State Champs: See how your local district ranks

Talent & Education — 10 January 2013

By bridgemi/Bridge staff

Fifty-two Michigan public school districts and charters were named Academic State Champions for the 2011-12 school year. Winners were drawn from a database created by Bridge Magazine and Public Sector Consultants of traditional public school districts and charter schools offering kindergarten through 12th-grade. The analysis ranks schools by how much value they add to students’ expected achievement.

How to read the chart: A Value-Added Matrix (VAM) 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. (Downloadable PDF with complete results.)

State Rank	School Type	School Name	VAM Score	VAM 11th grade	VAM 8th grade	VAM 4th grade	% Free and Reduced Lunch Eligible
1	Charter	Star International Academy	120.48	129.63	119.40	112.41	80.00
2	Traditional Public	Godwin Heights Public Schools	116.20	107.40	111.65	129.54	82.42
3	Charter	Riverside Academy	116.13	116.97	120.91	110.50	93.76
4	Traditional Public	Crawford AuSable Schools	115.10	121.43	111.89	111.96	63.23
5	Charter	Central Academy	114.66	111.60	117.87	114.52	84.23
6	Traditional Public	Mason County Eastern Schools	113.84	122.44	115.31	103.76	75.98
7	Traditional Public	Kingsley Area Schools	113.53	113.16	111.03	116.39	54.65
8	Traditional Public	Kingston Community School District	113.18	128.02	113.12	98.40	69.16
9	Traditional Public	Okemos Public Schools	113.15	116.70	113.66	109.08	16.75
10	Traditional Public	Bloomfield Hills School District	112.91	118.65	115.95	104.11	12.16
11	Traditional Public	Ann Arbor Public Schools	111.87	111.78	115.41	108.40	23.28
12	Charter	Da Vinci Institute	111.70	99.45	119.69	115.96	67.46
13	Traditional Public	Gaylord Community Schools	111.65	109.30	119.37	106.26	48.58
14	Traditional Public	Benzie County Central Schools	111.60	108.41	112.60	113.81	62.77
15	Traditional Public	Dearborn City School District	111.37	109.63	109.93	114.54	69.70
16	Traditional Public	Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools	111.33	110.20	112.50	111.30	55.73
17	Traditional Public	West Ottawa Public School District	111.31	111.99	106.55	115.37	54.09
18	Traditional Public	Public Schools of Calumet	111.15	120.76	106.07	106.61	63.26
19	Traditional Public	Berrien Springs Public Schools	111.06	98.75	116.93	117.50	58.29
20	Traditional Public	Croswell-Lexington Community Schools	111.00	110.41	104.51	118.09	54.69
21	Charter	International Academy of Flint	110.77	115.79	110.29	106.24	92.07
22	Traditional Public	Crestwood School District	110.57	109.52	104.74	117.47	63.25
23	Traditional Public	Frankfort-Elberta Area Schools	110.47	106.19	113.41	111.80	53.86
24	Traditional Public	Haslett Public Schools	110.46	106.80	116.78	107.82	20.28
25	Traditional Public	Chippewa Hills School District	110.45	112.33	97.21	121.80	66.00
26	Traditional Public	Cass City Public Schools	110.38	113.51	107.75	109.87	50.31
27	Traditional Public	Spring Lake Public Schools	110.35	111.42	98.09	121.54	22.96
28	Traditional Public	Saugatuck Public Schools	110.26	111.20	109.47	110.10	34.01
29	Traditional Public	Onaway Area Community School District	110.25	96.30	107.72	126.74	64.61
30	Traditional Public	Chassell Township School District	110.06	111.66	123.44	95.08	50.76
31	Traditional Public	Eau Claire Public Schools	110.04	116.52	103.99	109.63	79.03
32	Traditional Public	Bangor Public Schools (Van Buren)	109.89	115.89	103.56	110.24	77.71
33	Traditional Public	Grand Haven Area Public Schools	109.77	107.65	112.86	108.80	37.80
34	Traditional Public	Kentwood Public Schools	109.67	106.69	108.48	113.84	63.26
35	Traditional Public	Forest Hills Public Schools	109.59	108.84	114.51	105.42	11.31
36	Traditional Public	Troy School District	109.40	106.13	111.30	110.78	12.64
37	Traditional Public	Boyne City Public Schools	109.37	101.79	116.37	109.96	53.14
38	Traditional Public	Buchanan Community Schools	109.29	106.77	114.02	107.07	49.16
39	Traditional Public	Baldwin Community Schools	109.23	104.47	117.60	105.61	92.65
40	Traditional Public	Niles Community Schools	109.21	111.38	109.19	107.07	61.83
41	Traditional Public	Harbor Beach Community Schools	109.15	110.40	111.32	105.73	48.60
42	Traditional Public	West Iron County Public Schools	109.10	112.83	120.95	93.52	61.35
43	Traditional Public	South Lyon Community Schools	109.08	104.18	112.64	110.41	21.54
44	Traditional Public	Public Schools of Petoskey	109.05	107.44	109.88	109.81	40.54
45	Traditional Public	East Grand Rapids Public Schools	109.03	109.74	108.26	109.08	8.01
46	Traditional Public	Hesperia Community Schools	108.94	107.12	122.80	96.89	64.66
47	Traditional Public	New Buffalo Area Schools	108.94	103.65	125.23	97.93	44.14
48	Traditional Public	Houghton Lake Community Schools	108.83	113.64	104.71	108.15	73.54
49	Traditional Public	Three Rivers Community Schools	108.67	106.73	106.71	112.58	58.54
50	Traditional Public	Davison Community Schools	108.66	110.62	103.98	111.39	42.72
51	Traditional Public	Mancelona Public Schools	108.49	107.41	106.87	111.20	73.45
52	Traditional Public	Rochester Community School District	108.42	105.58	111.03	108.66	14.83
53	Traditional Public	Jenison Public Schools	108.40	101.43	115.76	108.02	27.37
54	Traditional Public	Alba Public Schools	108.38	106.52	103.94	114.68	76.97
55	Traditional Public	Midland Public Schools	108.09	112.73	109.08	102.46	27.26
56	Traditional Public	East Lansing School District	107.93	107.80	106.60	109.39	30.42
57	Traditional Public	Cadillac Area Public Schools	107.85	111.02	103.48	109.07	56.83
58	Traditional Public	Ubly Community Schools	107.74	108.21	114.78	100.22	50.57
59	Traditional Public	Covert Public Schools	107.72	107.16	116.43	99.58	96.23
60	Charter	Midland Academy of Advanced and Creative Studies	107.67	111.85	102.36	108.80	24.69
61	Traditional Public	Bloomingdale Public School District	107.62	111.62	100.54	110.70	80.57
62	Traditional Public	Madison School District (Lenawee)	107.59	108.53	106.68	107.55	65.70
63	Charter	Universal Academy	107.52	110.23	107.46	104.87	100.00
64	Traditional Public	Caseville Public Schools	107.37	128.11	102.63	91.36	67.17
65	Charter	Cesar Chavez Academy	107.31	114.15	107.28	100.49	96.30
66	Traditional Public	Burr Oak Community School District	107.07	105.34	108.80	107.07	80.58
67	Traditional Public	Watervliet School District	107.03	105.86	110.56	104.68	60.61
68	Traditional Public	Lakeshore School District (Berrien)	107.03	105.31	110.34	105.43	29.00
69	Traditional Public	Au Gres-Sims School District	106.96	101.18	102.82	116.89	68.78
70	Traditional Public	Alanson Public Schools	106.95	93.11	137.31	90.43	69.38
71	Traditional Public	Elk Rapids Schools	106.93	106.92	98.87	114.99	33.00
72	Traditional Public	Cheboygan Area Schools	106.89	100.46	105.62	114.59	62.00
73	Traditional Public	Glen Lake Community Schools	106.82	95.04	103.56	121.87	32.59
74	Charter	West MI Academy of Environmental Science	106.79	104.59	111.60	104.16	69.72
75	Traditional Public	Lake City Area School District	106.75	108.34	110.36	101.53	67.18
76	Traditional Public	Cedar Springs Public Schools	106.68	104.83	102.77	112.43	49.17
77	Traditional Public	Marysville Public Schools	106.62	105.11	108.17	106.57	28.36
78	Traditional Public	Hart Public School District	106.62	112.21	106.79	100.86	69.82
79	Traditional Public	Chesaning Union Schools	106.57	101.63	108.77	109.31	35.35
80	Traditional Public	Gladwin Community Schools	106.56	106.04	108.10	105.53	56.14
81	Charter	Grand Traverse Academy	106.47	110.45	114.11	94.86	28.32
82	Traditional Public	Center Line Public Schools	106.44	104.66	114.73	99.94	64.71
83	Traditional Public	Leland Public School District	106.33	112.12	104.41	102.46	37.58
84	Traditional Public	Tawas Area Schools	106.26	102.55	103.03	113.20	52.61
85	Traditional Public	Sandusky Community School District	106.12	110.60	102.35	105.42	56.59
