Two-Thirds of Troy Schools Rank Among Top 10 Percent in State

All but one school in the Troy district were ranked among the top half in the state, according to Top-to-Bottom rankings released Friday by the Michigan Department of Education. 

, which was ranked in the 48th percentile, was the only school in the district to rank below the 50th percentile among public schools in the state. Twelve of the 18 Troy schools included in the study were ranked in the 90th percentile or higher.

The ranking is part of an annual list that factors students' performance on standardized tests in all five academic subjects, graduation rates, student improvement and other Michigan Department of Education guidelines, such as those that determine Adequate Yearly Progress.

Only public schools are included in the list. This is the second year the education department has published an overall "top to bottom" ranking along with the required list of low-achieving schools. 

Schroeder Elementary School was one of 10 schools in Oakland County to be ranked in the 99th percentile, meaning 99 percent of schools in the state ranked below those schools.

, which has been named one of the top schools in the nation in a magazine, was ranked among the 62nd percentile in the state study. Athens and were by the state as two schools in the district that failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress. Larson was ranked among the 94th percentile in the study released Friday, meaning it outperformed 94 percent of all schools in the state.

The department acknowledges the methodology used to rank the schools is complex, but says it is a true apples-to-apples comparison of schools, according to an explanation of the methodologyposted on the department's website.

There are no consequences of the annual ranking, but the education department suggests districts use the results as a diagnostic tool to determine where resources are needed.

“This is important information for schools, parents, and communities to review,” state Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan said in a news release. “It provides a real look at how our local schools are doing in educating their students."

Here's how the individual Troy schools ranked; a percentile rank of 99, for example, means that 99 percent of schools statewide scored below that school's result.

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Source: Michigan Department of Education