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Black student results in Ann Arbor Public Schools

Across 11 schools in Ann Arbor Public Schools, 27.9% of Black students meet proficient. That is 3.3 points above the Michigan average for Black students.

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52.5%
All students
27.9%
Black
48%
Hispanic
62.4%
White
71.7%
Asian

Average across the 11 schools in Ann Arbor Public Schools with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 7 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, John Allen School reports 42.3% of Black students meeting the standard. Carpenter School, in the same district, reports 15.9%. That is a 26.4-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Ann Arbor Public Schools

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
John Allen School 56% 42.3% 70% 60%
Thurston Elementary School 65.6% 38.1% 63% 79.6%
Forsythe Middle School 59.6% 33.3% 48.7% 68.1% 71.8%
Clague Middle School 72.6% 31.2% 66.1% 71.6% 83.6%
Pattengill School Magnet 44.6% 27.4% 38.6% 62.3%
Ann Arbor STEAM at Northside School 62.7% 27.3% 65.9% 70%
Tappan Middle School 57.5% 26.7% 46.3% 68.9% 67%
Slauson Middle School 68.6% 24.7% 48.9% 74.7% 83.6%
Scarlett Middle School 33.8% 20.9% 25.5% 53% 46.3%
Mary D. Mitchell School 23.2% 18.8% 41.5%
Carpenter School 33.2% 15.9% 40% 56.9%

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.

How to read this. Michigan suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 754 of Michigan's schools have reportable data. Coverage is grades 3–8; high schools are not included. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Michigan figures should not be compared against another state's.

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