86	Traditional Public	White Pigeon Community Schools	106.11	102.95	108.53	106.85	67.94
87	Traditional Public	Dowagiac Union School District	106.09	110.53	104.50	103.25	70.46
88	Traditional Public	Ludington Area School District	105.97	104.25	105.30	108.37	50.74
89	Traditional Public	Edwardsburg Public Schools	105.95	102.11	104.94	110.80	39.21
90	Traditional Public	Fairview Area School District	105.95	104.73	117.21	95.90	66.56
91	Charter	Excel Charter Academy	105.82	115.68	93.87	107.90	42.34
92	Traditional Public	Novi Community School District	105.73	106.54	102.71	107.93	9.58
93	Traditional Public	Hudsonville Public School District	105.72	102.26	105.55	109.36	22.47
94	Traditional Public	Northville Public Schools	105.72	108.15	103.32	105.68	7.07
95	Traditional Public	Grosse Pointe Public Schools	105.70	104.03	104.02	109.04	15.50
96	Traditional Public	Hamilton Community Schools	105.67	102.99	107.82	106.20	28.06
97	Traditional Public	Oscoda Area Schools	105.61	105.72	108.96	102.13	70.17
98	Traditional Public	Grand Blanc Community Schools	105.54	106.05	104.22	106.36	28.38
99	Traditional Public	Saline Area Schools	105.51	108.96	104.79	102.77	9.07
100	Traditional Public	School District of the City of Birmingham	105.45	105.28	106.11	104.98	8.83
101	Charter	Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy	105.39	106.48	104.77	104.91	81.36
102	Traditional Public	Roscommon Area Public Schools	105.38	107.58	109.97	98.58	61.51
103	Traditional Public	Kelloggsville Public Schools	105.38	110.37	100.10	105.66	78.99
104	Traditional Public	Walkerville Public Schools	105.31	94.75	105.46	115.70	85.40
105	Traditional Public	Mesick Consolidated Schools	105.27	104.94	94.54	116.33	66.43
106	Traditional Public	Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker Schools	105.21	101.82	99.06	114.74	50.96
107	Traditional Public	Mona Shores Public School District	105.20	106.66	111.71	97.22	37.99
108	Traditional Public	Fremont Public School District	105.16	107.61	111.10	96.78	50.02
109	Traditional Public	Lake Orion Community Schools	105.05	102.55	108.91	103.68	19.43
110	Traditional Public	White Cloud Public Schools	104.98	103.75	106.82	104.38	67.59
111	Traditional Public	Deckerville Community School District	104.97	97.92	98.91	118.08	58.97
112	Traditional Public	Harbor Springs School District	104.94	104.89	105.12	104.82	30.94
113	Traditional Public	Lawton Community School District	104.94	107.50	103.32	103.99	57.14
114	Traditional Public	Pinconning Area Schools	104.92	107.92	104.71	102.13	52.78
115	Traditional Public	Norway-Vulcan Area Schools	104.87	98.33	116.77	99.52	41.12
116	Traditional Public	Mason County Central Schools	104.84	102.91	108.42	103.19	61.63
117	Traditional Public	Walled Lake Consolidated Schools	104.84	100.77	107.41	106.33	26.52
118	Traditional Public	St. Louis Public Schools	104.70	101.36	110.43	102.30	57.03
119	Traditional Public	Adrian, School District of the City of	104.70	113.93	96.47	103.70	63.04
120	Traditional Public	Alma Public Schools	104.67	102.88	109.92	101.21	55.03
121	Traditional Public	Clintondale Community Schools	104.65	99.84	95.62	118.48	74.54
122	Charter	Crescent Academy	104.58	95.28	104.24	114.22	82.85
123	Traditional Public	Constantine Public School District	104.50	105.32	104.15	104.03	64.27
124	Traditional Public	Quincy Community Schools	104.47	102.26	108.36	102.78	49.84
125	Traditional Public	East Jordan Public Schools	104.46	103.64	104.25	105.51	58.13
126	Traditional Public	Northview Public Schools	104.46	101.97	106.77	104.63	43.94
127	Traditional Public	Houghton-Portage Township School District	104.38	106.30	110.32	96.54	30.83
128	Traditional Public	Vassar Public Schools	104.32	100.74	108.82	103.39	62.42
129	Traditional Public	Marion Public Schools	104.31	106.23	92.38	114.31	69.58
130	Traditional Public	Bronson Community School District	104.28	108.86	97.72	106.27	62.91
131	Traditional Public	Jackson Public Schools	104.28	106.35	102.99	103.51	74.81
132	Traditional Public	Bad Axe Public Schools	104.28	108.46	109.91	94.47	44.24
133	Traditional Public	Huron Valley Schools	104.24	99.54	112.02	101.17	29.38
134	Traditional Public	Gull Lake Community Schools	104.22	105.14	110.11	97.42	21.53
135	Traditional Public	Big Rapids Public Schools	104.22	106.16	95.74	110.75	54.80
136	Traditional Public	Western School District	104.20	102.86	101.46	108.29	42.02
137	Traditional Public	Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools	104.17	101.76	100.63	110.13	70.61
138	Charter	Countryside Academy	104.17	111.42	96.77	104.31	82.57
139	Traditional Public	Gwinn Area Community Schools	104.11	110.66	96.32	105.35	63.53
140	Traditional Public	West Bloomfield School District	104.08	100.58	103.31	108.35	23.50
141	Traditional Public	Breitung Township School District	104.03	106.62	103.17	102.30	38.96
142	Traditional Public	Essexville-Hampton Public Schools	104.02	108.32	104.30	99.45	35.06
143	Traditional Public	Lake Linden-Hubbell School District	103.94	114.36	100.98	96.47	51.26
144	Traditional Public	Mattawan Consolidated School	103.88	107.82	101.22	102.59	17.75
145	Traditional Public	Hastings Area School District	103.87	100.43	101.72	109.45	43.40
146	Traditional Public	Howell Public Schools	103.85	101.67	102.41	107.48	30.78
147	Traditional Public	Grant Public School District	103.83	105.16	100.44	105.89	52.20
148	Traditional Public	Holland City School District	103.82	109.50	101.67	100.28	67.40
149	Traditional Public	Fennville Public Schools	103.81	103.76	99.96	107.70	75.90
150	Traditional Public	Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools	103.77	94.80	110.35	106.15	46.04
151	Traditional Public	North Central Area Schools	103.71	93.19	108.89	109.06	55.90
152	Traditional Public	Athens Area Schools	103.68	99.56	110.65	100.83	50.33
153	Traditional Public	Grandville Public Schools	103.62	103.26	102.38	105.21	33.20
154	Traditional Public	Corunna Public Schools	103.62	103.03	102.80	105.02	52.38
155	Traditional Public	Montague Area Public Schools	103.60	95.96	107.77	107.08	52.34
156	Traditional Public	Coopersville Area Public School District	103.59	104.09	105.16	101.51	33.68
157	Traditional Public	Chelsea School District	103.53	104.67	108.44	97.47	12.62
158	Traditional Public	Saginaw, School District of the City of	103.52	107.68	105.95	96.93	80.90
159	Traditional Public	Alpena Public Schools	103.52	107.20	104.01	99.34	52.00
160	Traditional Public	Manton Consolidated Schools	103.49	97.67	100.55	112.25	63.01
161	Traditional Public	Brimley Area Schools	103.48	109.03	94.02	107.40	49.80
162	Traditional Public	Shelby Public Schools	103.44	113.00	106.92	90.42	68.17
163	Traditional Public	Coleman Community Schools	103.28	103.53	95.35	110.97	54.31
164	Traditional Public	Godfrey-Lee Public Schools	103.27	103.45	105.43	100.93	86.70
165	Traditional Public	Sturgis Public Schools	103.21	103.74	108.02	97.86	64.50
166	Traditional Public	Columbia School District	103.17	97.40	107.15	104.97	44.23
167	Traditional Public	Dexter Community School District	103.13	103.67	107.59	98.12	9.92
168	Traditional Public	Brown City Community Schools	103.06	103.95	114.19	91.05	58.18
169	Traditional Public	Marshall Public Schools	103.06	105.16	98.17	105.85	32.13
170	Traditional Public	Ellsworth Community School	103.02	113.63	81.24	114.17	62.10
171	Traditional Public	Centreville Public Schools	103.01	107.38	99.96	101.69	50.60
172	Traditional Public	River Valley School District	102.98	109.04	102.33	97.58	57.85
173	Traditional Public	Traverse City Area Public Schools	102.84	106.57	105.16	96.80	40.40
174	Traditional Public	East China School District	102.84	101.90	100.31	106.31	32.72
175	Traditional Public	Mount Clemens Community School District	102.80	102.51	102.98	102.91	84.94
176	Traditional Public	Clarkston Community School District	102.80	98.40	105.11	104.89	22.72
177	Traditional Public	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools	102.79	104.31	102.50	101.57	14.78
