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Benton Harbor Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

455 Riverview Dr

Benton Harbor MI, 49022, Berrien County

Phone: 269-925-3807

Ranking:

(2,028 out of 2,213, bottom 8%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

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:	16		23		28		26		23		24		17
Total Students:	430		388		402		434		396		483		451
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	59	13.7%	71	18.3%	60	14.9%	71	16.4%	68	17.2%	72	14.9%	67	14.9%
Grade 1:	81	18.8%	62	16.0%	56	13.9%	75	17.3%	63	15.9%	68	14.1%	56	12.4%
Grade 2:	53	12.3%	61	15.7%	57	14.2%	64	14.7%	46	11.6%	52	10.8%	60	13.3%
Grade 3:	56	13.0%	51	13.1%	46	11.4%	40	9.2%	37	9.3%	63	13.0%	44	9.8%
Grade 4:	43	10.0%	37	9.5%	38	9.5%	36	8.3%	44	11.1%	46	9.5%	42	9.3%
Grade 5:	45	10.5%	37	9.5%	45	11.2%	49	11.3%	39	9.8%	46	9.5%	45	10.0%
Grade 6:	30	7.0%	28	7.2%	38	9.5%	33	7.6%	33	8.3%	50	10.4%	49	10.9%
Grade 7:	29	6.7%	25	6.4%	31	7.7%	39	9.0%	29	7.3%	50	10.4%	46	10.2%
Grade 8:	34	7.9%	16	4.1%	31	7.7%	27	6.2%	37	9.3%	36	7.5%	42	9.3%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	205	47.7%	185	47.7%	186	46.3%	195	44.9%	164	41.4%	210	43.5%	203	45.0%
Female:	225	52.3%	203	52.3%	216	53.7%	239	55.1%	199	50.3%	238	49.3%	243	53.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	29	6.7%	23	5.9%	29	7.2%	36	8.3%	12	3.0%	1	0.2%	30	6.7%
Black:	389	90.5%	358	92.3%	367	91.3%	391	90.1%	350	88.4%	455	94.2%	405	89.8%
White:	6	1.4%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	8	2.0%	0	0.0%	15	3.3%
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:	6	1.4%	5	1.3%	4	1.0%	4	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	389	90.5%	385	99.2%	399	99.3%	424	97.7%	376	94.9%	480	99.4%	150	33.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	1.5%	0	0.0%	7	1.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	26.88		16.87		14.36		16.82		17.37		20.30		26.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.2%	77.2%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.7%	73.7%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.7%	75.7%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	80.3%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	94.6%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.4%	97.4%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	15.2%	15.2%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	19.1%	19.1%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.2%	67.2%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.4%	68.4%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	78.4%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	61%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	73%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.5%	57.5%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	30.4%	30.4%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	38.3%	38.3%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	55.2%	55.2%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	39.5%	39.5%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	59.5%	59.5%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	26.7%	26.7%	61.1%
2006	Listening	4th Grade	% met std	26.7%	26.7%	62.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	44.4%	44.4%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.8%	58.8%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	82.6%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	87.2%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	5.6%	5.6%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	17.1%	17.1%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.6%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.7%	64.7%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.5%	59.5%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.9%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.1%	64.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.5%	73.5%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	36.1%	36.1%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	37.1%	37.1%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	35.6%	35.6%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	37.3%	37.3%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	43.2%	43.2%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	19.1%	19.1%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	52.9%	52.9%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	20%	20%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	25.7%	25.7%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	21.4%	21.4%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35.1%	35.1%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.9%	42.9%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	71.1%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	80.6%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	68.9%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	19%	19%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	15.6%	15.6%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.9%	42.9%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	59.5%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.9%	42.9%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.7%	53.7%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	70.3%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	84.8%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.9%	42.9%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.5%	51.5%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	24.4%	24.4%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	43.2%	43.2%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.6%	47.6%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	38.1%	38.1%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	71.4%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.5%	56.5%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	0%	0%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	0%	0%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	29.3%	29.3%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	25%	25%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	19%	19%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	33.3%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	7.8%	7.8%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	35.5%	35.5%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.3%	56.3%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.4%	61.4%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.8%	68.8%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.7%	56.7%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	11.1%	11.1%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48%	48%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	42%	42%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.8%	54.8%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.6%	64.6%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.3%	54.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.3%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	36.1%	36.1%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	45.2%	45.2%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	43.3%	43.3%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	0%	0%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	32%	32%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	44%	44%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	61.7%	61.7%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	54.3%	54.3%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	7.3%	7.3%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	33.3%	33.3%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.5%	59.5%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68%	68%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	84.6%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.4%	79.4%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	25%	25%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	13%	13%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	30.2%	30.2%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.7%	58.7%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	45.5%	45.5%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.4%	65.4%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	36%	36%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	39.1%	39.1%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	21.4%	21.4%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	48.9%	48.9%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	56.8%	56.8%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	27.3%	27.3%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	44%	44%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	34.8%	34.8%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	19.1%	19.1%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	22.5%	22.5%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.2%	46.2%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	61.1%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	69.4%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.6%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	17.2%	17.2%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	6.7%	6.7%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	30.6%	30.6%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	32.5%	32.5%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.2%	63.2%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.1%	54.1%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.9%	63.9%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	85.2%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	37.9%	37.9%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	23.9%	23.9%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	31.7%	31.7%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	28.9%	28.9%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.9%	42.9%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.4%	44.4%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.7%	57.7%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	0%	0%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	0%	0%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	22.4%	22.4%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	20%	20%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	42.1%	42.1%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	69.4%	74.2%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Benton Harbor Charter School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.