Michigan's 100 Best Schools: Where Does Your School Rank?

By Beth Dalbey

The Bloomfield Hills School District is the best in Michigan, and the Birmingham, Novi, Saline, Grosse Pointe and Troy were ranked Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7 in a new list of the nation’s top school districts.

The ranking and review website Niche, which was founded in 2002 by Carnegie Mellon University students and previously known as CollegeProwler.com, based its findings on key data from 8,738 school districts and 4.6 million opinions from 280,000 students and parents.

The Best Public School Districts ranking provides a comprehensive assessment of the overall experience at public school districts in the United States and Puerto Rico. It uses data sourced from various government and public data sets, Niche’s own proprietary data, and 4,624,238 opinion-based survey responses across a variety of topics from 287,606 current students, recent alumni, and parents.

A high ranking in overall experience generally indicates that:

• Students are very happy with their experience in all aspects including academics, teachers, health, safety, resources, facilities, extracurriculars, sports, and fitness;
• District schools are exceptional academic institutions in terms of teachers, students, resources for learning, and student outcomes;
• District schools are made up of a diverse population and fosters an accepting, positive school culture;
• Students are actively involved in a variety of extracurriculars and sports the district offers.

Scroll the list to find your district. Detailed information about each school’s score is found on the website.

1. Bloomfield Hills School District
2. Okemos Public Schools
3. Birmingham City School District
4. Novi Community School District
5. Saline Area Schools
6. Grosse Pointe Public Schools
7. Troy School District
8. Portage Public Schools
9. Ann Arbor Public Schools
10. Leland Public School District
11. East Grand Rapids Public Schools
12. East Lansing School District
13. Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
14. Rochester Community School District
15. Dexter Community School District
16. West Bloomfield School District
17. Chelsea School District
18. Northville Public Schools
19. Forest Hills Public Schools
20. Grand Haven Area Public Schools
21. Spring Lake Public Schools
22. Haslett Public Schools
23. Houghton-Portage Township Schools
24. Midland Public Schools
25. New Buffalo Area Schools
26. Marysville Public Schools
27. Mona Shores Public School District
28. West Ottawa Public School District
29. Grosse Ile Township Schools
30. St. Joseph Public Schools
31. Williamston Community Schools
32. Glen Lake Community Schools
33. Grandville Public Schools
34. Caledonia Community Schools
35. Walled Lake Consolidated Schools
36. Jenison Public Schools
37. Hudsonville Public School District
38. Lake Orion Community Schools
39. Rockford Public Schools
40. Saugatuck Public Schools
41. Mattawan Consolidated School
42. Frankenmuth School District
43. Plainwell Community Schools
44. Gull Lake Community Schools
45. Traverse City Area Public Schools
46. North Muskegon Public Schools
47. Lakeshore School District (Berrien
48. Hartland Consolidated Schools
49. Edwardsburg Public Schools
50. Farmington Public School Distric

Read the rest of the Michigan list on the webiste.

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