178	Traditional Public	Mt. Pleasant City School District	102.79	103.31	104.11	100.95	41.31
179	Traditional Public	Albion Public Schools	102.78	112.32	95.56	100.44	80.98
180	Traditional Public	Grand Rapids Public Schools	102.73	108.18	99.28	100.75	85.24
181	Traditional Public	L'Anse Creuse Public Schools	102.73	95.87	105.24	107.07	36.44
182	Traditional Public	Hale Area Schools	102.72	88.83	106.70	112.64	76.78
183	Traditional Public	Vicksburg Community Schools	102.71	100.17	107.89	100.06	32.78
184	Traditional Public	Vestaburg Community Schools	102.70	100.46	105.87	101.78	59.72
185	Traditional Public	Newaygo Public School District	102.65	105.14	93.76	109.05	58.96
186	Traditional Public	Portage Public Schools	102.62	105.53	101.80	100.54	26.14
187	Traditional Public	Marcellus Community Schools	102.56	102.02	93.50	112.16	58.34
188	Charter	Crossroads Charter Academy	102.55	112.02	106.46	89.18	62.59
189	Traditional Public	Bessemer Area School District	102.52	114.14	94.58	98.85	52.07
190	Traditional Public	Reading Community Schools	102.50	105.13	100.94	101.43	59.19
191	Traditional Public	North Huron School District	102.49	104.34	99.25	103.88	61.86
192	Charter	Charyl Stockwell Academy	102.48	101.29	106.05	100.11	13.16
193	Traditional Public	Charlevoix Public Schools	102.46	100.82	103.05	103.51	39.87
194	Traditional Public	Alcona Community Schools	102.45	103.69	90.49	113.16	53.76
195	Charter	Black River Public School	102.42	107.67	99.51	100.08	18.50
196	Traditional Public	Thornapple Kellogg School District	102.38	97.07	108.27	101.81	32.96
197	Traditional Public	Coloma Community Schools	102.37	104.10	101.75	101.26	63.55
198	Traditional Public	North Muskegon Public Schools	102.34	103.49	98.32	105.21	29.59
199	Traditional Public	Arenac Eastern School District	102.33	102.38	116.19	88.41	80.38
200	Traditional Public	Hamtramck, School District of the City of	102.26	102.54	103.43	100.83	90.52
201	Traditional Public	Hillsdale Community Schools	102.25	103.57	102.24	100.95	63.84
202	Traditional Public	Plainwell Community Schools	102.20	103.87	101.88	100.84	36.45
203	Traditional Public	Springport Public Schools	102.16	105.13	101.15	100.21	57.14
204	Traditional Public	Kalkaska Public Schools	102.08	112.08	99.64	94.52	65.21
205	Traditional Public	Berkley School District	102.07	95.03	103.22	107.95	28.10
206	Charter	Ross-Hill Academy	102.03	83.39	94.89	127.83	79.51
207	Traditional Public	Carney-Nadeau Public Schools	102.02	109.53	96.54	99.99	60.68
208	Traditional Public	Livonia Public Schools School District	102.01	100.68	101.18	104.17	25.22
209	Traditional Public	Kearsley Community School District	101.92	105.43	99.40	100.93	56.40
210	Traditional Public	Rudyard Area Schools	101.91	114.26	102.39	89.09	61.55
211	Traditional Public	Holly Area School District	101.88	105.20	100.22	100.21	41.55
212	Traditional Public	Bridgman Public Schools	101.86	102.15	96.94	106.50	40.59
213	Traditional Public	Orchard View Schools	101.85	100.68	101.08	103.79	72.18
214	Traditional Public	Bangor Township Schools	101.84	111.00	95.44	99.07	50.12
215	Traditional Public	Ewen-Trout Creek Consolidated School District	101.83	105.27	100.50	99.73	68.57
216	Traditional Public	Wyoming Public Schools	101.82	103.90	100.98	100.59	71.62
217	Traditional Public	Fenton Area Public Schools	101.73	101.78	97.80	105.62	33.08
218	Traditional Public	Caledonia Community Schools	101.70	102.70	99.92	102.48	19.82
219	Traditional Public	Hopkins Public Schools	101.70	101.73	100.34	103.02	40.25
220	Traditional Public	Farmington Public School District	101.63	100.53	103.58	100.77	27.13
221	Traditional Public	Gobles Public School District	101.61	105.18	105.12	94.52	51.69
222	Traditional Public	Lawrence Public Schools	101.59	106.31	102.00	96.45	55.43
223	Traditional Public	Wayland Union Schools	101.58	96.37	99.00	109.37	46.59
224	Traditional Public	Warren Consolidated Schools	101.50	97.53	100.79	106.18	53.88
225	Traditional Public	Kent City Community Schools	101.50	100.13	104.66	99.69	51.51
226	Traditional Public	Michigan Center School District	101.48	100.35	102.73	101.35	57.38
227	Traditional Public	Ravenna Public Schools	101.47	107.87	94.36	102.18	45.58
228	Traditional Public	Kalamazoo Public Schools	101.46	108.40	95.93	100.06	69.74
229	Traditional Public	Lincoln Park, School District of the City of	101.45	113.05	97.12	94.17	77.95
230	Traditional Public	Freeland Community School District	101.40	95.76	106.90	101.53	20.62
231	Traditional Public	Atlanta Community Schools	101.38	106.10	92.91	105.12	71.07
232	Traditional Public	Central Lake Public Schools	101.36	104.61	104.29	95.19	52.66
233	Traditional Public	Riverview Community School District	101.35	106.66	101.81	95.56	35.81
234	Traditional Public	Greenville Public Schools	101.33	108.83	98.09	97.09	52.91
235	Traditional Public	Harrison Community Schools	101.30	103.35	99.58	100.97	74.83
236	Traditional Public	School District of the City of Royal Oak	101.28	97.12	101.06	105.67	27.75
237	Traditional Public	Utica Community Schools	101.26	98.36	102.72	102.71	28.72
238	Charter	Oakland International Academy	101.26	98.21	103.64	101.92	97.27
239	Traditional Public	Taylor School District	101.21	107.81	96.60	99.23	69.67
240	Traditional Public	Montrose Community Schools	101.21	100.20	100.54	102.89	56.09
241	Traditional Public	Byron Center Public Schools	101.20	100.58	93.15	109.88	27.32
242	Traditional Public	Ovid-Elsie Area Schools	101.18	99.50	98.93	105.12	38.06
243	Traditional Public	Bendle Public Schools	101.14	101.62	100.45	101.36	76.50
244	Traditional Public	Van Dyke Public Schools	101.14	100.29	100.15	102.97	82.45
245	Traditional Public	Pine River Area Schools	101.13	96.06	105.56	101.77	58.30
246	Traditional Public	West Branch-Rose City Area Schools	101.04	103.57	100.65	98.89	61.20
247	Traditional Public	St. Joseph Public Schools	101.03	103.19	98.23	101.67	18.30
248	Traditional Public	Blissfield Community Schools	101.00	93.05	104.17	105.80	36.72
249	Traditional Public	Northport Public School District	100.99	100.91	99.35	102.70	53.29
250	Traditional Public	Iron Mountain Public Schools	100.96	102.48	95.67	104.73	39.32
251	Traditional Public	South Haven Public Schools	100.92	108.25	103.50	91.01	57.17
252	Traditional Public	Manistique Area Schools	100.87	98.65	103.70	100.27	57.60
253	Traditional Public	Lowell Area Schools	100.82	103.04	99.15	100.28	32.37
254	Traditional Public	Ionia Public Schools	100.76	103.61	97.39	101.29	59.46
255	Traditional Public	Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District	100.73	109.28	87.17	105.73	61.96
256	Traditional Public	Concord Community Schools	100.73	96.49	98.21	107.48	52.30
257	Traditional Public	School District of the City of Inkster	100.71	91.05	92.53	118.55	88.35
258	Traditional Public	Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools	100.70	105.48	108.01	88.61	82.40
259	Traditional Public	Swan Valley School District	100.65	99.69	96.45	105.82	37.69
260	Traditional Public	Beaverton Rural Schools	100.65	99.23	95.42	107.28	59.94
261	Traditional Public	Manistee Area Public Schools	100.62	99.56	104.61	97.70	51.12
262	Traditional Public	Ontonagon Area Schools	100.62	102.18	98.10	101.59	55.26
263	Traditional Public	Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb)	100.61	102.90	95.36	103.57	66.41
264	Traditional Public	Mio-AuSable Schools	100.59	104.12	100.40	97.23	64.79
265	Traditional Public	Galesburg-Augusta Community Schools	100.58	102.33	99.40	100.03	52.71
266	Traditional Public	Ishpeming Public School District No. 1	100.56	102.49	98.82	100.36	50.89
267	Traditional Public	Linden Community Schools	100.52	102.98	100.88	97.71	31.89
268	Traditional Public	Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	100.51	100.87	101.44	99.22	70.45
269	Traditional Public	Fowler Public Schools	100.47	98.26	97.16	106.00	14.78
