Bean Elementary School
3201 Noble Rd
Spring Arbor MI, 49283, Jackson County
Phone: 517-841-8400
Ranking:
(417 out of 2,213, top 19%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Western School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 22 | |||||||
Total Students: | 441 | 425 | 392 | 382 | 396 | 406 | 404 | |||||||
Kindergarten: | 54 | 12.2% | 73 | 17.2% | 75 | 19.1% | 69 | 18.1% | 75 | 18.9% | 53 | 13.1% | 45 | 11.1% |
Grade 1: | 78 | 17.7% | 79 | 18.6% | 76 | 19.4% | 78 | 20.4% | 48 | 12.1% | 51 | 12.6% | 54 | 13.4% |
Grade 2: | 86 | 19.5% | 84 | 19.8% | 73 | 18.6% | 45 | 11.8% | 52 | 13.1% | 52 | 12.8% | 75 | 18.6% |
Grade 3: | 82 | 18.6% | 78 | 18.4% | 54 | 13.8% | 51 | 13.4% | 54 | 13.6% | 78 | 19.2% | 87 | 21.5% |
Grade 4: | 82 | 18.6% | 53 | 12.5% | 54 | 13.8% | 60 | 15.7% | 76 | 19.2% | 86 | 21.2% | 85 | 21.0% |
Grade 5: | 58 | 13.2% | 58 | 13.6% | 60 | 15.3% | 79 | 20.7% | 91 | 23.0% | 86 | 21.2% | 58 | 14.4% |
Ungraded: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 212 | 48.1% | 217 | 51.1% | 194 | 49.5% | 193 | 50.5% | 193 | 48.7% | 204 | 50.2% | 204 | 50.5% |
Female: | 229 | 51.9% | 208 | 48.9% | 198 | 50.5% | 189 | 49.5% | 195 | 49.2% | 194 | 47.8% | 196 | 48.5% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 4 | 0.9% | 3 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.8% | 6 | 1.6% | 8 | 2.0% | 10 | 2.5% | 9 | 2.2% |
Hispanic: | 15 | 3.4% | 10 | 2.4% | 8 | 2.0% | 6 | 1.6% | 4 | 1.0% | 3 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.2% |
Black: | 3 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.5% | 12 | 3.0% | 13 | 3.2% | 11 | 2.7% |
White: | 399 | 90.5% | 397 | 93.4% | 369 | 94.1% | 357 | 93.5% | 371 | 93.7% | 380 | 93.6% | 383 | 94.8% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 19 | 4.3% | 11 | 2.6% | 8 | 2.0% | 10 | 2.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 136 | 30.8% | 134 | 31.5% | 116 | 29.6% | 94 | 24.6% | 91 | 23.0% | 100 | 24.6% | 79 | 19.6% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 39 | 8.8% | 32 | 7.5% | 33 | 8.4% | 30 | 7.9% | 25 | 6.3% | 19 | 4.7% | 26 | 6.4% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 22.05 | 21.79 | 21.18 | 19.09 | 21.99 | 18.30 | 18.10 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
MEAP | ||||||
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 94.6% | 87% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 94.1% | 87.9% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 97.4% | 90.2% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 98.4% | 91.3% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 98.9% | 94.8% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 96.4% | 95.3% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50% | 46.5% | 36.3% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 53.9% | 46.4% | 40.9% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 90.2% | 86.6% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 90% | 87.4% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 89.7% | 86.4% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 92.5% | 86.4% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 94.5% | 89.8% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 93.3% | 86.8% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 77.2% | 62.4% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 75.7% | 66.5% |
2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 56% | 51.5% |
2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 53.2% | 51.8% |
2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 61% | 57.4% |
2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 67.2% | 61.1% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 88.6% | 81.6% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 86.2% | 84.6% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 90.2% | 85.8% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 96.4% | 87.9% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.6% | 96.8% | 92.3% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 97.9% | 91.5% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 52.7% | 39.9% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 54.6% | 44.9% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 90% | 83.2% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 86.2% | 84.9% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 84.1% | 84.5% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89% | 88.1% | 82.8% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 90.1% | 84.1% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 92.5% | 84.1% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 73.3% | 67.7% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 79.6% | 68.1% |
2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 64.7% | 54.8% |
2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 50% | 40.7% | 45.2% |
2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 57.5% | 44.5% |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.8% | 51.5% | 44.4% |
2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 59.1% | 47.2% |
2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 61.9% | 44.5% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 63.7% | 46.7% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 93.4% | 73.4% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 89.4% | 75.9% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 81.6% | 74.2% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 86.7% | 76.8% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 90.5% | 79.5% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 92% | 93.4% | 79.9% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 64.8% | 39.6% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.9% | 58.2% | 45.7% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 86.2% | 80% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86% | 88.9% | 84.1% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 86.3% | 81.6% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 83.7% | 81.5% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 92% | 85.2% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 96% | 93.9% | 85.1% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 81.3% | 68.8% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 78.2% | 70.4% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.5% | 90.9% | 76.8% |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 93.5% | 82.8% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 91.1% | 81.7% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 89% | 83.1% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 88.9% | 81% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 88% | 89.8% | 78.1% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.3% | 23.3% | 15.3% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 12.3% | 14.3% | 13.1% |
2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 75% | 62.9% |
2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 56.8% | 57.4% |
2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 62.1% | 58.8% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 68.9% | 63.4% |
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* Bean Elementary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.