Bach Elementary School vs Logan Elementary School

Logan Elementary School ranks #42 of 3,190 Michigan elementary schools, placing it 37 spots ahead of Bach Elementary School at #79 — a meaningful separation given the depth of that statewide field. Logan's overall rating of 9.2/10 edges Bach Elementary School's 9.0/10 by 0.2 points, a narrow gap that masks sharper differences in how each school achieves its score.

Bach Elementary School leads on academic proficiency with a 9.7/10 academic score versus Logan Elementary School's 9.1/10 — a 0.6-point delta that reflects meaningfully higher current test performance. Logan Elementary School flips that advantage on growth, scoring 9.1/10 compared to Bach Elementary School's 8.5/10 growth score. That 0.6-point growth edge signals that Logan students are gaining ground at a faster rate relative to expectations, while Bach students are entering with and sustaining higher baseline proficiency.

Both schools serve similar socioeconomic populations, with Bach Elementary School at 16% free and reduced-price lunch eligibility and Logan Elementary School at 18% — a two-point difference that is not operationally significant. Logan is the larger campus at 374 students versus Bach Elementary School's 322, yet Logan maintains a slightly tighter student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1 compared to Bach's 13.4:1, meaning Logan families get marginally more instructional attention per student despite the larger headcount.

Both schools cover grades KG–05 and sit 3.4 miles apart within Ann Arbor, making geography a real decision factor. The core trade-off is clear: Bach Elementary School posts the stronger academic proficiency number, while Logan Elementary School converts that into a higher state rank through superior growth performance — suggesting Logan's instructional model is particularly effective at accelerating student trajectories year over year.