270	Traditional Public	Olivet Community Schools	100.47	106.94	93.26	101.20	42.41
271	Traditional Public	Pennfield Schools	100.40	101.23	100.71	99.27	49.43
272	Traditional Public	Algonac Community School District	100.40	99.76	103.08	98.37	45.20
273	Traditional Public	Clare Public Schools	100.39	100.25	103.78	97.15	49.38
274	Traditional Public	Frankenmuth School District	100.37	102.81	97.30	101.00	17.09
275	Traditional Public	Clio Area School District	100.37	92.85	103.34	104.92	48.06
276	Traditional Public	Bellaire Public Schools	100.36	91.97	104.26	104.86	46.05
277	Traditional Public	Rockford Public Schools	100.36	100.94	99.61	100.52	15.42
278	Traditional Public	Fitzgerald Public Schools	100.32	99.83	98.79	102.34	78.79
279	Traditional Public	Lapeer Community Schools	100.29	100.42	99.73	100.72	48.73
280	Traditional Public	Williamston Community Schools	100.28	101.93	101.40	97.50	22.60
281	Traditional Public	Stockbridge Community Schools	100.27	101.88	92.11	106.80	40.38
282	Traditional Public	Brighton Area Schools	100.26	102.96	93.80	104.03	13.87
283	Traditional Public	Reese Public Schools	100.24	107.42	94.90	98.41	45.44
284	Traditional Public	Whitehall District Schools	100.24	101.44	104.34	94.93	41.72
285	Traditional Public	Fraser Public Schools	100.19	96.00	96.75	107.82	46.75
286	Traditional Public	Kenowa Hills Public Schools	100.19	104.51	94.17	101.89	45.67
287	Traditional Public	Durand Area Schools	100.14	99.68	97.76	102.99	53.68
288	Traditional Public	Napoleon Community Schools	100.04	96.56	98.75	104.80	46.53
289	Traditional Public	Yale Public Schools	99.93	96.51	97.01	106.27	38.74
290	Traditional Public	Lakewood Public Schools	99.91	102.79	93.63	103.30	42.84
291	Traditional Public	Marquette Area Public Schools	99.88	101.56	98.05	100.05	28.45
292	Traditional Public	Zeeland Public Schools	99.85	99.06	98.68	101.82	26.00
293	Traditional Public	Bentley Community School District in the County of Genesee	99.83	97.59	94.74	107.16	72.65
294	Traditional Public	Union City Community Schools	99.83	102.18	93.25	104.04	58.07
295	Charter	Concord Academy - Petoskey	99.82	109.53	104.68	85.23	33.82
296	Traditional Public	North Branch Area Schools	99.81	96.00	97.80	105.62	51.52
297	Traditional Public	Brandon School District in the Counties of Oakland and Lapeer	99.76	96.73	99.39	103.17	37.36
298	Traditional Public	Oakridge Public Schools	99.70	105.49	99.33	94.28	63.80
299	Traditional Public	Avondale School District	99.65	95.26	101.68	102.01	29.85
300	Traditional Public	St. Ignace Area Schools	99.64	93.61	104.91	100.42	54.55
301	Traditional Public	Hudson Area Schools	99.59	97.40	100.70	100.66	56.38
302	Traditional Public	Otsego Public Schools	99.58	104.08	98.04	96.61	40.84
303	Traditional Public	Almont Community Schools	99.56	100.45	93.61	104.61	31.77
304	Traditional Public	Escanaba Area Public Schools	99.55	101.87	97.97	98.81	46.44
305	Traditional Public	Manchester Community Schools	99.53	102.27	96.00	100.31	22.28
306	Traditional Public	Capac Community Schools	99.49	96.66	100.18	101.63	44.93
307	Traditional Public	Coldwater Community Schools	99.46	100.97	103.59	93.84	57.73
308	Traditional Public	Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools	99.46	110.07	99.08	89.22	65.05
309	Traditional Public	Pellston Public Schools	99.44	99.41	95.03	103.86	56.63
310	Traditional Public	Clarenceville School District	99.43	100.29	97.71	100.29	53.04
311	Traditional Public	Saranac Community Schools	99.43	101.05	92.01	105.23	45.05
312	Traditional Public	Holt Public Schools	99.39	101.45	96.35	100.38	37.08
313	Traditional Public	Mendon Community School District	99.38	98.08	99.66	100.42	48.10
314	Traditional Public	Port Huron Area School District	99.26	101.94	96.04	99.79	55.53
315	Traditional Public	Atherton Community Schools	99.25	99.67	100.12	97.96	75.17
316	Traditional Public	Shepherd Public Schools	99.24	93.87	106.13	97.73	46.87
317	Traditional Public	Reeths-Puffer Schools	99.20	99.50	93.98	104.13	49.43
318	Traditional Public	Mayville Community School District	99.18	106.33	96.37	94.85	60.59
319	Traditional Public	Brandywine Community Schools	99.11	94.98	97.75	104.60	61.99
320	Traditional Public	Standish-Sterling Community Schools	99.08	97.10	93.35	106.80	54.53
321	Traditional Public	Whitmore Lake Public School District	99.07	98.88	92.89	105.46	35.90
322	Traditional Public	Forest Park School District	99.07	100.70	96.86	99.66	49.79
323	Charter	Summit Academy North	99.06	100.54	99.48	97.17	53.53
324	Traditional Public	Hemlock Public School District	99.05	107.31	99.07	90.77	30.42
325	Traditional Public	Sparta Area Schools	99.03	102.02	93.15	101.91	43.20
326	Traditional Public	Bedford Public Schools	99.01	95.35	101.20	100.48	25.78
327	Traditional Public	Homer Community School District	98.98	92.87	100.37	103.70	57.12
328	Traditional Public	Suttons Bay Public Schools	98.96	103.84	104.27	88.77	53.16
329	Traditional Public	Stephenson Area Public Schools	98.96	90.14	93.89	112.84	53.64
330	Traditional Public	Adams Township School District	98.88	107.45	92.18	97.02	61.48
331	Traditional Public	Hartland Consolidated Schools	98.83	95.21	102.13	99.16	16.56
332	Traditional Public	Pentwater Public School District	98.82	110.98	90.66	94.81	55.12
333	Traditional Public	Inland Lakes Schools	98.79	99.55	103.69	93.12	56.78
334	Traditional Public	Dearborn Heights School District #7	98.75	103.09	95.91	97.26	64.87
335	Traditional Public	Belding Area School District	98.74	102.85	96.39	96.97	62.18
336	Traditional Public	Mt. Morris Consolidated Schools	98.74	95.36	97.00	103.85	75.23
337	Traditional Public	Comstock Public Schools	98.71	105.87	91.05	99.22	67.95
338	Traditional Public	Owosso Public Schools	98.67	103.28	94.42	98.32	58.56
339	Traditional Public	McBain Rural Agricultural Schools	98.65	98.03	95.31	102.61	47.59
340	Traditional Public	Comstock Park Public Schools	98.57	108.25	93.41	94.06	47.51
341	Traditional Public	Forest Area Community Schools	98.52	95.63	96.63	103.29	70.85
342	Charter	Voyageur Academy	98.44	98.49	94.40	102.45	90.17
343	Traditional Public	Merrill Community Schools	98.43	97.43	104.78	93.09	48.48
344	Charter	Michigan Connections Academy	98.41	94.39	91.92	108.92	61.09
345	Traditional Public	Paw Paw Public School District	98.39	106.63	96.52	92.03	45.42
346	Traditional Public	Wayne-Westland Community School District	98.39	98.96	95.02	101.19	63.41
347	Traditional Public	Ida Public School District	98.38	98.52	93.55	103.07	22.76
348	Traditional Public	Allendale Public Schools	98.32	96.65	103.72	94.58	34.69
349	Traditional Public	Parchment School District	98.31	93.10	103.11	98.71	52.27
350	Traditional Public	Meridian Public Schools	98.25	97.89	105.86	91.00	43.92
351	Traditional Public	Roseville Community Schools	98.25	95.01	98.01	101.73	73.52
352	Traditional Public	Breckenridge Community Schools	98.24	89.80	107.02	97.90	46.50
353	Traditional Public	Northwest Community Schools	98.15	102.05	95.15	97.26	46.88
354	Traditional Public	Lake Fenton Community Schools	98.13	90.35	109.69	94.35	16.15
355	Traditional Public	St. Charles Community Schools	98.11	96.44	106.39	91.51	50.90
356	Traditional Public	Marlette Community Schools	98.09	100.74	98.38	95.16	56.89
357	Traditional Public	Grosse Ile Township Schools	98.07	103.72	93.50	96.99	9.72
358	Traditional Public	Onekama Consolidated Schools	98.02	99.19	91.67	103.21	43.68
359	Traditional Public	Cassopolis Public Schools	98.02	95.36	101.26	97.42	58.22
360	Traditional Public	Memphis Community Schools	98.01	93.38	99.48	101.18	32.84
361	Traditional Public	Bay City School District	97.98	100.81	93.64	99.48	49.17
362	Traditional Public	Hillman Community Schools	97.94	99.99	92.68	101.14	65.95
363	Traditional Public	Camden-Frontier School	97.91	93.02	96.61	104.11	52.33
364	Traditional Public	Buckley Community Schools	97.85	97.43	107.76	88.38	61.92
365	Traditional Public	Bear Lake Schools	97.83	99.41	97.12	96.97	57.30
