These School Districts Have The Best Teachers In MI: New Report

MICHIGAN — The teachers in the Black River Public Schools have been ranked as the best in Michigan in Niche’s 2025 Best Schools and Districts rankings compiled this week.

Niche provides profiles, reviews, ratings, and personalized recommendations for K-12 schools, colleges, universities, cities and towns.

The Black River Public School district was among over 553 Michigan school districts that earned a mention in Niche’s ranking of more than 11,000 school districts nationwide.

The rankings were based on student and parent ratings of teachers, teacher salaries, teacher absenteeism, teacher tenure, student-teacher ratio, and the Niche Academics Grade for the district. Read more on how this ranking was calculated.

Black River Public Schools also came in first in Michigan among the best places to teach, and among school districts overall. The district has 946 students in grades PK, K-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 17 to 1. According to state test scores, 42 percent of students are at least proficient in math and 73 percent in reading.

2025 Districts with the Best Teachers in Michigan

1. Black River Public School, Holland, A+
2. New Buffalo Area Schools, New Buffalo, A+
3. Northville Public Schools, Northville, A+
4. Saline Area Schools, Saline, A+
5. Grosse Pointe Public School System, Grosse Pointe Woods, A+
6. Troy School District, Troy, A+
7. Zeeland Public Schools, Zeeland, A+
8. Jenison Public Schools, Jenison, A+
9. Spring Lake Public Schools, Spring Lake, A+
10. East Grand Rapids Public Schools, Grand Rapids, A+
11. Brighton Area Schools, Brighton, A+
12. Berkley School District, Berkley, A+
13. Dexter Community School District, Dexter, A+
14. Rochester Community School District, Rochester, A+
15. Bloomfield Hills Schools, Bloomfield Hills, A+
16. St. Joseph Public Schools, St. Joseph, A+
17. Frankenmuth School District, Frankenmuth, A+
18. Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District, Escanaba, A+
19. Okemos Public Schools, Okemos, A
20. Byron Center Public Schools, Byron Center, A
21. Sparta Area Schools, Sparta, A
22. Norway-Vulcan Area Schools, Norway, A
23. Caledonia Community Schools, Caledonia, A
24. Richmond Community Schools, Richmond, A
25. Rockford Public Schools, Rockford, A

The best teachers in America in 2025 are working in the Mariemont City Schools, in Cincinnati, OH, according to Niche. Rye City School teachers, in New York's nearby Westchester County, came in second.

Click here to see the full Michigan list