U.S. News & World Report has released its 2026-27 education rankings and all four of Lapeer's elementary buildings and three secondary buildings were named to the lists.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
325. Schickler Elementary
366. Murphy Elementary
456. Turrill Elementary
708. Lynch Elementary

In Michigan, more than 1,100 elementary schools, including independent charter academies, are ranked while another 800 are weighted in a group or not ranked at all.

MIDDLE SCHOOLS
267. Zemmer Campus
548. Rolland-Warner Campus

HIGH SCHOOLS
5350. Lapeer High School

The U.S. News and World Report rankings include data on more than 27,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia. In addition to traditional high schools, the rankings encompass charter as well as science, technology, engineering and math-focused schools.

The rankings use the same methodology for all included grade levels. For each state, schools were assessed on their students' performance on mathematics and reading/language arts state assessments. Half of the formula assessed the scores themselves (the “performance index”) and the other half incorporated the test results in the context of socioeconomic characteristics.

There is no national ranking, but there are distinct elementary and middle school rankings calculated at the state and district levels, as well as state rankings specific to charter schools.

In total, 46,713 elementary schools and 24,756 middle schools were ranked. When combined with the 17,945 public high schools ranked in 2026, U.S. News has assigned 89,414 state ranks across its elementary, middle and high schools rankings.

For more, visit How U.S. News Calculated the Best Elementary and Middle Schools Rankings and How U.S. News Calculated the 2026-2027 Best High Schools Rankings.