter	1,090	97.3	114.65	73	2	5
Godwin Heights Public Schools	5	Public	2,213	86.5	113.94	161	32	1
Okemos Public Schools	6	Public	3,938	18.6	113.72	5	15	43
Bloomfield Hills Schools	7	Public	5,465	10.0	113.17	2	14	129
Ann Arbor Public Schools	8	Public	16,635	25.2	112.59	14	17	41
Public Schools of Calumet	9	Public	1,466	62.2	112.33	8	28	51
Benzie County Central Schools	10	Public	1,622	62.5	111.05	38	41	16
Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	11	Public	536	53.2	111.02	66	59	3
International Academy of Flint	12	Public charter	1,114	88.3	111	26	23	50
Kingsley Area Schools	13	Public	1,419	50.9	110.68	43	63	12
Dearborn City School District	14	Public	19,055	67.0	110.53	45	31	27
Troy School District	15	Public	12,367	13.4	110.38	74	27	29
Fairview Area School District	16	Public	315	71.1	110.35	37	6	140
Leland Public School District	17	Public	410	37.1	110.13	16	5	319
Madison School District (Lenawee)	18	Public	1,591	63.2	109.82	48	11	105
West Ottawa Public School District	19	Public	7,365	55.0	109.82	39	91	19
Haslett Public Schools	20	Public	2,713	22.3	109.62	81	21	52
Baldwin Community Schools	21	Public	553	94.0	109.6	61	71	22
Houghton Lake Community Schools	22	Public	1,525	73.1	109.53	18	178	25
Cass City Public Schools	23	Public	1,070	57.7	109.5	10	101	63
Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools	24	Public	755	55.8	109.49	118	10	69
Forest Hills Public Schools	25	Public	10,145	10.6	109.33	51	20	93
Grand Haven Area Public Schools	26	Public	6,046	35.9	109.33	47	57	37
Chassell Township School District	27	Public	270	48.2	109.12	17	54	110
Crestwood School District	28	Public	3,463	65.6	109.12	83	87	15
East Grand Rapids Public Schools	29	Public	2,997	5.5	109.1	35	52	72
South Lyon Community Schools	30	Public	7,340	21.1	109.03	110	19	65
Burr Oak Community School District	31	Public	289	77.2	109.01	367	7	14
Albion Public Schools	32	Public	734	100.0	108.94	11	378	4
Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools	33	Public	308	60.7	108.82	21	40	135
Rochester Community School District	34	Public	14,952	14.9	108.77	92	29	55
Davison Community Schools	35	Public	5,601	39.9	108.74	49	93	32
Spring Lake Public Schools	36	Public	2,453	19.3	108.74	76	188	6
Gaylord Community Schools	37	Public	3,156	48.5	108.61	67	13	190
Countryside Academy	38	Public charter	575	83.8	108.57	6	295	40
Cadillac Area Public Schools	39	Public	3,061	59.1	108.52	33	155	33
Gwinn Area Community Schools	40	Public	1,196	65.6	108.51	12	181	61
Covert Public Schools	41	Public	485	95.3	108.47	102	9	162
Bloomingdale Public School District	42	Public	1,193	81.2	108.46	4	257	62
Kentwood Public Schools	43	Public	8,673	61.6	108.22	164	61	20
Ellsworth Community School	44	Public	226	64.6	108.14	34	170	35
Manton Consolidated Schools	45	Public	919	63.7	108.07	284	24	26
Onaway Area Community School District	46	Public	675	65.3	107.88	320	99	2
Midland Public Schools	47	Public	8,017	27.4	107.81	13	97	179
Berrien Springs Public Schools	48	Public	2,247	59.1	107.7	321	34	13
Saline Area Schools	49	Public	5,249	9.3	107.68	30	45	201
East Lansing School District	50	Public	3,503	32.1	107.65	40	85	86
Novi Community School District	51	Public	6,303	8.8	107.63	62	96	58
West Iron County Public Schools	52	Public	900	58.8	107.42	25	74	169
Lakeshore School District (Berrien)	53	Public	2,869	28.3	107.4	87	62	81
Croswell-Lexington Community Schools	54	Public	2,275	51.7	107.4	64	298	9
Public Schools of Petoskey	55	Public	2,921	35.0	107.3	97	92	49
Birmingham Public Schools	56	Public	8,310	8.1	107.28	69	50	130
Jenison Public Schools	57	Public	4,760	27.3	107.16	149	36	78
Elk Rapids Schools	58	Public	1,418	36.1	107.08	91	137	38
Watervliet School District	59	Public	1,355	61.6	107	82	46	146
Excel Charter Academy	60	Public charter	1,368	43.5	106.94	20	171	109
Cesar Chavez Academy	61	Public charter	2,192	92.6	106.8	29	148	113
White Cloud Public Schools	62	Public	1,069	69.7	106.72	78	112	76
Hudsonville Public School District	63	Public	6,186	20.5	106.7	172	67	48
Saugatuck Public Schools	64	Public	861	33.7	106.69	112	55	100
Houghton-Portage Township School District	65	Public	1,386	30.0	106.66	19	88	250
Au Gres-Sims School District	66	Public	383	68.9	106.65	85	215	31
Alba Public Schools	67	Public	182	76.9	106.63	28	109	177
West MI Academy of Environmental Science	68	Public charter	599	70.3	106.58	46	228	44
White Pigeon Community Schools	69	Public	792	70.3	106.52	106	18	271
Oakland International Academy	70	Public charter	693	96.1	106.48	171	44	87
Edwardsburg Public Schools	71	Public	2,728	39.1	106.45	227	43	57
Cheboygan Area Schools	72	Public	1,904	64.5	106.38	269	42	42
Alanson Public Schools	73	Public	293	65.5	106.32	240	3	333
St. Joseph Public Schools	74	Public	2,819	22.8	106.23	59	115	118
North Muskegon Public Schools	75	Public	996	23.3	106.15	101	90	101
Chippewa Hills School District	76	Public	2,181	64.9	106.11	58	331	28
Dowagiac Union School District	77	Public	2,301	69.8	106.07	89	94	114
Brown City Community Schools	78	Public	927	58.1	106.04	245	8	227
Northville Public Schools	79	Public	7,232	6.5	106.04	52	132	119
Byron Center Public Schools	80	Public	3,581	28.9	105.9	217	182	18
Lake Orion Community Schools	81	Public	7,576	19.2	105.63	148	66	117
Grosse Pointe Public Schools	82	Public	8,257	14.6	105.62	95	167	83
Boyne City Public Schools	83	Public	1,350	52.4	105.61	135	139	59
Deckerville Community School District	84	Public	587	57.6	105.61	371	124	8
Kingston Community School District	85	Public	637	67.4	105.6	23	126	266
Universal Academy	86	Public charter	606	90.8	105.57	70	65	243
Bad Axe Public Schools	87	Public	1,122	43.5	105.48	165	33	196
Mancelona Public Schools	88	Public	981	71.9	105.26	146	121	84
Mattawan Consolidated School	89	Public	3,796	15.2	105.25	57	169	152
Roscommon Area Public Schools	90	Public	1,174	63.7	105.18	152	69	160
West Branch-Rose City Area Schools	91	Public	2,182	62.0	105.11	55	184	151
Harbor Beach Community Schools	92	Public	509	47.3	105.07	286	22	182
Mona Shores Public School District	93	Public	3,790	42.0	105.07	116	35	282
Stephenson Area Public Schools	94	Public	617	52.7	105.02	467	84	7
Lawton Community School District	95	Public	996	58.4	104.96	72	82	270
St. Louis Public Schools	96	Public	1,139	57.8	104.89	213	58	139
Bessemer Area School District	97	Public	440	47.7	104.82	60	138	218
Sturgis Public Schools	98	Public	3,286	62.8	104.82	115	47	291
Niles Community Schools	99	Public	3,810	59.6	104.72	151	75	194
Ludington Area School District	100	Public	2,223	49.4	104.72	137	154	96
Grand Blanc Community Schools	101	Public	8,736	28.3	104.69	100	207	103
Les Cheneaux Community Schools	102	Public	284	41.9	104.69	243	307	10
Adams Township School District	103	Public	451	57.4	104.62	15	56	485
Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren)	104	Public	1,256	76.3	104.51	50	217	187
Owendale-Gagetown Area School District	105	Public	192	69.8	104.49	80	39	392
Three Rivers Community Schools	106	Public	2,719	56.8	104.48	193	106	99
Marion Public Schools	107	Public	547	71.3	104.43	248	195	34
Gladwin Community Schools	108	Public	1,810	61.0	104.32	133	141	147
Columbia School District	109	Public	1,459	42.6	104.26	228	142	77
Charlevoix Public Schools	110	Public	1,043	37.8	104.23	88	201	168
Marysville Public Schools	111	Public	2,696	29.2	104.23	141	165	125
Brimley Area Schools	112	Public	499	50.3	104.22	68	357	68
Glen Lake Community Schools	113	Public	777	28.1	104.22	341	199	23
