Best Schools for White Students in Michigan (2026)

These are the Michigan public schools where white 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 white 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	Gallimore Elementary School Canton	98%	98%	146	A+
2	Brown Elementary School Byron Center	98%	98%	186	A+
3	Crestwood Accelerated Program Dearborn Heights	95%	95%	53	A+
4	Handley School Saginaw	98%	92%	64	A+
5	Angell School Ann Arbor	92%	92%	88	A+
6	Cavanaugh School Lansing	90%	90%	20	A+
7	Martin Luther King Elem School Ann Arbor	87%	92%	78	A+
8	Rosy Mound School Grand Haven	92%	87%	120	A+
9	Bemis Elementary School Troy	92%	87%	71	A
10	Hemmeter Elementary School Saginaw	92%	87%	151	A+
11	Wines Elementary School Ann Arbor	82%	92%	162	A
12	Countryside Elementary School Byron Center	87%	87%	178	A+
13	El Sol Elementary Kalamazoo	95%	75%	41	C
14	Marshall Elementary School Byron Center	87%	82%	157	A+
15	Conant Elementary School Bloomfield Hills	82%	87%	113	C+
16	Webber School Lake Orion	87%	82%	208	A+
17	Musson Elementary School Rochester Hills	87%	82%	187	B+
18	Holmes Elementary School Spring Lake	82%	87%	162	A+
19	Dicken Elementary School Ann Arbor	87%	82%	65	A+
20	Glencairn School East Lansing	82%	87%	82	B+
21	Discovery Elementary Grand Rapids	82%	82%	121	C+
22	Lake Hills Elementary School Spring Lake	87%	77%	73	A+
23	Lakeside School Grand Rapids	87%	77%	194	A+
24	Bach Elementary School Ann Arbor	87%	77%	108	A
25	Burns Park Elementary School Ann Arbor	77%	87%	167	A+

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Webster Elementary School Livonia	98%	98%	164	A+
2	Dearborn STEM Middle School Dearborn Heights	98%	98%	156	A+
3	Middle School Mathematics Science Technology Center Warren	95%	95%	49	A+
4	Slauson Middle School Ann Arbor	86%	80%	422	A+
5	Clague Middle School Ann Arbor	87%	77%	250	A+
6	Tappan Middle School Ann Arbor	83%	77%	374	A
7	NW Wayne Trainable Center Livonia	90%	70%	23	A+
8	Eagle Crest Charter Academy Holland	82%	77%	181	B
9	Boulan Park Middle School Troy	81%	77%	319	A
10	Spring Lake Intermediate School Spring Lake	78%	79%	347	A+
11	Spring Lake Middle School Spring Lake	82%	75%	336	A+
12	Northern Hills Middle School Grand Rapids	84%	72%	420	A+
13	Forsythe Middle School Ann Arbor	80%	75%	435	A
14	Bauerwood School Jenison	77%	77%	284	A+
15	El Puente Spanish Immersion Hudsonville	77%	77%	164	B
16	Waldon Middle School Lake Orion	85%	69%	468	B
17	Messmore Elementary School Sterling Heights	77%	77%	102	A+
18	Ann Arbor STEAM at Northside School Ann Arbor	82%	72%	246	A+
19	Novi Middle School Novi	80%	72%	420	A+
20	Cross Creek Charter Academy Byron Center	79%	73%	340	A
21	Haslett Middle School Haslett	78%	73%	456	B
22	Mill Creek Middle School Dexter	79%	72%	506	A+
23	Birmingham Covington School Bloomfield Hills	74%	76%	533	A+
24	East Grand Rapids Middle School Grand Rapids	78%	72%	580	A+
25	Eastern Middle School Ada	80%	70%	319	B

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	International Academy of Macomb Clinton Twp	98%	98%	74	A+
2	International Academy Bloomfield Hills	98%	98%	158	A+
3	Jo Brighton Skills Center Wyandotte	95%	95%	31	A
4	Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy Saginaw	92%	92%	163	A+
5	Iosco RESA Special Education Tawas City	90%	90%	22	A+
6	Monroe County Education Center Monroe	95%	85%	42	B+
7	The Lincoln Center Wyandotte	95%	85%	48	A
8	Community High School Ann Arbor	92%	87%	105	A+
9	City MiddleHigh Grand Rapids	92%	82%	191	A+
10	Washtenaw International High School Ypsilanti	95%	75%	51	A+
11	Henry Ford Early College Dearborn	95%	75%	41	A+
12	Wylie E Groves High School Beverly Hills	92%	77%	206	A+
13	Grosse Pointe South High School Grosse Pointe Farms	89%	80%	341	A+
14	Skyline High School Ann Arbor	87%	77%	212	A+
15	Rochester Adams High School Rochester Hills	87%	77%	288	A+
16	East Grand Rapids High School Grand Rapids	92%	72%	221	A+
17	Pioneer High School Ann Arbor	87%	77%	216	A+
18	Great Lakes Bay Early College Univ Ctr	95%	65%	36	A+
19	Oakland Early College Farmington Hills	90%	70%	29	A+
20	Wing Lake Developmental Center Bloomfield Hills	90%	70%	21	A+
21	Excel Charter Academy Grand Rapids	82%	77%	207	A+
22	Huron High School Ann Arbor	87%	72%	160	A+
23	Ernest W Seaholm High School Birmingham	87%	72%	271	A+
24	Northern High School Grand Rapids	87%	72%	208	A+
25	Okemos High School Okemos	87%	72%	185	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

Best Schools for White Students in Michigan (2026)

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