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Countryside Elementary School
8200 Eastern Ave Se
Byron Center MI, 49315, Kent County
Phone: 616-878-6900
Ranking: 
(228 out of 2,213, top 10%)*
(228 out of 2,213, top 10%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4
School District: Byron Center Public Schools
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: | 27 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 20 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 504 | 479 | 490 | 487 | 453 | 427 | 414 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Kindergarten: | 110 | 21.8% | 120 | 25.1% | 115 | 23.5% | 118 | 24.2% | 109 | 24.1% | 100 | 23.4% | 113 | 27.3% |
| Grade 1: | 116 | 23.0% | 96 | 20.0% | 99 | 20.2% | 96 | 19.7% | 72 | 15.9% | 89 | 20.8% | 75 | 18.1% |
| Grade 2: | 95 | 18.8% | 96 | 20.0% | 97 | 19.8% | 80 | 16.4% | 104 | 23.0% | 83 | 19.4% | 73 | 17.6% |
| Grade 3: | 96 | 19.0% | 87 | 18.2% | 79 | 16.1% | 107 | 22.0% | 88 | 19.4% | 75 | 17.6% | 78 | 18.8% |
| Grade 4: | 87 | 17.3% | 80 | 16.7% | 100 | 20.4% | 86 | 17.7% | 75 | 16.6% | 79 | 18.5% | 75 | 18.1% |
| Ungraded: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 262 | 52.0% | 250 | 52.2% | 250 | 51.0% | 254 | 52.2% | 234 | 51.7% | 208 | 48.7% | 209 | 50.5% |
| Female: | 242 | 48.0% | 229 | 47.8% | 240 | 49.0% | 233 | 47.8% | 211 | 46.6% | 211 | 49.4% | 201 | 48.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 1.6% | 7 | 1.7% |
| Asian: | 9 | 1.8% | 10 | 2.1% | 16 | 3.3% | 18 | 3.7% | 18 | 4.0% | 22 | 5.2% | 24 | 5.8% |
| Hispanic: | 26 | 5.2% | 31 | 6.5% | 25 | 5.1% | 18 | 3.7% | 26 | 5.7% | 25 | 5.9% | 10 | 2.4% |
| Black: | 16 | 3.2% | 12 | 2.5% | 5 | 1.0% | 7 | 1.4% | 13 | 2.9% | 15 | 3.5% | 13 | 3.1% |
| White: | 416 | 82.5% | 399 | 83.3% | 422 | 86.1% | 431 | 88.5% | 396 | 87.4% | 358 | 83.8% | 360 | 87.0% |
| 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: | 35 | 6.9% | 25 | 5.2% | 19 | 3.9% | 9 | 1.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 113 | 22.4% | 98 | 20.5% | 87 | 17.8% | 89 | 18.3% | 86 | 19.0% | 67 | 15.7% | 62 | 15.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 36 | 7.1% | 33 | 6.9% | 33 | 6.7% | 32 | 6.6% | 33 | 7.3% | 32 | 7.5% | 31 | 7.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.81 | 17.14 | 19.29 | 18.57 | 19.28 | 18.30 | 21.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| MEAP | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.2% | 97% | 87% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 96.7% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 98.6% | 97.7% | 90.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 99.5% | 91.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 99.2% | 94.8% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 99.1% | 99.2% | 95.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57% | 70% | 36.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 66.6% | 40.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 92.7% | 86.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 91.5% | 87.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 95.5% | 86.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 95.7% | 86.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100% | 97.6% | 89.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 95.8% | 86.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 80.2% | 62.4% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 87% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 65.7% | 51.5% |
| 2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 62.9% | 51.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 78.4% | 57.4% |
| 2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 83.7% | 61.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 93.1% | 81.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 95.2% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 97.2% | 85.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 98.2% | 87.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 100% | 99.1% | 92.3% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.7% | 96.6% | 91.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 56% | 64.9% | 39.9% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 76.3% | 44.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93% | 94% | 83.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.6% | 95.7% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 95.4% | 84.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 95.6% | 82.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 96% | 95.5% | 84.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.7% | 94.7% | 84.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 83% | 67.7% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 88.2% | 68.1% |
| 2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.4% | 71.1% | 54.8% |
| 2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 61.9% | 45.2% |
| 2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.1% | 61.3% | 44.5% |
| 2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 64.9% | 44.4% |
| 2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 75.6% | 47.2% |
| 2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 68.9% | 44.5% |
| 2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 77% | 81.9% | 46.7% |
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* Countryside 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.