Black River Public School	114	Public charter	849	19.1	104.22	129	49	322
Hastings Area School District	115	Public	2,812	48.9	104.21	196	177	74
Portage Public Schools	116	Public	8,746	25.1	104.21	154	89	207
Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools	117	Public	2,451	42.9	104.16	329	37	137
Grandville Public Schools	118	Public	5,631	30.6	104.11	157	194	97
Eau Claire Public Schools	119	Public	875	79.4	104.09	177	218	73
Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools	120	Public	4,361	74.1	103.97	230	225	45
Kelloggsville Public Schools	121	Public	2,232	73.6	103.96	140	197	115
Yale Public Schools	122	Public	2,076	39.5	103.96	239	117	94
Buchanan Community Schools	123	Public	1,602	50.9	103.94	123	119	217
Oscoda Area Schools	124	Public	1,288	74.2	103.94	176	60	258
Crossroads Charter Academy	125	Public charter	705	58.2	103.94	22	64	477
Holland City School District	126	Public	4,039	65.2	103.94	42	252	212
Hamilton Community Schools	127	Public	2,630	26.8	103.93	181	136	131
Big Rapids Public Schools	128	Public	1,913	55.0	103.93	107	301	71
Fennville Public Schools	129	Public	1,436	74.6	103.91	191	223	64
Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker Schools	130	Public	891	47.3	103.87	209	192	75
Sandusky Community School District	131	Public	1,016	52.4	103.82	79	220	199
Hartford Public Schools	132	Public	1,388	78.0	103.82	117	76	315
Homer Community School District	133	Public	1,063	58.3	103.81	114	81	308
Concord Academy - Petoskey	134	Public charter	248	37.5	103.78	36	127	403
Pellston Public Schools	135	Public	631	64.0	103.74	111	265	95
Rudyard Area Schools	136	Public	765	64.1	103.71	27	144	415
Fremont Public School District	137	Public	2,229	49.5	103.7	291	68	150
Chesaning Union Schools	138	Public	1,620	50.1	103.7	302	146	67
Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	139	Public	17,998	16.9	103.68	130	105	246
Marcellus Community Schools	140	Public	729	57.6	103.63	202	299	36
Godfrey-Lee Public Schools	141	Public	1,776	86.9	103.6	169	185	133
Northview Public Schools	142	Public	3,444	39.9	103.51	244	161	90
Kent City Community Schools	143	Public	1,271	56.9	103.46	270	73	181
Bronson Community School District	144	Public	1,061	57.8	103.44	212	248	60
Mason County Central Schools	145	Public	1,420	64.0	103.43	138	83	307
Newaygo Public School District	146	Public	1,758	66.7	103.36	65	302	173
Mason County Eastern Schools	147	Public	472	73.3	103.33	75	48	464
Caledonia Community Schools	148	Public	4,325	18.0	103.29	190	143	171
Carney-Nadeau Public Schools	149	Public	231	60.2	103.24	113	200	214
Ubly Community Schools	150	Public	793	48.1	103.23	182	269	80
Cedar Springs Public Schools	151	Public	3,371	48.1	103.23	201	304	46
Norway-Vulcan Area Schools	152	Public	732	44.1	103.22	300	26	340
Western School District	153	Public	2,945	42.9	103.22	275	245	47
Lake City Area School District	154	Public	1,159	67.9	103.22	41	259	268
Mesick Consolidated Schools	155	Public	658	67.2	103.22	178	391	30
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools	156	Public	15,077	26.9	103.18	274	123	120
Kalamazoo Public Schools	157	Public	12,538	72.3	103.17	56	266	235
Montague Area Public Schools	158	Public	1,490	53.3	103.16	234	145	143
Forest Area Community Schools	159	Public	611	73.3	103.09	93	368	92
Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools	160	Public	969	83.9	103.08	170	80	311
Traverse City Area Public Schools	161	Public	9,775	39.0	103.07	84	135	354
Clarkston Community School District	162	Public	7,921	20.4	103.07	296	107	136
Alma Public Schools	163	Public	2,227	53.2	103.05	222	104	202
Hopkins Public Schools	164	Public	1,667	39.4	103.04	142	236	159
New Buffalo Area Schools	165	Public	660	40.9	103.03	125	51	424
Wayland Union Schools	166	Public	2,822	48.3	103.01	339	234	39
Tawas Area Schools	167	Public	1,278	51.7	103.01	194	308	56
Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County	168	Public	894	59.4	102.94	197	208	134
Harbor Springs School District	169	Public	872	30.4	102.91	86	219	269
Dearborn Heights School District #7	170	Public	2,813	68.6	102.88	174	157	220
Lawrence Public Schools	171	Public	676	63.0	102.84	44	209	372
South Haven Public Schools	172	Public	2,149	62.0	102.82	31	198	431
Springport Public Schools	173	Public	1,041	59.8	102.81	147	180	230
West Bloomfield School District	174	Public	6,215	23.6	102.8	221	210	126
Mio-AuSable Schools	175	Public	637	66.6	102.8	77	140	386
Hale Area Schools	176	Public	470	79.2	102.77	343	110	112
Lakewood Public Schools	177	Public	2,036	46.0	102.73	153	335	88
Grand Rapids Public Schools	178	Public	16,498	82.6	102.69	63	297	241
Vicksburg Community Schools	179	Public	2,638	31.5	102.66	249	86	242
Hesperia Community Schools	180	Public	1,128	66.0	102.62	162	38	438
Coopersville Area Public School District	181	Public	2,477	34.0	102.62	207	120	232
Ovid-Elsie Area Schools	182	Public	1,733	41.3	102.56	375	173	70
Caseville Public Schools	183	Public	261	67.4	102.55	9	374	402
Vassar Public Schools	184	Public	1,356	64.4	102.54	224	129	215
Livonia Public Schools School District	185	Public	15,032	28.0	102.54	262	152	161
East Jordan Public Schools	186	Public	990	58.3	102.53	188	235	145
Lowell Area Schools	187	Public	3,797	31.0	102.43	126	332	132
Alpena Public Schools	188	Public	4,002	51.6	102.38	90	221	320
Huron Valley Schools	189	Public	9,823	29.1	102.34	311	78	233
Manistee Area Public Schools	190	Public	1,675	51.0	102.29	208	175	205
St. Ignace Area Schools	191	Public	626	51.4	102.28	336	72	224
Dexter Community School District	192	Public	3,566	9.9	102.23	108	147	376
Saginaw, School District of the City of	193	Public	7,575	81.5	102.22	104	116	411
Hillsdale Community Schools	194	Public	1,413	61.9	102.21	143	150	332
Farmington Public School District	195	Public	11,069	23.0	102.21	264	100	249
Center Line Public Schools	196	Public	2,713	67.2	102.12	258	118	226
Marshall Public Schools	197	Public	2,258	30.2	102.09	238	292	89
Chelsea School District	198	Public	2,495	11.9	102.09	120	174	350
Plainwell Community Schools	199	Public	2,722	38.8	102.04	155	283	188
Montrose Community Schools	200	Public	1,375	60.0	102.03	185	256	172
Quincy Community Schools	201	Public	1,193	51.0	102	167	274	185
Pentwater Public School District	202	Public	285	55.8	102	158	293	175
East China School District	203	Public	4,475	31.7	101.95	229	278	108
Grand Traverse Academy	204	Public charter	1,185	28.4	101.89	103	111	441
Alcona Community Schools	205	Public	778	58.9	101.85	184	288	155
Arenac Eastern School District	206	Public	234	77.8	101.72	109	179	388
Howell Public Schools	207	Public	7,883	28.0	101.72	325	213	124
University Preparatory Academy (PSAD)	208	Public charter	1,704	81.8	101.7	479	30	197
School District of the City of Royal Oak	209	Public	5,079	23.5	101.65	266	163	223
Fenton Area Public Schools	210	Public	3,488	31.5	101.62	206	306	127
Clintondale Community Schools	211	Public	3,351	76.7	101.55	432	349	17
Thornapple Kellogg School District	212	Public	3,065	36.0	101.54	299	206	176
North Huron School District	213	Public	464	61.6	101.54	121	339	206
Pinconning Area Schools	214	Public	1,414	54.4	101.52	195	352	106
Da Vinci Institute	215	Public charter	263	71.9	101.51	370	202	107
Athens Area Schools	216	Public	584	51.2	101.46	335	16	476
Rockford Public Schools	217	Public	7,913	19.0	101.46	187	237	240
North Central Area Schools	218	Public	466	53.7	101.46	505	95	66
Berkley School District	219	Public	4,617	26.8	101.42	403	158	111
