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Portage Central High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

8135 South Westnedge Ave

Portage MI, 49002, Kalamazoo County

Phone: 269-323-5200

Ranking:

(39 out of 665, top 6%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Portage Public Schools

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:	63		61		61		65		76		75		79
Total Students:	1,397		1,389		1,343		1,372		1,354		1,412		1,437
Grade 9:	357	25.6%	362	26.1%	352	26.2%	365	26.6%	345	25.5%	345	24.4%	346	24.1%
Grade 10:	359	25.7%	349	25.1%	349	26.0%	340	24.8%	333	24.6%	334	23.7%	356	24.8%
Grade 11:	340	24.3%	348	25.1%	324	24.1%	327	23.8%	329	24.3%	368	26.1%	371	25.8%
Grade 12:	341	24.4%	327	23.5%	313	23.3%	334	24.3%	347	25.6%	365	25.8%	364	25.3%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	3	0.2%	5	0.4%	6	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	694	49.7%	721	51.9%	713	53.1%	707	51.5%	710	52.4%	709	50.2%	706	49.1%
Female:	703	50.3%	668	48.1%	630	46.9%	665	48.5%	628	46.4%	689	48.8%	721	50.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.1%	3	0.2%	3	0.2%	2	0.1%	2	0.1%	2	0.1%	2	0.1%
Asian:	97	6.9%	94	6.8%	73	5.4%	60	4.4%	67	4.9%	56	4.0%	59	4.1%
Hispanic:	40	2.9%	35	2.5%	29	2.2%	36	2.6%	32	2.4%	31	2.2%	28	1.9%
Black:	49	3.5%	56	4.0%	48	3.6%	38	2.8%	45	3.3%	46	3.3%	47	3.3%
White:	1,153	82.5%	1,158	83.4%	1,165	86.7%	1,193	87.0%	1,200	88.6%	1,271	90.0%	1,295	90.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.2%	5	0.4%	5	0.4%	3	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	53	3.8%	38	2.7%	20	1.5%	40	2.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	177	12.7%	161	11.6%	180	13.4%	202	14.7%	158	11.7%	130	9.2%	113	7.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	41	2.9%	54	3.9%	59	4.4%	37	2.7%	41	3.0%	47	3.3%	42	2.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.32		22.63		21.86		21.26		17.93		18.90		18.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MEAP
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	77.6%	72.7%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	81.3%	77.3%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	87.8%	85.3%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	84.3%	83%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	78.9%	74.6%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	75.3%	74.1%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	76%	70%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	74.9%	75.3%	55.9%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	89.3%	85.8%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	89.1%	86%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	54.4%	46.3%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	43.2%	39.7%	28.6%
MME
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	72.2%	68.1%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	72.7%	67.4%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	72.6%	69.7%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	69.5%	64.7%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	66.3%	62%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	76.7%	69.7%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	75%	69.4%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	70%	65%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	47.2%	42.5%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	44%	42%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.7%	73.7%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79.9%	75.9%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78%	74.1%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84%	80.7%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.3%	70.4%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	77%	73.9%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	75.1%	73.5%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	74.9%	72.7%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	76.6%	74.4%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	77%	73%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.6%	42.4%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36%	37%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	95.1%	92.8%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89%	88.7%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	91.9%	92.8%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	93.3%	91.6%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	86%	87%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	58.4%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66.2%	61.1%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	64.9%	57.7%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	67.1%	63.3%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68.3%	63.3%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	62%	60%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68%	66.6%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	64%	63%	49%

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