Grosse Pointe Schools Place 10th in Metro in Ranking of Safe Schools

GROSSE POINTE, MI — The national school rating service K12niche.com has recently released a list of top schools for 2017, in numerous categories. In the safety category for 2017, the Grosse Pointe public school district came in 10th place.

Niche analyzes data from the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Census and FBI plus more than 60 million student and parent reviews and survey responses. Factors included in the safety study are:

• Parent/Student Surveys on Health & Safety (50% weight)
• Expenses per Student (10% weight)
• Student Absenteeism (10% weight)
• In-School Suspensions (7.5% weight)
• Out-of-School Suspensions (7.5% weight)
• Expulsions (5% weight)
• Law Enforcement Referrals (5% weight)
• Percentage of students arrested for a school-related incident (5% weight)

Below is the list of top 20 Detroit Metro public schools that were ranked, in order:

1. Grosse Ile Township
2. Troy School District
3. Brighton Area Schools
4. Birmingham Public Schools
5. Fraser Public Schools
6. Dearborn Public School District
7. Berkeley School District
8. Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
9. Ann Arbor Public Schools
10. Grosse Pointe Public Schools
11. Saline Area Schools
12. Milan Area Schools
13. Riverview Community School District
14. Novi Community School District
15. Rochester Community School District
16. Bloomfield Hills Schools
17. Lamphere Public Schools
18. Lake Orion Community Schools
19. Ypsilanti Public Schools
20. Chippewa Valley Schools

You can find more school rankings on the K12niche.com website.

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