Best Schools for Low-income Students in Michigan (2026)

These are the Michigan public schools where low-income students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested low-income students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.

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Elementary schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Brown Elementary School Byron Center	95%	95%	53	A+
2	Crestwood Accelerated Program Dearborn Heights	90%	90%	26	A+
3	Gallimore Elementary School Canton	90%	90%	27	A+
4	Hemmeter Elementary School Saginaw	90%	90%	27	A+
5	Handley School Saginaw	92%	82%	70	A+
6	Lake Hills Elementary School Spring Lake	85%	75%	47	A+
7	Angell School Ann Arbor	75%	75%	31	A+
8	Park Elemementary School Hudsonville	75%	75%	37	A+
9	Gardens Elementary School Marysville	82%	67%	65	B+
10	Hilton Road Elementary School Brighton	70%	70%	27	A+
11	Countryside Elementary School Byron Center	75%	65%	47	A+
12	Meyer Elementary School Lexington	62%	77%	69	A+
13	Collins Elementary School Grand Rapids	70%	70%	24	A+
14	Cavanaugh School Lansing	65%	75%	40	A+
15	Hyatt Elementary Linden	70%	70%	30	A+
16	Hoover Elementary School Livonia	70%	70%	29	A+
17	Winn Elementary School Shepherd	70%	70%	24	A+
18	Jeffers Elementary School Spring Lake	70%	70%	29	A+
19	Martell Elementary School Troy	70%	70%	25	A+
20	Iris Becker Elementary School Dearborn	67%	67%	134	A
21	Blanche Sims Elementary School Lake Orion	77%	57%	77	A+
22	Great Oaks Elementary School Chesterfield	65%	65%	35	A+
23	Ashley Elementary School New Baltimore	65%	65%	44	A+
24	Bridgman Elementary School Bridgman	62%	67%	61	A+
25	Marshall Elementary School Byron Center	75%	55%	57	A+

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Dearborn STEM Middle School Dearborn Heights	98%	98%	76	A+
2	Middle School Mathematics Science Technology Center Warren	90%	90%	30	A+
3	Webster Elementary School Livonia	90%	90%	25	A+
4	NW Wayne Trainable Center Livonia	90%	70%	29	A+
5	Blandford School Grand Rapids	70%	70%	30	A+
6	Farmington STEAM Academy Farmington Hills	75%	55%	53	A+
7	Eastern Middle School Ada	75%	55%	44	B
8	Bauerwood School Jenison	67%	62%	89	A+
9	Spring Lake Middle School Spring Lake	67%	62%	72	A+
10	Spring Lake Intermediate School Spring Lake	67%	62%	73	A+
11	Boulan Park Middle School Troy	67%	57%	74	A
12	Byron Center West Middle School Byron Center	67%	57%	166	A+
13	Derby Middle School Birmingham	67%	57%	61	A+
14	Chandler Woods Charter Academy Belmont	62%	62%	101	A
15	Cross Creek Charter Academy Byron Center	67%	52%	157	A
16	Chatfield School Lapeer	62%	57%	84	A+
17	South Canton Scholars Charter Academy Canton	62%	57%	136	B+
18	Birmingham Covington School Bloomfield Hills	70%	50%	29	A+
19	Center for Economicology Grand Rapids	75%	45%	37	A
20	University Middle School Academy Lathrup Village	75%	45%	47	C+
21	Grandville Central Elementary School Grandville	65%	55%	36	A+
22	Eagle Crest Charter Academy Holland	62%	52%	216	B
23	Eastside Connections School Niles	67%	47%	109	A+
24	STEM Academy Kalamazoo	62%	47%	62	A
25	South Hills Middle School Bloomfield Hills	57%	52%	62	A

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	International Academy Bloomfield Hills	95%	95%	31	A+
2	Jo Brighton Skills Center Wyandotte	95%	95%	42	A
3	International Academy of Macomb Clinton Twp	90%	90%	22	A+
4	Henry Ford Early College Dearborn	95%	75%	33	A+
5	The Lincoln Center Wyandotte	85%	85%	53	A
6	Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy Saginaw	87%	77%	129	A+
7	Monroe County Education Center Monroe	90%	70%	23	B+
8	MG Millet Learning Center Saginaw	85%	75%	55	B+
9	Byron Center High School Byron Center	77%	72%	67	A+
10	WoodsEdge Learning Center Portage	77%	67%	61	B+
11	Burger Development Center Inkster	75%	65%	41	B+
12	Chelsea High School Chelsea	70%	70%	24	A+
13	Jerry L White Center Detroit	70%	70%	30	B+
14	City MiddleHigh Grand Rapids	82%	57%	194	A+
15	Grosse Pointe South High School Grosse Pointe Farms	70%	70%	29	A+
16	Northville High School Northville	75%	65%	38	A+
17	Spring Lake High School Spring Lake	70%	70%	29	A+
18	East Grand Rapids High School Grand Rapids	70%	70%	20	A+
19	Madison School Wyandotte	75%	65%	52	B+
20	Blossomland Learning Center Berrien Springs	75%	65%	34	A+
21	Elmer A Knopf Learning Center Flint	67%	67%	79	B
22	Copper Country Learning Center Hancock	70%	65%	28	B
23	Washtenaw Technical Middle College Ann Arbor	75%	55%	57	A
24	Athens High School Troy	67%	57%	69	A+
25	Elk Rapids High School Elk Rapids	70%	50%	28	A+

Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology

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