366	Traditional Public	Battle Creek Public Schools	97.83	101.42	93.33	98.74	78.99
367	Traditional Public	Unionville-Sebewaing Area S.D.	97.80	105.02	93.76	94.63	46.67
368	Traditional Public	Madison District Public Schools	97.75	96.87	88.89	107.49	77.70
369	Traditional Public	Swartz Creek Community Schools	97.71	96.46	96.35	100.31	46.32
370	Traditional Public	Lake Shore Public Schools (Macomb)	97.67	94.49	94.64	103.89	46.93
371	Traditional Public	Flushing Community Schools	97.60	99.86	97.77	95.19	35.12
372	Charter	Chandler Park Academy	97.59	99.99	96.93	95.85	88.38
373	Charter	University Preparatory Academy (PSAD)	97.52	91.91	98.41	102.23	79.97
374	Traditional Public	Maple Valley Schools	97.50	103.28	94.30	94.91	55.76
375	Traditional Public	Clinton Community Schools	97.49	101.84	96.31	94.33	30.73
376	Traditional Public	Millington Community Schools	97.49	95.09	96.40	100.97	56.13
377	Traditional Public	Jonesville Community Schools	97.46	101.24	94.32	96.83	50.51
378	Traditional Public	Ferndale Public Schools	97.45	94.99	96.68	100.69	59.52
379	Traditional Public	Addison Community Schools	97.44	89.33	93.28	109.70	43.92
380	Traditional Public	Superior Central School District	97.41	101.00	94.55	96.68	38.59
381	Traditional Public	Caro Community Schools	97.40	99.70	99.37	93.14	58.14
382	Traditional Public	Warren Woods Public Schools	97.39	100.27	96.98	94.92	54.57
383	Traditional Public	Delton Kellogg Schools	97.34	100.60	102.47	88.95	53.23
384	Traditional Public	Holton Public Schools	97.23	98.77	96.04	96.89	72.63
385	Traditional Public	Oxford Community Schools	97.22	94.38	99.22	98.07	23.71
386	Traditional Public	Posen Consolidated School District No. 9	97.22	98.90	86.98	105.77	57.74
387	Traditional Public	Mackinaw City Public Schools	97.14	111.97	89.80	89.64	40.66
388	Traditional Public	Portland Public Schools	97.09	97.22	91.51	102.55	29.66
389	Traditional Public	Muskegon, Public Schools of the City of	97.04	100.38	95.44	95.31	85.32
390	Traditional Public	Beal City Public Schools	97.02	102.82	95.64	92.60	36.81
391	Traditional Public	Baraga Area Schools	97.01	104.16	109.73	77.14	57.76
392	Traditional Public	Montabella Community Schools	97.01	103.24	100.90	86.88	70.55
393	Traditional Public	Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County	96.99	102.64	97.18	91.14	58.15
394	Traditional Public	Ithaca Public Schools	96.97	98.12	103.92	88.86	41.91
395	Traditional Public	Waverly Community Schools	96.95	92.10	96.91	101.84	45.38
396	Traditional Public	Waterford School District	96.89	97.36	96.96	96.36	49.85
397	Traditional Public	Rapid River Public Schools	96.89	97.93	107.03	85.70	44.47
398	Charter	Pansophia Academy	96.87	90.21	99.57	100.83	78.42
399	Traditional Public	Munising Public Schools	96.78	101.80	101.33	87.21	47.95
400	Traditional Public	Dryden Community Schools	96.77	99.72	84.64	105.96	33.38
401	Traditional Public	Bark River-Harris School District	96.77	98.02	105.28	87.01	47.18
402	Traditional Public	Fruitport Community Schools	96.72	94.16	95.64	100.38	46.04
403	Traditional Public	Saginaw Township Community Schools	96.60	99.38	92.04	98.39	39.42
404	Traditional Public	North Dickinson County Schools	96.59	114.13	86.94	88.70	45.57
405	Traditional Public	Carson City-Crystal Area Schools	96.49	90.24	98.35	100.87	51.88
406	Traditional Public	Morley Stanwood Community Schools	96.47	99.22	97.44	92.76	53.17
407	Traditional Public	Charlotte Public Schools	96.44	91.75	97.39	100.17	44.42
408	Traditional Public	Imlay City Community Schools	96.42	91.56	97.08	100.61	54.45
409	Traditional Public	Flat Rock Community Schools	96.40	93.18	93.80	102.23	39.06
410	Traditional Public	South Lake Schools	96.38	93.35	100.49	95.29	52.04
411	Charter	Academy for Business and Technology	96.34	88.23	95.72	105.07	91.43
412	Traditional Public	Birch Run Area Schools	96.32	94.72	95.00	99.23	39.98
413	Traditional Public	St. Johns Public Schools	96.21	95.87	97.79	94.98	29.99
414	Traditional Public	Les Cheneaux Community Schools	96.13	100.17	81.99	106.24	40.64
415	Traditional Public	Peck Community School District	96.13	92.61	100.00	95.78	58.99
416	Traditional Public	Mason Public Schools (Ingham)	96.12	95.77	95.83	96.75	29.66
417	Traditional Public	Airport Community Schools	96.11	92.40	96.48	99.44	43.25
418	Traditional Public	Lakeview Sch. District (Calhoun)	96.09	94.09	98.78	95.40	42.04
419	Traditional Public	Byron Area Schools	96.04	94.69	92.68	100.75	39.95
420	Traditional Public	Hartford Public Schools	96.03	100.40	95.17	92.53	60.30
421	Traditional Public	Carrollton Public Schools	95.99	92.11	93.55	102.30	71.80
422	Traditional Public	Potterville Public Schools	95.96	101.29	97.39	89.21	49.19
423	Traditional Public	Lamphere Public Schools	95.93	90.86	95.44	101.48	49.63
424	Traditional Public	Trenton Public Schools	95.92	90.74	95.24	101.78	24.62
425	Traditional Public	Melvindale-North Allen Park Schools	95.89	97.44	95.95	94.28	65.55
426	Traditional Public	Central Montcalm Public Schools	95.87	95.27	95.90	96.44	61.14
427	Traditional Public	Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District	95.78	95.50	96.89	94.94	81.42
428	Charter	Allen Academy	95.76	99.47	97.17	90.65	90.13
429	Traditional Public	NICE Community School District	95.73	99.19	93.78	94.22	34.98
430	Traditional Public	Decatur Public Schools	95.73	97.50	88.25	101.44	65.90
431	Traditional Public	DeWitt Public Schools	95.68	96.35	96.01	94.68	10.52
432	Traditional Public	Woodhaven-Brownstown School District	95.65	101.12	89.05	96.79	37.05
433	Traditional Public	Wyandotte, School District of the City of	95.55	99.50	87.55	99.60	50.58
434	Traditional Public	North Adams-Jerome Public Schools	95.53	97.39	91.58	97.60	53.23
435	Traditional Public	Southgate Community School District	95.51	94.39	89.28	102.87	45.76
436	Traditional Public	Hazel Park, School District of the City of	95.44	94.00	94.27	98.05	70.49
437	Traditional Public	Laingsburg Community Schools	95.40	96.43	95.22	94.55	22.73
438	Traditional Public	Waldron Area Schools	95.32	96.17	106.05	83.73	71.33
439	Traditional Public	Hancock Public Schools	95.29	91.91	103.21	90.74	19.81
440	Traditional Public	Pewamo-Westphalia Community Schools	95.18	101.57	90.35	93.63	16.36
441	Traditional Public	Perry Public Schools	95.16	95.64	103.05	86.80	40.83
442	Traditional Public	Romeo Community Schools	95.09	98.69	96.93	89.65	28.02
443	Charter	Madison Academy	95.09	94.03	90.96	100.27	70.20
444	Traditional Public	East Detroit Public Schools	94.96	96.39	93.50	94.99	76.56
445	Traditional Public	Eaton Rapids Public Schools	94.92	99.16	97.74	87.87	43.20
446	Traditional Public	Milan Area Schools	94.91	93.70	99.15	91.87	31.31
447	Traditional Public	Whiteford Agricultural School District of the Counties of Lenawee and Monroe	94.90	83.50	99.11	102.07	22.62
448	Traditional Public	Pinckney Community Schools	94.88	92.21	96.52	95.92	23.25
449	Traditional Public	Schoolcraft Community Schools	94.86	98.04	91.64	94.90	21.48
450	Traditional Public	Bullock Creek School District	94.86	97.02	95.31	92.24	35.64
451	Traditional Public	Fowlerville Community Schools	94.85	95.47	92.86	96.21	36.52
452	Traditional Public	Bath Community Schools	94.79	105.24	89.58	89.55	35.94
453	Traditional Public	Tahquamenon Area Schools	94.77	104.13	93.16	87.03	53.43
454	Traditional Public	Chippewa Valley Schools	94.76	92.73	94.27	97.30	25.94
455	Traditional Public	Owendale-Gagetown Area School District	94.75	100.71	92.44	91.09	70.85
456	Traditional Public	Tekonsha Community Schools	94.73	102.52	104.90	76.77	66.78
457	Traditional Public	Negaunee Public Schools	94.72	98.24	88.20	97.72	28.82
458	Traditional Public	Reed City Area Public Schools	94.66	93.95	97.58	92.44	57.37
459	Traditional Public	Anchor Bay School District	94.64	93.20	91.65	99.08	26.15
460	Traditional Public	Bellevue Community Schools	94.52	95.78	86.79	100.98	58.60
461	Traditional Public	Morenci Area Schools	94.52	95.93	88.67	98.95	57.97
