Niche Releases 2025 Rankings for 50 Top-Rated Public School Districts in Michigan
Niche.com has released its rankings for the 50 top-rated public school districts in Michigan for 2025. Most of the schools that made it to the top 50 are around the state’s most populated areas.
According to Niche, one-fifth of the top-rated districts are in Oakland County. Eight are in Ottawa County, six are in Ingham County, five are in Kent and Washtenaw counties, and four are in Berrien County.
Niche assigns each district an overall grade and specific grades for academics, clubs and activities, college prep, diversity, resources and facilities, sports, and teachers.
The “Best School Districts” rankings are based on a weighted percentage system: 50% for academic grades, 15% for teachers’ grades, 12.5% for culture and diversity, 12.5% for experience surveys, 5% for resources and facilities, 2.5% for clubs and activities, and 2.5% for grades and sports.
School districts in Wayne County and their Niche rankings are presented below:
- No. 40: Woodhaven-Brownstone School District
- No. 33: Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
- No. 12: Grosse Point Public School System
- No. 2: Northville Public Schools
The following schools in Oakland County and their Niche rankings are presented below:
- No. 31: Lake Orion Community Schools
- No. 26: Berley School District
- No. 24: West Bloomfield School District
- No. 9: Birmingham Public Schools
- No. 7: Rochester Community School District
- No. 5: Bloomfield Hills Schools
- No. 4: Oakland Schools
- No. 3: Troy School District
- No. 2 Northville Public Schools
- No. 1: Novi Community School District
Niche’s school district data includes graduation rates and state-level test scores obtained through the U.S. Department of Education, Common Core data, school financial surveys provided by the National Center for Education Statistics, and Niche K-12 parent and student surveys.
