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Belding Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

410 Ionia St

Belding MI, 48809, Ionia County

Phone: 616-794-4400

Ranking:

(1,389 out of 2,213, bottom 37%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Belding Area School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

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:	25		26		26		29		32		35		36
Total Students:	494		486		494		476		528		515		526
Grade 6:	168	34.0%	168	34.6%	166	33.6%	160	33.6%	167	31.6%	158	30.7%	182	34.6%
Grade 7:	162	32.8%	158	32.5%	159	32.2%	161	33.8%	162	30.7%	191	37.1%	169	32.1%
Grade 8:	164	33.2%	160	32.9%	169	34.2%	155	32.6%	199	37.7%	166	32.2%	175	33.3%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	254	51.4%	249	51.2%	247	50.0%	230	48.3%	242	45.8%	252	48.9%	256	48.7%
Female:	240	48.6%	237	48.8%	247	50.0%	246	51.7%	273	51.7%	252	48.9%	264	50.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	4	0.8%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Asian:	3	0.6%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	5	1.0%
Hispanic:	61	12.3%	42	8.6%	47	9.5%	27	5.7%	43	8.1%	35	6.8%	29	5.5%
Black:	6	1.2%	7	1.4%	6	1.2%	4	0.8%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%
White:	416	84.2%	427	87.9%	434	87.9%	439	92.2%	473	89.6%	472	91.7%	487	92.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	1.4%	5	1.0%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	277	56.1%	254	52.3%	266	53.8%	230	48.3%	252	47.7%	198	38.4%	177	33.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	40	8.1%	57	11.7%	52	10.5%	53	11.1%	72	13.6%	83	16.1%	67	12.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.49		19.06		19.37		16.41		16.41		14.90		14.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.5%	65.5%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.1%	72.1%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.4%	71.4%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.3%	72.3%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	83.3%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.8%	75.8%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	30.5%	30.5%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	28%	28%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.4%	78.4%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.5%	80.5%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.9%	76.9%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.4%	90.4%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.9%	84.9%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.4%	64.4%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.6%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	72.3%	72.3%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	66.5%	66.5%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	21.4%	21.4%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	19.9%	19.9%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73.9%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	73.2%	73.2%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	73.7%	73.7%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	68.4%	68.4%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.8%	59.8%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.7%	67.7%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.7%	83.7%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.7%	74.7%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.5%	89.5%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	28.9%	28.9%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	14%	14%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.3%	75.3%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.6%	79.6%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.9%	72.9%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.3%	84.3%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.7%	73.7%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.2%	81.2%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.9%	57.9%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.4%	54.4%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	72.4%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67.7%	67.7%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78.3%	78.3%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	82.5%	82.5%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	39.7%	39.7%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	37.6%	37.6%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	69.6%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	76.5%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	79.3%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	66.1%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	69.9%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	16.6%	16.6%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	15.1%	15.1%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	75.3%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	80.9%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	74.6%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.1%	74.1%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.4%	87.4%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	75.2%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.1%	52.1%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	47.4%	47.4%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	80.5%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.2%	80.2%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	87.3%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	82.8%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	83.1%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	71.2%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	10.4%	10.4%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	8.4%	8.4%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.9%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	70.5%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	73.5%	74.2%

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* Belding Middle School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.