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Palo Community School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

8315 Mill St

Fenwick MI, 48834, Montcalm County

Phone: 616-527-4900

Ranking:

(1,783 out of 2,213, bottom 19%)*

Type: Regular School

Status: Closed

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Palo Community School District

Title I Eligible School: 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:	NA	NA	5		6		6		6		6		6
Total Students:	NA	NA	74		78		77		78		79		89
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	NA	NA	8	10.8%	11	14.1%	10	13.0%	15	19.2%	13	16.5%	17	19.1%
Grade 1:	NA	NA	12	16.2%	6	7.7%	17	22.1%	10	12.8%	11	13.9%	19	21.3%
Grade 2:	NA	NA	5	6.8%	14	17.9%	12	15.6%	13	16.7%	15	19.0%	17	19.1%
Grade 3:	NA	NA	15	20.3%	12	15.4%	9	11.7%	16	20.5%	13	16.5%	9	10.1%
Grade 4:	NA	NA	11	14.9%	9	11.5%	16	20.8%	12	15.4%	8	10.1%	14	15.7%
Grade 5:	NA	NA	9	12.2%	17	21.8%	8	10.4%	8	10.3%	11	13.9%	13	14.6%
Grade 6:	NA	NA	14	18.9%	9	11.5%	5	6.5%	4	5.1%	8	10.1%	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	NA	NA	44	59.5%	44	56.4%	42	54.5%	41	52.6%	35	44.3%	39	43.8%
Female:	NA	NA	30	40.5%	34	43.6%	35	45.5%	26	33.3%	32	40.5%	43	48.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	1	1.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	NA	NA	6	8.1%	6	7.7%	8	10.4%	3	3.8%	1	1.3%	1	1.1%
Black:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
White:	NA	NA	67	90.5%	70	89.7%	69	89.6%	72	92.3%	74	93.7%	85	95.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	NA	NA	1	1.4%	1	1.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	48	64.9%	53	67.9%	44	57.1%	42	53.8%	38	48.1%	33	37.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	5	6.8%	9	11.5%	10	13.0%	8	10.3%	7	8.9%	5	5.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	NA	NA	16.44		14.18		12.42		13.22		13.20		16.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.7%	91.7%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	94.1%	87.9%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	100%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	93.8%	94.8%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	9.1%	9.1%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	13.3%	13.3%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.7%	91.7%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	88.2%	87.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	69.2%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.3%	89.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	45.5%	45.5%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	40%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	62.5%	62.5%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	52.9%	52.9%	51.8%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	53.8%	53.8%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	85.7%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	91.7%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	91.5%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	8.3%	8.3%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	85.7%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.3%	64.3%	84.5%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	83.3%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.3%	84.1%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	27.3%	27.3%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	42.9%	42.9%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	30%	30%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	35.7%	35.7%	44.5%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	47.2%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	9.1%	9.1%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	62.5%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	68.2%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	61.5%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	58.3%	76.8%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	11.8%	11.8%	39.6%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.3%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	77.3%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.3%	92.3%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	81.5%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.6%	70.6%	68.8%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	87.5%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	86.4%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	76.9%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	83.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	5.9%	5.9%	15.3%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	43.8%	43.8%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	40.9%	40.9%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46.2%	46.2%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	58.3%	63.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.5%	54.5%	69%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	13.3%	13.3%	40.2%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.7%	72.7%	83.3%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	68.2%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	6.7%	6.7%	29.7%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	72.7%	72.7%	74.1%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33.3%	33.3%	63.2%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	72.9%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	58.3%	76.8%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	64.7%

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* Palo Community School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.