Grosse Pointe School Has Best Teachers For 2020

GROSSE POINTE WOODS, MI — The beginning of the school year is a good time to do a little research on how your teachers stack up against others — whether you’re sending your children to kindergarten for the first time or if they’re preparing to graduate.

Niche, which rates everything in education, has created a list of what it considers the schools with the best teachers in Michigan. One school in Michigan ranked on the national list: Ferry Elementary School in Grosse Pointe Woods came in at No. 11.

According to Niche.com, the rankings are based on seven factors: academic grades, parent/student surveys on teachers, teacher absenteeism, teacher salary index, teachers in their first or second year, average teacher salary and the student-teacher ratio.

Read more on how this ranking was calculated.

Ferry Elementary Schoo has the best teachers in the state, according to the rankings. With 360 total students in the school, and a student-teacher ratio of 14:1, Ferry had both an A+ rating in teachers and overall niche grade.

According to state test scores, 73% of students are at least proficient in math and 85% in reading.

See the full rankings in Michigan here.