In Michigan, 19.5% of Black students are proficient in math at the typical school — against 41.7% of White students. Within Saginaw alone, the gap between the best and worst schools is 61 points. This tool helps you find the right one.
Search Michigan schools ›Share of students meeting proficient at the typical Michigan school. Groups are shown wherever Michigan reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
These figures come from M-STEP 2025, measuring proficient in ELA & Math · Grades 3–8. Across 246 districts, 754 Michigan schools report enough results to be included.
At the typical Michigan school the picture is black students at 24.6%, hispanic students at 35.3%, white students at 44.2% and asian students at 59.8%. That is a 35.2-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.
Fewer than one in eight. White students reach 42.2%. No Michigan school has 80% of its Black students proficient, and only five reach 60%.
Handley School reaches 65.3%. Saginaw Middle School, in the same district, sits at 4.1%. Across 10 schools in one district, a child's address decides which end they land on.
The largest Black student population of any high-performing school here, in a district often written off. Bates is proof the ceiling is not fixed.
These are the schools where Black students most often meet proficient, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handley SchoolSaginaw, School District of the City of Magnet | 81% | 65.3% | — | 63.6% | — |
| Bates AcademyDetroit Public Schools Community District | 64.5% | 64.5% | — | — | — |
| Pembroke AcademyPembroke Academy Charter | 63.1% | 64% | — | — | — |
| South Arbor Charter AcademySouth Arbor Charter Academy Charter | 71.5% | 62.5% | — | 69.3% | 82.1% |
| Plymouth Scholars Charter AcademyPlymouth Scholars Charter Academy Charter | 81.4% | 60.5% | — | 75.6% | 87% |
| Vanguard Charter AcademyVanguard Charter Academy Charter | 61.8% | 59.4% | 49.1% | 72.9% | — |
| Cross Creek Charter AcademyCross Creek Charter Academy Charter | 72.5% | 58% | 47.6% | 78.1% | 72.7% |
| Saginaw Arts and Sciences AcademySaginaw, School District of the City of Magnet | 75.6% | 57.7% | — | 75.7% | — |
| University Elementary School AcademySouthfield Public School District Magnet | 56.9% | 56.6% | — | — | — |
| Achieve Charter AcademyAchieve Charter Academy Charter | 72.9% | 54.4% | — | 70.4% | 83.2% |
Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.
The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAGINAW MIDDLE SCHOOLSaginaw, School District of the City of Sped | 6.5% | 4.1% | — | — | — |
| Eastpointe Middle SchoolEastpointe Community Schools | 5.3% | 4.4% | — | — | — |
| Martin G. Atkins Elementary SchoolBridgeport-Spaulding Community School District | 6.3% | 6.5% | — | 35.7% | — |
| Ronald Brown AcademyDetroit Public Schools Community District | 6.4% | 6.6% | — | — | — |
| Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryBenton Harbor Area Schools | 7.1% | 7% | — | — | — |
| Coleman A. Young Elementary SchoolDetroit Public Schools Community District | 7.1% | 7.1% | — | — | — |
| Ann Visger K-5 Preparatory AcademyRiver Rouge, School District of the City of | 8.1% | 7.7% | — | — | — |
| Riverside Middle SchoolGrand Rapids Public Schools | 8.9% | 7.7% | — | — | — |
| Old Redford Academy - ElementaryOld Redford Academy MagnetCharter | 8.3% | 8% | — | — | — |
| Fisher Magnet AcademyDetroit Public Schools Community District | 7.7% | 8.1% | — | — | — |
In Saginaw, School District of the City of, Handley School reports 65.3% of Black students meeting the standard. SAGINAW MIDDLE SCHOOL, in the same district, reports 4.1%. That is a 61.2-point spread across 10 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.
Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.