25 School Districts Among Michigan's Best In New Rankings

MICHIGAN — The Novi Community School District was ranked number one among 557 Michigan school districts in the education platform Niche’s 2023 Best Schools and Districts rankings released Tuesday.

The Novi district was among 557 Michigan school districts included in Niche’s ranking of 11,820 school districts nationwide.

Niche gave the Novi Community School District a letter grade of A+. Grades in specific categories were:

Academics: A+
Teachers: A
Clubs and activities: A
Sports: A
Resources and facilities: B
Diversity: A-
College prep: A+
Administration: A
Food: A

The school district, which has 6,580 students in ten buildings, received high marks from students, parents and teachers.

As the top ranked school district in Michigan and 60th ranked across the nation, at least 76 percent of students in the Novi Community School District were at least proficient in math and 73 percent proficient in reading, according to Niche.

For more information, read the full report on the Novi Community School District.

The top 25 school districts in Michigan and the letter grades assigned by Niche include:

1. Novi Community School District, A+
2. Troy School District, A+
3. Northville Public Schools, A+
4. Okemos Public Schools, A+
5. Birmingham Public Schools, A+
6. Bloomfield Hills Schools, A+
7. Saline Area Schools, A+
8. Ann Arbor Public Schools, A+
9. Oakland Schools, A+
10. Grosse Pointe Public School System, A+
11. Rochester Community School District, A+
12. East Grand Rapids Public School, A+
13. Forest Hills Public Schools, A+
14. St. Joseph Public Schools, A+
15. New Buffalo Area Schools, A+
16. West Bloomfield School District, A
17. East Landing School District, A
18. Portage Public Schools, A
19. Berkley School District, A
20. Spring Lake Public Schools, A
21. West Ottawa Public School District, A
22. Beaver Island Community School District, A
23. Black River Public School, A
24. Grandville Public Schools, A
25. Cheb-Otsego-Presque Isle Elementary School District, A

For more information, read the full report on Michigan's top ranked school districts.

Niche also ranked 92,743 public schools and 30,112 private schools in the 2023 report. The platform said its rankings were created to provide families with valuable information — both quantitative and qualitative — on schools in their area or in a neighborhood they’re not familiar with yet.

Related: Several high schools in Michigan, including many in the Metro Detroit area, were also ranked among the best in the nation by Niche.

The rankings differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance in that it also includes input from students, alumni and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources and facilities.