Detroit Metro Schools Study: Bloomfield Hills School District Is in Top 20

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI — The national school rating service K12niche.com has recently released a list of top schools for 2017, in numerous categories. In the safety category for 2017, the Bloomfield Hills public school district came in 16th out of 89 listed.

Niche analyzes data from the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Census and FBI plus more than 60 million student and parent reviews and survey responses. Factors included in the safety study are:

• Parent/Student Surveys on Health & Safety (50% weight)
• Expenses per Student (10% weight)
• Student Absenteeism (10% weight)
• In-School Suspensions (7.5% weight)
• Out-of-School Suspensions (7.5% weight)
• Expulsions (5% weight)
• Law Enforcement Referrals (5% weight)
• Percentage of students arrested for a school-related incident (5% weight)

Below is the list of top 20 Detroit Metro public schools that were ranked, in order:

1. Grosse Ile Township
2. Troy School District
3. Brighton Area Schools
4. Birmingham Public Schools
5. Fraser Public Schools
6. Dearborn Public School District
7. Berkeley School District
8. Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
9. Grosse Pointe Public Schools
10. Saline Area Schools
11. Milan Area Schools
12. Riverview Community School District
13. Novi Community School District
14. Rochester Community School District
15. Bloomfield Hills Schools
16. Lamphere Public Schools
17. Lake Orion Community Schools
18. Ypsilanti Public Schools
19. Chippewa Valley Schools

You can find more school rankings on the K12niche.com website.

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