Hancock Public Schools	220	Public	826	43.6	101.41	119	240	343
Escanaba Area Public Schools	221	Public	2,507	48.7	101.4	173	303	198
Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District	222	Public	562	62.3	101.33	94	466	138
Clio Area School District	223	Public	3,498	53.9	101.29	499	130	54
Fitzgerald Public Schools	224	Public	2,871	83.8	101.26	210	253	216
McBain Rural Agricultural Schools	225	Public	1,067	46.4	101.23	247	263	164
Greenville Public Schools	226	Public	3,811	53.4	101.19	99	360	255
Jackson Public Schools	227	Public	5,978	69.9	101.17	145	322	228
Wyoming Public Schools	228	Public	4,555	72.4	101.15	168	268	263
L'Anse Creuse Public Schools	229	Public	11,526	36.6	101.11	457	122	121
Essexville-Hampton Public Schools	230	Public	1,787	33.6	101.06	192	214	303
Bridgman Public Schools	231	Public	989	40.7	101.05	179	342	191
Mt. Pleasant City School District	232	Public	3,463	41.5	101.05	180	190	357
Breitung Township School District	233	Public	1,672	40.4	101.02	242	156	326
Adrian, School District of the City of	234	Public	3,124	55.2	101.01	134	362	208
Suttons Bay Public Schools	235	Public	733	54.6	100.98	252	98	378
Kenowa Hills Public Schools	236	Public	3,301	48.5	100.96	285	275	154
Olivet Community Schools	237	Public	1,561	42.2	100.95	144	323	248
Gull Lake Community Schools	238	Public	2,941	20.7	100.92	166	168	404
Marlette Community Schools	239	Public	991	55.3	100.87	204	189	341
Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	240	Public	581	74.5	100.86	226	316	174
Frankenmuth School District	241	Public	1,214	14.1	100.85	53	419	301
Comstock Public Schools	242	Public	1,955	73.9	100.83	24	459	355
Brighton Area Schools	243	Public	6,031	12.6	100.82	189	370	156
Hamtramck, School District of the City of	244	Public	2,897	84.1	100.82	225	125	389
Algonac Community School District	245	Public	1,878	44.5	100.81	397	53	345
Ishpeming Public School District No. 1	246	Public	830	46.8	100.8	241	133	368
Beaverton Rural Schools	247	Public	1,326	64.7	100.79	399	255	85
Holly Area School District	248	Public	3,359	40.1	100.78	98	334	330
Allendale Public Schools	249	Public	2,509	31.4	100.74	328	102	335
Ionia Public Schools	250	Public	3,029	62.6	100.73	220	343	167
Coleman Community Schools	251	Public	731	52.5	100.64	253	294	186
Napoleon Community Schools	252	Public	1,440	47.5	100.59	330	243	183
Clare Public Schools	253	Public	1,537	46.5	100.57	340	151	272
Grant Public School District	254	Public	1,949	56.1	100.57	309	277	166
Kearsley Community School District	255	Public	3,303	60.2	100.52	198	224	342
Hillman Community Schools	256	Public	520	66.4	100.52	280	381	98
Fowler Public Schools	257	Public	553	14.3	100.51	428	205	122
Montabella Community Schools	258	Public	830	67.5	100.46	163	113	468
Corunna Public Schools	259	Public	2,133	48.3	100.45	277	326	157
Charyl Stockwell Academy	260	Public charter	1,086	13.5	100.41	369	103	317
Unionville-Sebewaing Area S.D.	261	Public	779	40.2	100.39	122	311	349
Owosso Public Schools	262	Public	3,217	60.3	100.35	128	289	369
Bangor Township Schools	263	Public	2,481	53.3	100.29	131	359	288
Utica Community Schools	264	Public	28,507	29.8	100.25	316	227	244
Bullock Creek School District	265	Public	1,945	44.5	100.22	257	134	397
Avondale School District	266	Public	3,534	31.5	100.22	421	193	170
Blissfield Community Schools	267	Public	1,262	37.1	100.19	393	176	219
Coloma Community Schools	268	Public	1,749	59.6	100.12	306	233	259
Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools	269	Public	1,137	54.6	100.11	203	149	436
Buckley Community Schools	270	Public	420	69.3	100.09	259	153	394
Comstock Park Public Schools	271	Public	2,228	52.9	100.06	150	415	234
Holt Public Schools	272	Public	5,798	41.4	100.01	295	324	189
Morley Stanwood Community Schools	273	Public	1,260	66.1	99.98	272	264	262
Fraser Public Schools	274	Public	5,335	47.0	99.96	450	285	82
Riverview Community School District	275	Public	2,863	36.3	99.94	211	272	324
Bay City School District	276	Public	8,276	50.7	99.93	235	353	210
Constantine Public School District	277	Public	1,452	59.0	99.87	314	254	254
L'Anse Area Schools	278	Public	687	54.2	99.82	379	291	149
Whitehall District Schools	279	Public	2,160	42.8	99.81	357	131	351
Hartland Consolidated Schools	280	Public	5,518	15.6	99.8	361	280	193
Taylor School District	281	Public	7,270	73.8	99.77	214	309	295
Clarenceville School District	282	Public	1,879	54.6	99.76	293	389	144
Pewamo-Westphalia Community Schools	283	Public	644	17.4	99.75	96	356	405
Mackinaw City Public Schools	284	Public	193	37.8	99.71	3	501	487
Williamston Community Schools	285	Public	1,849	21.4	99.7	199	241	396
North Branch Area Schools	286	Public	2,436	46.8	99.68	372	287	178
Sparta Area Schools	287	Public	2,678	44.1	99.57	279	406	158
Lapeer Community Schools	288	Public	5,839	47.9	99.5	261	364	209
Lincoln Park, School District of the City of	289	Public	4,822	79.3	99.49	156	317	385
Kalkaska Public Schools	290	Public	1,597	64.1	99.47	71	373	443
Meridian Public Schools	291	Public	1,314	48.1	99.46	175	164	482
Fulton Schools	292	Public	1,058	86.3	99.44	523	25	346
Hudson Area Schools	293	Public	945	54.0	99.42	319	230	323
Whitmore Lake Public School District	294	Public	1,066	38.5	99.39	290	313	253
Paw Paw Public School District	295	Public	2,274	41.9	99.36	160	305	401
Mendon Community School District	296	Public	664	52.3	99.34	250	315	280
Bear Lake Schools	297	Public	356	55.1	99.31	392	239	237
Orchard View Schools	298	Public	2,586	68.7	99.31	246	380	225
Standish-Sterling Community Schools	299	Public	1,644	59.9	99.27	301	432	141
Brandon School District in the Counties of Oakland and Lapeer	300	Public	3,168	37.5	99.18	318	258	305
Concord Community Schools	301	Public	796	56.4	99.16	498	251	91
New Lothrop Area Public Schools	302	Public	916	23.5	99.08	489	159	211
Reese Public Schools	303	Public	858	43.8	99.07	233	410	231
Atherton Community Schools	304	Public	808	74.1	98.98	323	216	379
Portland Public Schools	305	Public	1,990	35.7	98.97	409	337	142
Freeland Community School District	306	Public	1,831	17.8	98.94	355	262	283
Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated School District	307	Public	248	60.1	98.93	105	525	123
Swan Valley School District	308	Public	1,825	37.2	98.93	380	412	104
Northwest Community Schools	309	Public	2,818	46.8	98.92	326	281	302
Pennfield Schools	310	Public	2,112	47.0	98.89	251	226	425
Iron Mountain Public Schools	311	Public	1,115	41.1	98.89	288	341	277
Brandywine Community Schools	312	Public	1,410	60.2	98.86	415	222	265
Breckenridge Community Schools	313	Public	836	50.2	98.86	407	231	264
Michigan Center School District	314	Public	1,400	51.5	98.83	398	162	362
Grosse Ile Township Schools	315	Public	1,845	9.4	98.83	159	433	328
Reading Community Schools	316	Public	838	61.1	98.82	231	320	361
Capac Community Schools	317	Public	1,291	49.7	98.82	390	183	359
Bellaire Public Schools	318	Public	441	42.4	98.8	410	79	439
Warren Consolidated Schools	319	Public	15,266	57.6	98.8	354	338	221
Lake Linden-Hubbell School District	320	Public	515	51.1	98.79	54	455	433
Decatur Public Schools	321	Public	913	67.7	98.75	265	340	310
Superior Central School District	322	Public	357	45.1	98.74	218	160	495
Union City Community Schools	323	Public	1,091	56.7	98.68	315	369	239
Ithaca Public Schools	324	Public	1,279	40.5	98.67	183	191	496
Gobles Public School District	325	Public	868	50.5	98.67	278	290	366
Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe)	326	Public	1,148	42.9	98.63	500	128	252
Coldwater Community Schools	327	Public	2,886	60.2	98.61	307	196	435
Centreville Public Schools	328	Public	872	50.1	98.6	124	418	410
Forest Park School District	329	Public	468	53.2	98.56	223	392	321
Marquette Area Public Schools	330	Public	3,087	27.1	98.5	205	363	370
Mt. Morris Consolidated Schools	331	Public	2,478	76.8	98.46	391	426	116
Clinton Community Schools	332	Public	1,122	31.9	98.42	132	351	450
Durand Area Schools	333	Public	1,601	52.1	98.38	408	250	287
Manchester Community Schools	334	Public	1,187	21.7	98.38	324	328	312
Saranac Community Schools	335	Public	1,116	47.2	98.35	276	420	256
Roseville Community Schools	336	Public	5,122	70.2	98.35	384	282	292
Zeeland Public Schools	337	Public	5,719	22.5	98.34	273	390	285
Central Lake Public Schools	338	Public	341	51.6	98.32	298	271	398
River Valley School District	339	Public	659	56.5	98.24	127	414	429
Reeths-Puffer Schools	340	Public	3,783	44.4	98.21	327	429	203
Bendle Public Schools	341	Public	2,280	73.3	98.17	287	376	314
Madison District Public Schools	342	Public	1,298	79.3	98.17	382	469	102
Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District	343	Public	1,470	78.9	98.15	383	260	336
Maple Valley Schools	344	Public	1,184	57.3	98.14	139	325	473
Ferndale Public Schools	345	Public	3,590	60.1	98.14	486	284	165
Peck Community School District	346	Public	460	55.4	98.12	438	244	281
Mount Clemens Community School District	347	Public	1,502	93.8	97.95	263	444	267
Shepherd Public Schools	348	Public	1,775	43.2	97.94	420	166	413
Millington Community Schools	349	Public	1,351	50.7	97.92	363	333	306
Lake Shore Public Schools (Macomb)	350	Public	3,682	42.7	97.89	492	312	148
Pine River Area Schools	351	Public	1,127	55.6	97.89	337	247	423
Inland Lakes Schools	352	Public	809	52.7	97.88	352	212	444
DeWitt Public Schools	353	Public	3,029	11.8	97.8	344	249	420
Vestaburg Community Schools	354	Public	699	57.4	97.75	353	344	325
Lamphere Public Schools	355	Public	2,813	49.2	97.74	416	388	195
Delton Kellogg Schools	356	Public	1,487	50.2	97.72	351	187	463
Oxford Community Schools	357	Public	5,231	22.5	97.7	469	232	300
Bedford Public Schools	358	Public	4,701	19.6	97.69	444	238	338
Voyageur Academy	359	Public charter	1,008	91.3	97.65	374	467	163
Ashley Community Schools	360	Public	299	85.0	97.64	524	77	344
Colon Community School District	361	Public	635	54.2	97.61	342	246	434
Linden Community Schools	362	Public	2,983	30.3	97.59	237	431	360
Rapid River Public Schools	363	Public	379	44.1	97.57	360	108	501
Melvindale-North Allen Park Schools	364	Public	2,854	75.9	97.57	292	300	432
Wyandotte, School District of the City of	365	Public	4,373	52.0	97.49	365	435	229
Otsego Public Schools	366	Public	2,341	37.1	97.45	256	348	427
Marvin L. Winans Academy of Performing Arts	367	Public charter	1,196	85.4	97.44	441	70	498
Imlay City Community Schools	368	Public	2,157	57.0	97.43	435	336	251
Merritt Academy	369	Public charter	516	41.9	97.43	522	204	204
Chandler Park Academy	370	Public charter	2,445	92.1	97.35	282	347	418
Addison Community Schools	371	Public	880	43.3	97.33	465	310	247
Van Dyke Public Schools	372	Public	2,901	71.4	97.32	427	296	313
Swartz Creek Community Schools	373	Public	4,013	47.3	97.3	426	321	286
Port Huron Area School District	374	Public	9,500	53.2	97.26	271	424	367
Almont Community Schools	375	Public	1,537	25.4	97.22	440	417	192
Parchment School District	376	Public	1,808	52.9	97.2	433	273	348
Romulus Community Schools	377	Public	2,946	74.3	97.19	464	405	180
South Lake Schools	378	Public	2,058	57.7	97.14	475	242	339
Negaunee Public Schools	379	Public	1,538	33.4	97.13	267	477	290
Trenton Public Schools	380	Public	2,634	24.0	97.12	453	318	279
Lake Fenton Community Schools	381	Public	1,998	28.4	97.08	493	276	260
Warren Woods Public Schools	382	Public	3,336	51.1	97.08	381	379	309
Lakeview Sch. District (Calhoun)	383	Public	3,902	48.7	97.06	430	261	377
Belding Area School District	384	Public	1,993	63.6	97.03	200	452	406
Battle Creek Public Schools	385	Public	5,176	72.4	97.02	303	445	337
Bentley Community School District	386	Public	801	66.6	97.01	349	476	236
Central Montcalm Public Schools	387	Public	1,725	61.3	96.97	317	350	422
Muskegon, Public Schools of the City of	388	Public	4,433	73.0	96.94	268	434	380
Flat Rock Community Schools	389	Public	1,906	38.9	96.94	429	470	153
Ravenna Public Schools	390	Public	1,113	46.8	96.93	313	399	383
St. Johns Public Schools	391	Public	3,135	29.1	96.92	442	314	316
Menominee Area Public Schools	392	Public	1,566	49.6	96.9	350	211	493
Harrison Community Schools	393	Public	1,498	74.0	96.89	308	387	399
Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb)	394	Public	3,881	37.4	96.89	406	384	296
Wayne-Westland Community School District	395	Public	11,945	64.8	96.87	312	447	334
Munising Public Schools	396	Public	637	45.4	96.85	219	329	490
Charlotte Public Schools	397	Public	2,670	46.8	96.83	474	367	222
Summit Academy North	398	Public charter	1,967	54.1	96.83	358	279	449
Byron Area Schools	399	Public	1,115	37.7	96.77	437	403	245
St. Charles Community Schools	400	Public	1,143	48.8	96.75	305	354	440
Waverly Community Schools	401	Public	2,787	55.6	96.74	473	330	273
Cassopolis Public Schools	402	Public	1,057	67.8	96.73	462	409	213
Caro Community Schools	403	Public	1,881	59.2	96.68	215	358	483
Ontonagon Area School District	404	Public	389	58.4	96.67	283	451	371
Romeo Community Schools	405	Public	5,260	29.2	96.64	348	270	465
Morenci Area Schools	406	Public	720	57.8	96.63	412	430	257
Oakridge Public Schools	407	Public	1,905	62.7	96.63	232	393	456
Flushing Community Schools	408	Public	4,113	32.5	96.59	297	456	363
Carson City-Crystal Area Schools	409	Public	932	54.7	96.59	454	361	293
Saginaw Township Community Schools	410	Public	4,943	37.5	96.54	322	493	261
Hemlock Public School District	411	Public	1,242	34.1	96.54	216	398	466
Fruitport Community Schools	412	Public	2,963	44.8	96.49	400	366	358
Stockbridge Community Schools	413	Public	1,546	40.7	96.48	334	461	329
Vandercook Lake Public Schools	414	Public	1,276	60.8	96.42	378	372	387
Bark River-Harris School District	415	Public	743	51.4	96.4	255	172	526
Eaton Rapids Public Schools	416	Public	2,607	43.4	96.34	281	319	488
Merrill Community Schools	417	Public	745	47.4	96.28	504	267	318
Jonesville Community Schools	418	Public	1,485	52.1	96.27	359	441	352
Allegan Public Schools	419	Public	2,663	50.0	96.24	402	396	347
Waldron Area Schools	420	Public	295	76.3	96.24	502	203	408
Waterford School District	421	Public	10,707	51.6	96.23	389	408	356
Engadine Consolidated Schools	422	Public	273	57.9	95.96	331	401	437
Manistique Area Schools	423	Public	857	55.2	95.89	289	382	474
AGBU Alex-Marie Manoogian School	424	Public charter	381	47.0	95.87	514	397	184
Onekama Consolidated Schools	425	Public	394	42.6	95.77	401	394	390
Ida Public School District	426	Public	1,461	22.3	95.73	366	454	373
Akron-Fairgrove Schools	427	Public	280	68.2	95.68	310	407	458
Tecumseh Public Schools	428	Public	2,974	28.3	95.64	368	386	442
Mason Public Schools (Ingham)	429	Public	3,049	29.2	95.61	405	473	299
Tekonsha Community Schools	430	Public	300	68.7	95.59	478	186	481
Tahquamenon Area Schools	431	Public	741	46.7	95.57	333	460	412
Bath Community Schools	432	Public	1,038	35.2	95.53	294	453	445
Allen Academy	433	Public charter	1,025	95.9	95.53	338	421	446
Atlanta Community Schools	434	Public	254	61.4	95.48	404	416	393
Memphis Community Schools	435	Public	954	28.6	95.45	503	345	327
Academy for Business and Technology	436	Public charter	717	88.4	95.41	485	529	53
Leslie Public Schools	437	Public	1,370	44.1	95.26	385	427	419
Chippewa Valley Schools	438	Public	16,408	26.1	95.21	451	395	391
NICE Community School District	439	Public	1,168	28.2	95.21	304	423	475
Huron School District	440	Public	2,434	28.7	95.15	345	428	453
Birch Run Area Schools	441	Public	1,801	47.7	95.04	456	480	275
Mayville Community School District	442	Public	729	61.8	94.93	186	499	472
Schoolcraft Community Schools	443	Public	1,111	18.3	94.81	332	487	430
Beal City Public Schools	444	Public	705	34.3	94.8	387	383	471
Pinckney Community Schools	445	Public	4,037	19.6	94.77	459	449	365
Baraga Area Schools	446	Public	502	62.2	94.76	356	114	539
Gladstone Area Schools	447	Public	1,507	39.3	94.75	254	458	494
South Redford School District	448	Public	3,248	59.4	94.74	419	440	416
Harper Woods, The School District of the City of	449	Public	1,504	78.9	94.61	471	229	502
Jefferson Schools (Monroe)	450	Public	2,032	38.5	94.59	506	472	238
Hazel Park, School District of the City of	451	Public	4,002	75.5	94.59	468	436	382
Clawson Public Schools	452	Public	1,765	38.0	94.56	512	411	294
Holton Public Schools	453	Public	881	67.7	94.55	260	471	492
Harper Creek Community Schools	454	Public	2,613	39.1	94.5	495	404	375
Farwell Area Schools	455	Public	1,491	68.6	94.5	425	488	353
Carrollton Public Schools	456	Public	1,959	68.5	94.5	414	402	457
Posen Consolidated School District No. 9	457	Public	249	57.8	94.47	509	443	276
LakeVille Community School District	458	Public	1,485	51.6	94.42	528	511	79
Woodhaven-Brownstown School District	459	Public	4,905	38.4	94.37	346	514	374
Monroe Public Schools	460	Public	6,136	56.6	94.35	447	355	470
Allen Park Public Schools	461	Public	3,781	34.8	94.34	436	400	454
Fowlerville Community Schools	462	Public	2,915	34.1	94.3	413	495	364
Onsted Community Schools	463	Public	1,528	37.2	94.17	364	502	417
North Adams-Jerome Public Schools	464	Public	398	54.8	94.16	395	500	384
Anchor Bay School District	465	Public	6,154	26.3	94.14	494	489	278
Goodrich Area Schools	466	Public	2,106	17.6	93.89	466	375	467
Southgate Community School District	467	Public	5,193	46.0	93.84	472	505	298
Camden-Frontier School	468	Public	572	60.3	93.79	439	475	426
Webberville Community Schools	469	Public	615	40.5	93.7	516	506	200
Dryden Community Schools	470	Public	647	31.8	93.58	373	518	381
Detroit City School District	471	Public	49,168	81.0	93.49	386	442	499
Tri County Area Schools	472	Public	2,186	51.3	93.37	362	481	489
Advanced Technology Academy	473	Public charter	1,485	78.7	93.37	424	365	507
Westwood Heights Schools	474	Public	854	85.3	93.2	497	497	331
Ypsilanti Community Schools	475	Public	3,339	69.8	93.19	476	438	461
Grand Ledge Public Schools	476	Public	5,071	26.0	93.17	445	479	447
Hanover-Horton School District	477	Public	1,227	36.0	93.15	396	492	462
Reed City Area Public Schools	478	Public	1,552	58.6	93.1	417	413	505
Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm)	479	Public	1,299	53.9	93.06	480	346	503
School District of the City of Inkster	480	Public	2,262	83.2	93.04	513	534	128
Old Redford Academy	481	Public charter	2,064	84.4	93.01	501	385	469
Milan Area Schools	482	Public	2,418	30.0	92.86	443	463	479
Trillium Academy	483	Public charter	693	61.8	92.81	418	478	480
Lincoln Consolidated School District	484	Public	4,352	50.1	92.63	483	465	459
Pontiac Academy for Excellence	485	Public charter	1,452	74.3	92.61	347	496	504
Van Buren Public Schools	486	Public	5,154	52.3	92.61	484	503	400
Rogers City Area Schools	487	Public	560	25.9	92.6	236	504	514
Perry Public Schools	488	Public	1,377	46.2	92.58	377	422	522
Madison Academy	489	Public charter	581	75.6	92.56	526	494	274
Sand Creek Community Schools	490	Public	947	42.9	92.52	496	482	421
Bellevue Community Schools	491	Public	595	59.7	92.51	455	498	452
Whiteford Agricultural School District of the Counties of Lenawee and Monroe	492	Public	675	20.2	92.32	533	468	297
New Haven Community Schools	493	Public	1,279	52.3	92.2	539	286	428
Dundee Community Schools	494	Public	1,617	35.1	92.17	431	437	513
Michigan Virtual Charter Academy	495	Public charter	954	58.8	92.15	510	446	460
Genesee School District	496	Public	811	76.0	92.09	376	464	519
Dansville Schools	497	Public	871	31.5	92.08	470	371	515
Martin Public Schools	498	Public	592	47.5	91.96	521	513	304
Laingsburg Community Schools	499	Public	1,127	24.0	91.91	394	485	510
Lansing Public School District	500	Public	12,180	66.0	91.55	463	531	409
Britton Deerfield Schools	501	Public	763	39.1	91.54	508	448	491
Grass Lake Community Schools	502	Public	1,249	29.3	91.33	477	462	509
Gibraltar School District	503	Public	3,749	29.6	91.33	517	508	407
Southfield Public School District	504	Public	7,360	59.9	91.21	532	509	284
Creative Technologies Academy	505	Public charter	301	29.6	91.2	518	490	451
Summerfield Schools	506	Public	724	26.4	91.11	458	483	511
Eaton Academy	507	Public charter	485	83.7	90.92	446	474	520
Plymouth Educational Center Charter School	508	Public charter	1,341	84.3	90.9	538	377	455
Airport Community Schools	509	Public	2,583	44.4	90.82	511	519	414
East Jackson Community Schools	510	Public	1,239	57.1	90.79	482	450	516
Flint, School District of the City of	511	Public	8,472	84.0	90.71	422	528	486
Litchfield Community Schools	512	Public	314	61.2	90.6	411	535	484
Evart Public Schools	513	Public	917	67.7	90.56	434	486	523
Westwood Community School District	514	Public	2,509	73.6	90.43	530	484	448
Armada Area Schools	515	Public	2,002	22.0	90.39	531	526	289
Bradford Academy	516	Public charter	1,088	77.1	90.17	536	327	508
Landmark Academy	517	Public charter	934	49.4	90.14	460	491	524
North Dickinson County Schools	518	Public	301	51.2	90.1	136	536	540
East Detroit Public Schools	519	Public	3,832	63.3	90.04	488	510	506
Potterville Public Schools	520	Public	925	40.9	90.02	491	457	527
River Rouge, School District of the City of	521	Public	1,245	94.8	89.75	487	425	535
Redford Union Schools, District No. 1	522	Public	2,875	68.7	89.7	423	507	531
Oak Park, School District of the City of	523	Public	4,374	77.0	89.56	529	524	395
Ecorse Public Schools	524	Public	1,039	86.1	89.42	525	439	517
Richmond Community Schools	525	Public	1,646	31.7	89.4	520	512	497
Benton Harbor Area Schools	526	Public	2,789	89.4	89.33	461	537	478
Pittsford Area Schools	527	Public	685	51.4	89.05	388	516	534
Conner Creek Academy East	528	Public charter	1,122	88.1	88.59	452	520	530
Climax-Scotts Community Schools	529	Public	541	41.5	88.29	490	521	521
Pickford Public Schools	530	Public	539	48.6	88.18	527	517	500
Garden City Public Schools	531	Public	4,591	50.6	88.16	481	522	525
Pansophia Academy	532	Public charter	306	48.0	87.98	507	533	512
Buena Vista School District	533	Public	432	91.4	87.64	448	539	518
Detroit Community Schools	534	Public charter	950	94.9	87.21	449	532	536
Beecher Community School District	535	Public	1,362	86.4	86.81	515	527	528
North Star Academy	536	Public charter	271	61.6	85.07	535	523	529
Pontiac City School District	537	Public	5,067	73.7	85.02	534	530	532
Morrice Area Schools	538	Public	625	52.5	84.73	537	515	538
Will Carleton Charter School Academy	539	Public charter	363	12.7	84.53	519	538	537
Grattan Academy	540	Public charter	274	46.7	80.87	540	540	533

