New Michigan School Rankings Released: See Which Elementary Schools Top U.S. News List

Avondale Gifted and Talented Education in Rochester Hills is the best public elementary school in Michigan, according to a new ranking Tuesday from U.S. News & World Report.

U.S. News researchers based the 2027 ranking of the nation’s best public elementary schools on the latest publicly available data from state education agencies by RTI International, alongside data from the U.S. Department of Education. In the past, the state reports weren’t part of the methodology.

The data from the state agencies provides a more comprehensive assessment of student performance in reading and mathematics across all proficiency levels while continuing to account for student background and absolute performance on state assessments.

“By incorporating direct state data across all proficiency levels, the 2027 rankings offer a richer, more complete picture of how elementary and middle schools are driving student growth,” Eric Brooks, U.S. News director of education data analysis, said in a news release.

Elementary schools are those offering either pre-K-5 or pre-K-6 education. For schools that have a wider grade span, only tests through fifth grade were considered. The report includes 46,000 public elementary schools ranked at the state and district levels. Charter schools are a stand-alone category.

The top 25 public elementary schools in Michigan are:

1. Avondale Gifted and Talented Education, Rochester Hills
2. Webster Elementary School, Livonia
3. Brown Elementary School, Byron Center
4. Amerman Elementary School, Northville
5. Martin Luther King Elementary School, Ann Arbor
6. Jeffers Elementary School, Spring Lake
7. Countryside Elementary School, Byron Center
8. Hemmeter Elementary School, Saginaw
9. Marshall Elementary School, Byron Center
10. Novi Woods Elementary School, Novi
11. Angell School, Ann Arbor
12. Moraine Elementary School, Northville
13. Forest Grove Elementary School, Hudsonville
14. Plymouth Scholars Charter Academy, Plymouth
15. Valley View Elementary School, Rockford
16. Bauer Elementary School, Hudsonville
17. Chandler Woods Charter Academy, Belmont
18. New Buffalo Elementary School, New Buffalo
19. Harvest Elementary School, Saline
20. Hamilton Elementary School, Troy
21. Emmons Lake Elementary School, Caledonia
22. Peach Plains School, Grand Haven
23. Dutton Elementary School, Caledonia
24. Wines Elementary School, Ann Arbor
25. Achieve Charter Academy, Canton