462	Traditional Public	Onsted Community Schools	94.45	97.61	91.21	94.55	35.55
463	Traditional Public	Farwell Area Schools	94.43	88.98	98.22	96.08	60.45
464	Traditional Public	Van Buren Public Schools	94.43	92.50	90.68	100.10	51.38
465	Charter	Advanced Technology Academy	94.41	93.34	96.55	93.34	79.89
466	Traditional Public	Huron School District	94.30	97.92	90.76	94.22	30.20
467	Traditional Public	Jefferson Schools (Monroe)	94.22	91.05	88.78	102.83	37.59
468	Traditional Public	Menominee Area Public Schools	94.15	96.56	101.76	84.14	46.69
469	Traditional Public	Monroe Public Schools	94.14	94.04	96.26	92.12	53.78
470	Traditional Public	Akron-Fairgrove Schools	94.13	95.70	98.09	88.60	65.45
471	Traditional Public	New Lothrop Area Public Schools	94.09	87.84	92.43	102.01	22.81
472	Traditional Public	Romulus Community Schools	94.00	89.01	94.62	98.39	72.51
473	Traditional Public	Allegan Public Schools	93.94	93.01	93.72	95.09	31.43
474	Traditional Public	Lincoln Consolidated School District	93.90	95.04	92.94	93.72	48.46
475	Traditional Public	Engadine Consolidated Schools	93.80	105.15	94.19	82.08	55.32
476	Traditional Public	Genesee School District	93.80	103.08	90.47	87.83	68.85
477	Traditional Public	Leslie Public Schools	93.75	90.91	102.43	87.92	43.11
478	Traditional Public	Pittsford Area Schools	93.72	106.56	89.03	85.59	53.95
479	Traditional Public	Richmond Community Schools	93.69	92.92	87.79	100.35	31.16
480	Traditional Public	South Redford School District	93.59	95.51	91.58	93.69	52.71
481	Traditional Public	L'Anse Area Schools	93.50	94.59	86.66	99.24	53.99
482	Traditional Public	East Jackson Community Schools	93.43	98.74	91.43	90.13	63.10
483	Charter	Merritt Academy	93.37	84.64	92.43	103.05	40.47
484	Traditional Public	Tri County Area Schools	93.36	100.44	90.65	89.01	50.68
485	Charter	Pontiac Academy for Excellence	93.19	99.08	89.54	90.95	81.83
486	Traditional Public	School District of Ypsilanti	93.19	90.57	95.32	93.67	64.01
487	Traditional Public	Vandercook Lake Public Schools	93.15	92.90	89.43	97.13	57.02
488	Traditional Public	Harper Creek Community Schools	93.08	91.86	89.19	98.19	36.10
489	Traditional Public	Mason Consolidated Schools (Monroe)	93.06	89.43	96.17	93.57	44.06
490	Charter	Creative Technologies Academy	92.94	96.61	90.92	91.29	35.09
491	Traditional Public	Sand Creek Community Schools	92.93	94.10	88.89	95.79	35.29
492	Traditional Public	Allen Park Public Schools	92.85	94.63	90.40	93.53	32.77
493	Traditional Public	Detroit City School District	92.74	94.63	93.54	90.05	81.57
494	Traditional Public	Harper Woods, The School District of the City of	92.68	89.18	97.21	91.65	72.30
495	Traditional Public	Tecumseh Public Schools	92.64	95.56	94.14	88.23	27.40
496	Traditional Public	Clawson Public Schools	92.46	87.17	92.01	98.21	39.37
497	Traditional Public	Dansville Schools	92.23	92.34	101.14	83.22	30.93
498	Traditional Public	Goodrich Area Schools	92.19	90.48	98.66	87.42	20.70
499	Traditional Public	Buena Vista School District	92.13	93.14	90.57	92.66	95.03
500	Traditional Public	Grand Ledge Public Schools	92.03	91.23	90.06	94.79	24.70
501	Traditional Public	Armada Area Schools	91.74	86.77	88.42	100.04	18.74
502	Charter	Marvin L. Winans Academy of Performing Arts	91.68	86.14	99.64	89.26	70.58
503	Traditional Public	Colon Community School District	91.66	99.48	85.95	89.54	57.94
504	Traditional Public	Highland Park City Schools	91.56	83.83	97.78	93.06	81.81
505	Traditional Public	Dundee Community Schools	91.54	91.13	91.14	92.34	30.94
506	Traditional Public	Flint, School District of the City of	91.51	93.19	89.39	91.94	82.00
507	Traditional Public	Gibraltar School District	91.48	88.00	90.68	95.76	31.56
508	Charter	Eaton Academy	91.42	96.40	93.61	84.25	81.31
509	Traditional Public	Southfield Public School District	91.33	85.65	87.90	100.43	57.34
510	Charter	Old Redford Academy	91.25	88.50	94.89	90.37	79.96
511	Traditional Public	Lansing Public School District	91.03	91.69	85.01	96.39	64.93
512	Traditional Public	Oak Park, School District of the City of	90.92	86.81	89.46	96.50	76.63
513	Charter	Conner Creek Academy East	90.90	92.26	97.15	83.28	83.90
514	Traditional Public	Benton Harbor Area Schools	90.89	93.86	87.09	91.71	92.81
515	Traditional Public	LakeVille Community School District	90.86	84.73	88.52	99.33	52.52
516	Traditional Public	Fulton Schools	90.85	76.37	103.19	92.99	31.63
517	Traditional Public	Ashley Community Schools	90.76	77.25	106.86	88.17	25.70
518	Charter	AGBU Alex-Marie Manoogian School	90.75	92.49	88.11	91.64	35.88
519	Traditional Public	Britton Deerfield Schools	90.67	93.17	89.26	89.57	32.51
520	Traditional Public	Big Bay De Noc School District	90.62	102.63	81.19	88.05	56.90
521	Traditional Public	Webberville Community Schools	90.58	81.10	89.08	101.56	43.27
522	Traditional Public	Grass Lake Community Schools	90.49	94.98	88.83	87.65	29.38
523	Charter	Trillium Academy	90.46	90.24	87.88	93.24	52.73
524	Traditional Public	New Haven Community Schools	90.37	80.59	98.24	92.27	46.54
525	Charter	Will Carleton Charter School Academy	90.16	101.53	82.18	86.77	16.76
526	Charter	Detroit Community Schools	89.91	93.05	90.58	86.10	89.62
527	Traditional Public	Hanover-Horton School District	89.72	91.36	88.95	88.86	32.38
528	Charter	Landmark Academy	89.70	94.15	88.60	86.35	43.92
529	Charter	Byron Center Charter School	89.67	93.04	91.44	84.51	29.67
530	Traditional Public	Wakefield-Marenisco School District	89.60	87.22	89.13	92.44	56.57
531	Traditional Public	Redford Union Schools, District No. 1	89.55	95.10	87.77	85.78	59.40
532	Traditional Public	Summerfield Schools	89.44	94.56	87.86	85.91	26.71
533	Traditional Public	Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm)	89.40	83.67	98.08	86.43	29.77
534	Traditional Public	Gladstone Area Schools	89.17	99.30	87.80	80.40	37.64
535	Traditional Public	Mid Peninsula School District	89.13	89.07	78.87	99.44	49.78
536	Charter	North Star Academy	88.84	77.09	98.85	90.60	61.48
537	Traditional Public	Garden City, School District of the City of	88.78	93.50	86.44	86.39	46.90
538	Traditional Public	Climax-Scotts Community Schools	88.70	90.85	91.16	84.09	42.39
539	Traditional Public	Martin Public Schools	88.54	84.55	84.38	96.70	47.61
540	Charter	Bradford Academy	88.37	81.07	93.24	90.80	67.26
541	Traditional Public	Pickford Public Schools	88.19	78.27	92.52	93.80	48.06
542	Traditional Public	Rogers City Area Schools	88.14	95.95	78.30	90.18	24.45
543	Traditional Public	River Rouge, School District of the City of	87.95	86.30	97.03	80.51	86.66
544	Traditional Public	Litchfield Community Schools	87.88	88.80	87.76	87.08	66.87
545	Traditional Public	Beecher Community School District	87.51	88.06	86.03	88.44	83.27
546	Traditional Public	Willow Run Community Schools	86.90	81.89	90.66	88.15	68.22
547	Charter	Concord Academy Boyne	86.63	85.54	91.44	82.92	18.78
548	Traditional Public	Pontiac City School District	86.41	84.13	89.78	85.33	75.63
549	Charter	Hope Academy of West Michigan	86.39	82.44	87.37	89.35	87.12
550	Traditional Public	Westwood Heights Schools	86.27	81.94	82.78	94.09	66.60
551	Traditional Public	Morrice Area Schools	86.20	88.34	89.56	80.69	44.57
552	Traditional Public	Westwood Community School District	85.82	82.31	87.15	87.99	68.78
553	Traditional Public	Muskegon Heights School District	85.71	89.46	84.31	83.36	88.16
554	Traditional Public	Evart Public Schools	84.56	87.41	86.94	79.32	43.93
555	Charter	Michigan Virtual Charter Academy	84.35	78.49	86.25	88.32	52.27
556	Charter	Plymouth Educational Center	83.56	76.40	92.46	81.83	52.86
557	Traditional Public	Ecorse Public Schools	82.37	80.47	87.10	79.54	71.29
558	Charter	Eastern Washtenaw Multicultural Academy	81.45	79.28	80.42	84.64	73.21
559	Charter	Grattan Academy	79.90	82.94	77.42	79.34	38.74
560	Charter	Aisha Shule/WEB Dubois Prep. Academy School	76.08	85.14	79.33	63.77	53.21