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John Rose

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 9:04am

PS..quickly..The school district that my daughters attend is Saline and they are ranked 49th in this poll. In other rankings, aspects of our school ditrict can rate in the top ten, so by being ranked 49th here congrats to all because the Saline School District is an excellent District.

Evan Major

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 9:23am

Where is the methodology for this analysis? It not remotely clear how you determined what is "expected levels for their income levels". The Mackinac Center released a similarly styled ranking last year with very different results. What accounts for these?

Mike Wilkinson

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 10:28am

Evan, Here's where we describe how we did it. Thanks for reading. http://tinyurl.com/k2cxdsy

Tom

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 1:55pm

Mike. If a school district like Godwin Heights has less then 10% of their students that are college ready vs. a school district like Forest Hills or East Grand Rapids that have over 97% of their students are college ready I don't see how they can be ranked so high. I understand they are over achieving based on the district's income level but does it make that district better?

Scott Wolf

Wed, 01/29/2014 - 6:35pm

Actually report does cites Mackinac Center is clearly behind this study. Thank you for posting the methodology! I would be leery of the rest of the study with such an interest group behind such a report. See citation below. 3 Michael Van Beek, et al. 2012. The Michigan Public High School Context and Performance Report Card, The Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Available at www.mackinac.org/17256 (accessed September 2012).

Tom

Fri, 02/28/2014 - 7:45pm

I could not help but notice that Star Academy has dropped from 140. to its current score since 2011, while my child's school has lost only three points at 106+. What would cause such a discrepancy?

Tran

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 10:54am

Are last year's rankings available on this site?

