Bridge Magazine Ranks Birmingham Schools in Top 20 Percent in State

A new report from by Bridge Magazine last week shows the Birmingham Public School district ranked in the top 20 percent of the state's public and charter schools.

Birmingham Public Schools was ranked 100th out of 560 school districts statewide based on students' test scores from 2011-12 adjusted for family income, showing not just where students are achieving, but where they're overachieving.

In total, the top 52 schools on the list were named Academic State Champions for the 2011-12 school year.

According to the analysis, a Value-Added Matrix (VAM) score of 100 indicates that students are achieving at expected levels based on their income level. The higher a school's score, the better their students are performing on standarized tests.

Birmingham came in with a final score of 105.45, with the VAM scores highest for those students in the 8th grade (106.11).

The top school on Bridge Magazine's list was the Star International Academy, a charter school in Dearborn Heights. Coming in at No. 10, meanwhile, was Birmingham's neighbors to the north, the Bloomfield Hills School District, with a VAM score of 112.91.

To view the complete list, visit the Bridge Magazine website. Meanwhile, neighboring school districts received the following scores: