Education officials from the state of Michigan released two lists on public schools today.
I posted earlier on Michigan's list of "Persistently Lowest Achieving Schools."
Here's a look at the state's "Top to Bottom Ranking" (follow the link to find the list, it's an excel spreadsheet).
The Top to Bottom ranking lists all public schools in Michigan that have more than 30 students who were "tested over the last two years in at least two state-tested content areas." (You can read more about how the schools were ranked here - warning - It's Power Point file.)
There are 3,010 schools listed.
The Michigan Department of Education says "this list is being published to provide information to all schools and to provide 'light of day' reporting on the achievement, improvement, and achievement gaps of all schools in the state."
The rankings are based on graduation rates and the following three areas of student achievement:
- Achievement at the elementary, middle, and high school levels
- Improvement in achievement over time
- The largest achievement gap between two subgroups calculated based on the top scoring 30% of students versus the bottom scoring 30% of students
The school districts that had schools in the 99th percentile rank (highest) were:
- Forest Hills Public Schools
- Ann Arbor Public Schools
- School District of the City of Birmingham
- Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Bloomfield Hills School District
- Rochester Community School District
- Berkley School District
- Lake Orion Community Schools
- Grand Blanc Community Schools
- Novi Community School District
- Saginaw City School District
- Farmington Public School District
- Spring Lake Public Schools
- Hudsonville Public School District
- Detroit City School District
- Ottawa Area ISD
- Grand Haven Area Public Schools
- Troy School District
- East Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Livonia Public Schools
And school districts that had schools ranked at the bottom (0 percentile rank) were:
- Detroit City School District
- Buena Vista School District
- Benton Harbor Area Schools
- Center for Literacy and Creativity
- Willow Run Community Schools
- Ecorse Public School District
- Tuscola ISD
- Monroe ISD
- Flint City School District
- Pontiac City School District
- Lansing Public School District
- River Rouge School District
- Saginaw City School District
- Southfield Public School District