Joel

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 1:35pm

Per the link here, data for 4th and 8th grade is Fall 2010 to 2012, and 11th grade data are Spring 2011 to 2013, so all data is multi-year.http://bridgemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Achievement-Exceeding-Pre...

Al Waters

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 11:00am

I notice that Honey Creek Community School is not included in this report. Was it left out of the study because it does no have a high school?

Ken Horn

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 12:37pm

This is the only FAIR WAY to evaluate school districts as it shows how much of a difference they really make. Contrary to what our Republican Politics want the public to believe many public schools are making a BIG difference. Look at both your districts scores then compare them to others with the same poverty rate and you will have a much better sense of how well your district ACTUALLY PERFORMS. Thanks for putting common sense into the use of statistics.

Joel

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 1:32pm

My largest question when looking at this dataset is why include 11th grade test levels? I guess they are the best measure of outgoing student performance available, but looking at the data for several districts I see huge jumps in grade level scores from 4th/8th to 11th. 11th graders are in effect there by choice, you can drop out by that time if you choose, so it seems like the data would be better represented by comparing 4th/8th grade scores with 11th grade scores. Comstock for example has scores of 24, 459, and 355... one of these values is not like the others. Kalamazoo similar thing: 56, 266, 235 I would love to see more of the data from this, I looked at the Mackinaw center stuff, but that's all high school only, and is a 4 year average, so Comstock's 24 drops to 56 when you include multiple years... really curious to hear more about this.

Arles Kimrey

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 1:50pm

Do you feel your child is getting a proper education? My daughters district ranks over 500. Does that mean their education sucks? No and I'll tell you why. My middle school daughter is in the top 5% of her class, is in an advanced educational program, has a grade point of 4.1 & is on the school's robotics team. My 5th grader is in in the same advanced program that my eldest daughter went thru. They are both reading at 4 grades above their current academic level. I also believe athletics plays a role in education. My middle schooler, #1 Seventh grader, was a point scorer for her swim team & my 5th grader excels at soccer, the youngest player on her U11 traveling team and one the team relys on. I don't reallly care what rankings a school district gets, as long as my children get a proper education. This continues at home, outside of school. My daughters do home work immediately after school and read at least an hour every evening after school. I've turned them into cyclists and they ride about 500 miles form April thru September. I also want to mention, they deal with a divorced household, have a father that's been through it all & can learn from. I have a Bachelors Degree, am a convicted felon, compete on a high level in competetive Triathlon events and do what I can to survive. Rankings be damned & parents step up!

Joel

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 4:06pm

Amen, and good on you for spending time with your children.

Kimberly

Sun, 05/04/2014 - 6:14am

You go girl!! Breaking the cycle, teaching your children a better way to live life.Way to go!!

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 2:16pm

The Bridge is creating a feel good ranking in a world where everyone gets a medal for participation: Interesting what the Bridge promotes: http://www.wma-es.com/images/stories/pdf/AER%20data%202012-2013.pdf GR Charter school ranked above Saugatuck and Black River this GR school offers only 2 AP (BRPS 18) courses and they are below state average on MEAP scores? They have 75% graduation rate and they don’t even list ACT scores or where kids go to college. At Godwin Heights, also ranked 4th in the state, they had a total of TWO students that took an AP class and passed the AP exam for college credit (BRPS Godwin has over 50% of students in 11th grade score “not proficient level 4” on MEAP test in Math and less than 10% that scored even at “proficient” let alone “advanced” Level 1. http://www.godwinschools.org/downloads/high_school/godwin_heights_high_s... Black River as a reference: MME 11th Grade Composite Scores, Levels 1 and 2 (Spring 2013 results for Class of 2014) BRPS State Mathematics 41 29 Reading 72 54 Writing 69 49 Science 40 26 Soc. Studies 61 39 ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM In May 2013, Black River Public School students took 272 Advanced Placement examinations in 18 different subjects (Art History, Biology, Calculus AB, Chemistry, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, European History, US Government and Politics, Comparative Government and Politics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Physics C, Psychology, Spanish Language, Statistics, Studio Art (Drawing), United States History, and World History). The Washington Post (2011) recognized Black River Public School as #156 in the nation (#1 in Michigan) on its "challenge index" for Advanced Placement student participation.

Educator

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 7:56pm

Agreed. The data is based only on over performing based on socioeconomic expectations, not on student outcomes. The list is useless for families searching for the best educational outcome for their students.

Wed, 02/04/2015 - 7:24am

Nobody has that his list shows what are the best academic school districts in Michigan. The list is intended to show what districts are outperforming their expectations based on the socioeconomics of their student population. If you took 30 seconds to read the intro you would see that. Thanks for all of the meaningless stats about Black River. If I wanted to know the results you are trying to show I would simply look at any other rankings put out by the state.

Sue C

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 2:40pm

Glad to see the Free Lunch data....now I will know when we plan to move which districts have a high free lunch ranking and avoid them. That is about all I got from this evaluation. I do see merit in a state wide teaching curriculum where every student at every grade level has the same curriculum making a better testing evaluation. Putting spins on academic performance is just dodging the quality of teaching and trying to put the blame on anything other than the classroom. Maybe a ranking of teacher test scores and their performances would be a better way to judge a district ......

Sarah

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 3:00pm

What difference does it make since Snyder will defund them until all public schools fail. His mission it to privatize schools, not educate our kids, just as DeVos and the Kochs has paid him to do. I also don't think a school with 500 kids can be ranked against a school with 12,000.

Mike Dubanik

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 3:11pm

Paragon Academy Jackson, MI. ??

Sam

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 3:42pm

Does this report include every school district? The database does not seem to include my child's district.

Ron French

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 4:24pm

It includes all districts that have kindergarten through 12th grade for which there is test data over the past three years. If you pass along your district Sam, I'll be happy to check.

John M

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 4:38pm

I appreciate this study using socioeconomic data. Why not go one step further and factor in general fund revenues per pupil? I just grabbed the 2012 data on per pupil spending for these top 10 schools and it leads me to suspect that the Calumet and Benzie schools are doing far better than Ann Arbor or Bloomfield Hills when you consider how much less money the former schools have to work with. 2012 data on general revenue funds per pupil: 1 - Star International Academy $9,050 2 - Central Academy $9,496 3 - Crawford AuSable $8,838 4 - Riverside Academy $9,276 5 - Godwin Heights $10,368 6 - Okemos $9,494 7- Bloomfield Hills $15,029 8 - Ann Arbor $11,449 9 - Calumet $8,463 10 - Benzie County $8,324

joel veldheer

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 6:22pm

It does seem like graduation rates, college acceptance, AP classes taken and passed, ACT score, PSAT score should be the most important factors in rating a high school.

Educator

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 7:52pm

Having served as a teacher for nearly two decades in districts with higher free and reduced lunch populations, this survey is only useful if you have no means of participating In schools of choice. The best over performing lower socioeconomic districts on the list do not have student outcomes anywhere near comparable to districts with higher socioeconomic students in terms of state testing, graduation rates, and post-secondary acceptance and completion, From a parent's perspective, where would you send your children if you had a choice - to an over performing but academically struggling district, or a socioeconomically affluent but under performing district with great student outcomes? This list is not helpful for students and families, and that is the purpose of school, not for justification of funding or accolades based on "expected" outcomes.