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Joseph Trimboli
January 10, 2013 at 8:59 am

“Lawton Community Schools in the hearts and heads of everyone when it comes to educating our children. Lawton is the right place for making a better tomorrow today by enhancing the lives of our children through quality education.” Joe Trimboli

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- Diego
  January 10, 2013 at 9:05 pm
  
  Joe,
  You did see where Lawton is 112 in rank and one of the more economically challenged regions right? Might be the intent but failing a bit at execution. Unless Detroit Public Schools is your benchmark.
  
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Robert Tulloch
January 10, 2013 at 9:18 am

The PDF download for the district ranking is not formatted properly as a table, just a mass of test. Very poor.
Searching is a pain.

Please reformat.

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Tracy Wolford
January 10, 2013 at 10:03 am

Can you break the classification down between for-profit and non-profit charter schools? I would be very interested to see that. I really appreciate my Bridge emails each week!
Thanks,
Tracy Wolford

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- Ron French
  January 10, 2013 at 10:29 am
  
  Very interesting question Tracy! Let me check to see if that is possible with the data we have and I’ll let you know.
  
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Tom
January 10, 2013 at 10:44 am

Sorry, rankings like this with convoluted formulas are a joke. Dearborn and Crestwood for example (and others, just using them as an example) ahead of Northville, Novi, South Lyon, East Grand Rapids, etc..?. district/cities that are places where people want to move to and where the schools are known to be better (just look at the average test scores.. ALL OF THEM, including ACT, MME, AP Exams, etc.) and have better student bodies (unless you are the International Academy where you recruit kids and the gap between the top and bottom kids is not that great) and are being punished for it. The International Academy as Number 1? Good luck selling that after the football incident against Westland Lutheran (I’m sure the charter push too has something to do with it as well). This smells of an agenda and I could sense it after attending one of these meetings. I’m sure they’ll be advocating for the EAA…

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- Ben
  January 10, 2013 at 11:31 am
  
  @Tom
  
  Many of us know these rankings and formula for Value Added Scores are a joke, which is why it’s interesting that the outcome plays out like this. These rankings and value added scores have been pushed by the same education reformers that herald charters, right to work, and other measures that favor dismantling traditional public schools. That’s why it’s GREAT to see data like this where traditional public schools on the whole prove that they stack up against “new is obviously better” schools no matter how you rank them.
  
  Now, as far as the individual rankings of school district compared to each other, that’s always been a problem, no matter what formula you use to determine how they’re stacked against one another.
  