Jen

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 8:08pm

First I want to commend you for doing such a wonderful job with your children. It is clear that you focus on their education. More parents should do the same. With that said I also want to say that the school has to step up to. If the school is poorly ran and poorly funded it will produce poorly educated children. I also work hard on my children's education. My son is at school ranked in the 300s yet he is an A Honor Roll student. I attribute that mostly to work at home but the school plays a part. My daughter on the other hand attends a school I feel is not preparing her AT ALL. We work every night at home but I fear she will not be prepared when she crosses into middle school. I will be working with her and she is in tutoring (privately) but I worry still. Her school is clearly doing a poor job.

John Q.Public

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 9:41pm

What sort of measurements give results like Albion (32) where the 4th grade is rated 4th, then achievement drops to 378 for 8th graders, and climbs back to 11th for 1th graders? Are the middle school teachers really bad? Or Onaway(46), Deckerville (84), and Stephenson (94). each of which parlay scores that get relatively worse--a LOT worse--the longer you remain in the district into top-quintile finishes. What are we supposed to take away from these scores as a practical application?

Billy

Fri, 02/14/2014 - 11:18am

Didn't Albion have to close their high school because they didn't meet AYP?

Elena Herrada

Fri, 02/06/2015 - 12:02pm

And note that Detroit has been taken over by the State of Michigan for the past 5 years, split apart into four different districts, looted, and left for dead. Then the State invited its favorite philanthropists and head bobbers in to replace the duly elected school board, who still meets and fights the closings and lootings of the schools. There is no mention of the deliberate failing Educational Achievement Authority, a separate and unequal "district" with less than 5000 students in 15 buildings seized from DPS and handed off to private interests for 1.00 a year while Detroit pays for them until 2039, and the "chancellor," who makes $350,000 per year plus expenses to oversee this atrocity. No mention of what this misuse of education money,, not to mention Ilitch's new stadium, being financed by tax captures for education means to the future of Detroit's children. Other than that, it's a pretty good report.

Tue, 01/28/2014 - 9:43pm

I have worked at Grattan Academy and it is the WORST district no matter how you score it.

Paul

Wed, 01/29/2014 - 8:43am

Very interesting way to evaluate districts. I do believe that economics plays a big roll in how kids do in school. My kids attend Wyoming and our district has faced several financial difficulties over the past few years. Not just in running the district but for our families. Like many cities we were hit very hard by the recession and many families are still struggling. It doesn't help that our we receive the very minimum from the state and we haven't been able to pass any bonds to upgrade our facilities. It also doesn't help that the state has required a few unfunded mandates such as all day kindergarten and increasing the district cost of staff retirement cost. In the end it comes down to each student and family placing an importance on education. I've seen poor families as well as single parent families succeed. Poverty or single parent households cannot be an excuse. Does it make succeeding harder? Yes, but it can be done.

Paul

Wed, 01/29/2014 - 8:55am

Also, is it possible for you to publish the percentage of 11th graders for each district that are rated as "college ready".

Christine

Wed, 01/29/2014 - 11:15am

My son's school isn't listed :-(

Randy

Wed, 01/29/2014 - 5:28pm

Not all schools are ranked. There are 540 schools and over 600 closed in the Detroit Metro area alone. My school is not there.

Sue

Wed, 01/29/2014 - 5:53pm

It's interesting that homeschoolers consistently outperform traditionally schooled children on standardized tests by a significant margin, and that parental education levels and socioeconomic status make little difference.

Rick

Wed, 01/29/2014 - 7:18pm

As a retired educator after nearly 40 years of teaching in a public school, I have to tell you how tired educators are of reading so called studies or ranking of the schools by amateurs and politicians with an ulterior motive of privatizing the public schools. Articles ranking schools presume that a particular measuring stick (standardized tests like MEAP) are the ultimate test of a student's potential for success. I'm here to tell you that those tests are not the gold standard for evaluating schools. Your rankings say nothing about the level of rigor offered at the high school level which is an important factor in judging schools. The high school students represent the cumulative result of one's work throughout school. The MEAP is a mere snapshot that may have caught someone on a particular day. If schools focus primarily on MEAP scores and offer no highly academic courses like an A.P. program in high school, their graduates will be at a distinct disadvantage if they pursue college. In my uears of teaching, I never observed a college that was interested in an applicants MEAP score. The only people who focus on that are critics of public schools like the Mackinaw Center. May the many self-appointed authorities on education please stop trying to micromanage public education and leave it to the educators. I encourage everyone to read articles by Diane Ravitch. She presents one of the most informed and thoughtful views on the current situation.

Rick

Wed, 01/29/2014 - 7:26pm

In my previous comment, I neglected to mention that I would like to see the algorithm that was used to calculate the "Academic Champs Score." Absent that, the meaning of that number means nothing to the reader.

Thomas Gasko

Thu, 01/30/2014 - 8:42am

Richmond Community is a quality district with caring staff. To bad scoring is so politicized to meet some silly agenda!

Where the M to ...

Thu, 01/30/2014 - 8:29pm

I come from a school district where things like AP classes are unheard of, almost all students receive free or reduced lunch, and funding is a joke. Seeing schools ranked from a different perspective is a relief and makes me proud of my hometown (which came in just outside of the top 50). I am graduating from U of M and will be receiving my masters and possibly PhD or MD from here as well. I know my educators went above and beyond to provide me with the best education they could given the circumstances, not everyone has the means to live in Okemos! And although school of choice does exist I would have had to travel 40 miles to get to the schools that some on here are referring to as "the preferable". All in all I think it is great to rate based on expectations for an income level because it is not realistic to think that children from schools struggling to stay open can compete with students with state of the art technology. Thanks for creating this and instilling some pride in the people of my small hometown!

Max

Fri, 01/31/2014 - 9:04am

I have a question. Are these schools compared within the county they reside in, or state wide? For instance, if schools in Wayne county were only compared to other schools within that county, the data for the less affluent schools could appear to be skewed. However if the schools are compared state wide, then the less affluent schools would be compared not only with the higher affluent districts but also the other less affluent ones throughout the state.

David Annis

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 8:52pm

I have been struggling with the issue of whether to leave my son in Lansing Schools, where he is in the immersion Chinese program, or move him to Okemos and a large part of my issue has been how to determine how much of the difference in outcomes is the performance of the school and how much is based on just the economic status of the test takers. I've summarized my thoughts on the issue here: http://moderatelyliberal.blogspot.com/2014/02/inner-city-immersion-langu...I noticed that there seems to be a correlation between state rank and Academic Champs Score. It would be very helpful to know the beta (how a change in one affects the other) and r-squared (how much variation there is between a perfect correlation and the data points) values for the correlation.

David Annis

Mon, 02/03/2014 - 9:19pm

I realize I misunderstood the state rank column. What I'd like to know is the correlation between raw test scores and the Academic Champs Score.

Loren Vannest

Mon, 02/10/2014 - 10:29am

Why are Wakefield and Watersmeet missing from the rankings? Are others schools missing?

Steve

Wed, 03/05/2014 - 11:07am

This is a complete joke. The wait list to get into my school district by the surrounding schools is ridiculous and they are all ranked above us? don't buy into this B.S.

BlueOak

Thu, 05/01/2014 - 2:04pm

This ranking seems really arbitrary and dependent on judgement call/opinion. The socioeconomic factor for a school with: (from the study method paper cited above) 100% of its kids getting free lunches = 200 100% of its kids getting reduced price lunches = 100 0% of its kids getting any lunch assistance = Zero Based upon whose opinion are those the "correct" factors for economic status? Completely arbitrary.

Michael L. McAran

Thu, 02/05/2015 - 5:02pm

Districts who have above the minimum of $7214.00 can do things other districts only think about. This article goes along way toward the argument to that State Aid needs to be equal. Then you get the real picture.

ERNEST HELMS

Mon, 08/10/2015 - 12:38pm

Please give the raw data for test scores without regard to economic status.

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