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  - Ann
    January 10, 2013 at 1:42 pm
    
    Maybe so Ben but did you notice that the majority of the top ranked schools WERE “TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS” not charter schools? Educator
    
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    - Tom
      January 10, 2013 at 2:29 pm
      
      Teachers know the charter push has been a joke. Most people know what’s going on but some of these politicians think they can pull a quick one on everyone. We know this formula- poverty=low achievement. Until that is fixed, the rankings will look similar no matter how you spin it… unless you punish districts for not getting the 5-10 minority/special education kids out of 1200+ students to get great test scores (the state grading system- another joke). That’s why parents in some of these areas have begun to just ignore these rankings.
      
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- Tom
  January 10, 2013 at 12:09 pm
  
  I meant the Star Academy. The International Academy should be there near the top. Sorry…
  
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- Diego
  January 10, 2013 at 9:10 pm
  
  A joke Tom? Did you read how it is determined. It combines ecomomics and achievement. While Northville is a quality rated school providing quality education, it is also in one of the more ecomomically viable areas. When people make more and the schools is better funded, then the education level should reflect that. This is showing for example, that Grand Rapids, although not pumping out as many college ready students, is producing when you consider they are one of the poorer schools.
  
  As with any report, you need to understand what it is they are showing.
  
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  - Tom
    January 12, 2013 at 7:28 pm
    
    Diego, I think you should learn the difference between Grand Rapids and East Grand Grand Rapids first before you try to validate this data. It’s still flawed. You’re going to tell me that Dearborn Schools are really outperforming Novi and the other schools I mentioned? I’ve seen all of these districts in action and if you feel better sending your kids to schools according to this list then you go right ahead. The Star Academy’s funding needs to be exposed too as they pulled many students out of the Dearborn and Crestwood Districts just because they offer an Arabic language class. That school lost so much credibility after the football match because of the behavior and then perception parents in the surrounding area have. I’m sure more people want to live in those districts that you are highlighting over the ones I’ve mentioned. I’m convinced that several districts are being punished because of a handful of students that are bringing down the vast majority of the district because of the “gap.”
    
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- Joe Manzella
  January 30, 2013 at 2:29 pm
  
  It’s not a convoluted formula. VAM is a good tool to isolate the REAL variables: student outcomes. This data tells us that some underperforming schools or districts are actually doing a better job of affecting student achievement. It’s no statistical achievement to say that a school’s average test score is low. That’s a 2-second spreadsheet in excel, and it doesn’t tell you anything important. VAM tells us something important: Given that outside factors are a MAJOR (and some say THE MAJOR) factor in student success, which schools actually make a difference?
  
  The Coleman report of the 1960s (and it’s update about a decade ago) showed conclusively that “external” factors such as income and family life have far more impact than funding levels on student success.
  
  It’s a good measure, but it should certainly not be the ONLY measure to assess a school’s effectiveness. The broad strokes can show trends or ideas for high-performing schools at certain income levels. What are they doing? What works? What is replicable? But at the individual district level, we lose our ability to draw major conclusions other than a certain school is performing better or worse than economic-peer institutions. Is there variance within the district? Probably. Are there reasons for that variance? Probably. Would that be interesting to policymakers at the local level? Is there one policy that will fix it all? Absolutely not.
  
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Rich
January 10, 2013 at 11:53 am

Without considering the per pupil funding for each district this analysis doesn’t really indicate if any “value” was added compared to the amount of money spent. Districts that receive the state minimum yet achieve better results receive no benefit in this analysis when compared to districts that receive more than the state minimum yet achieve the same results as a state minimum district.

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Michael W.
January 10, 2013 at 12:23 pm

What about return on investment too? What about the wealthier schools that have the hold-harmless money and get higher per pupil spending then the schools that don’t? Wouldn’t that have to be a factor? What about schools that spend less public money and get great return on investment (higher test scores) with less per-pupil spending?

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Bob Thompson
January 10, 2013 at 12:34 pm

I am struck by your honest attempt to use a ranking system on schools. Unfortunately, your attempts are as futile as those who have come before you. The problem with data like this is (and always will be) validity. What do these numbers mean? And you point out the size of this proverbial rabbit hole by your own presentation
- allowing the user to pick and choose from the catagories at the column headers. It seems so tragic that schools are so inundated and distracted by such meaningless data… and consequently (and most importantly) denied access to data that is meaningful to school improvement! I gladly admit that some schools need to change. But I am also scientifically (and skeptically) grounded enough to understand that outcome driven data systems don’t add anything meaningful to the human story that unfolds in schools everyday.

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Jack
January 10, 2013 at 1:36 pm

There are serious problems with your rankings. Last year I think you said Atlanta schools were well above average and they were not. This year they are still ranked 231. They are a disaster – have lost about half their students, are broke, have been using non-certified teachers, picked a legal fight with the Intermediate School District – spent several hundred thousand dollars on legal fees and lost on all counts. During that fight for periods of time Atlanta schools failed to provide qualified services to special needs kids. They also spent funds inappropriately and will need to make restitution. They are being investigated for fraud – inflating the student counts on which state aid is based, probably doing the same with test scores. Previous Supt and Board president were forced out and a recall in progress for several other board members. Many Atlanta kids have transfered to neighboring districts and most are well behind their grade level when they transfer and need remedial work. State has to be giving serious consideration to stepping in and taking over – should probably have done that some time ago. District may well not survive. And you are still ranking them above average.

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Jack
January 11, 2013 at 11:30 am

Please explain “You Comment Is Awaiting Moderation.” If you require documentation – these issues have been widely discussed over the last two years in both the Alpena News and The Montmorency County Tribune. The Alpena – Montmorency – Alcona Intermediate School District can also provide verification. If you can be so wrong about this district (and it may well be the worst example) – how can people have faith in the rest of the rankings. These rankings are important to people in these communities and they should be accurate.

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Kurt
January 11, 2013 at 1:08 pm

Where can I find the formula that was used? I’d like to see where my school ranks, but we must be too small. My school is Boyne Falls Public School.

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Jason Beatty
January 13, 2013 at 11:12 am

How were the schools selected? University High School in Ferndale (Ferndale Public Schools – not charter) serves 99% African American students, of which more than 75% qualify for free / reduced lunch. Our ACT composite average is in the 17′s every year, we have 98% graduation rate, According to the most recent mischooldata.org data (2009-2010), 81% of our graduates attend college in the first 16 months following graduation and 58% of those earn 24 credits in their first year of college. Based on these numbers, we outperform Godwin Heights, but instead we weren’t even included in this analysis.

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Aarron Antcliff
January 13, 2013 at 9:35 pm

Hello Mr. French,

Has this same test been done in prior years? I am interested in comparing our school to the past.

Aarron Antcliff

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Rita Casey
January 14, 2013 at 12:10 am

I applaud your use of an index that adjusts for the relative poverty of students, a factor that is an enormous and often overlooked part of what goes into scores that students achieve in testing. However, you haven’t gone as far as you could with the data that are available:
What’s missing from this analysis are at least these two things: First is an explanation of what represents a meaningful difference in scores. For that, you would need additional information, such as the confidence intervals for the scores, as scores will naturally fluctuate due to measurement error, they aren’t absolute indexes of students’ performance. The “top 10″ approach overplays tiny score differences as being much more important than they likely are.
Second, even better would be for you to do this analysis across years, using scores from each of the past 3 or so years. The truly strong vs. weak performing schools are those that consistently score outside the range in which they are expected to perform.

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Roxanna Transit
January 25, 2013 at 1:08 pm

I’d love to see this ranking with a Sixth Column added – the per pupil allowance each of these schools receives.

It seems to me that many of the schools listed have the highest per pupil allowances the state gives, while others such as Calumet receives funding at the lower tier – meaning they must be doing the most tremendous job with the low funding level the state gives them.

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Julie Durham
February 8, 2013 at 10:20 am

I am interested in knowing the methodology used for doing this research? Was student level data used? Was longitudinal data used or just information from one year? A truly reliable Value Added Measure would include all of these things, in addition to a link between student and teacher to measure the value added of individual teachers. For more information on how to best use value added measures, I would suggest the website below:

http://www.carnegieknowledgenetwork.org/

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- Derek Melot
  February 8, 2013 at 4:57 pm
  
  Ms. Durham, You can see an explanation of the methodology used in the rankings at http://cdn.bridgemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Value-Added-Matrix-Methodology_FINAL.pdf Thank you for your question.
  
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