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Benzie County Central School is located close to the center of Michigan. Benzie County Central School has 334.56 square miles of land area and 33.10 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Benzie County Central School population is 13,646. Benzie County Central School median household income is $45,155 in 2010-2014. Benzie County Central School median house value is $137,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Benzie County Central School is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (239 out of 510, top 47%) Elementary/Middle School: (144 out of 516, top 28%)* Rank: #214
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	7
Population	13,646 (2010-2014), rank #197
Population Growth	-2.21% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	37.12/sq mi, rank #427
Median Household Income:	$45,155 at 2010-2014—3.44% increase since 2005-2009, rank #307
Median House Price:	$137,000 at 2010-2014—-9.51% increase since 2005-2009, rank #151
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	334.56 sq mi, rank #28
Water Area:	33.10 sq mi (9.00%), rank #50
State:	Michigan
County:	Manistee County, Grand Traverse County, Benzie County
City:	Thompsonville, Bear Lake, Copemish, Benzonia, Beulah, Crystal Mountain, Honor, Empire, Frankfort, Interlochen, Bendon, Nessen City, Arcadia, Lake Ann, Traverse City, Maple Grove, Hardwood Acres
Zip:	49683, 49614, 49625, 49616, 49617, 49640, 49630, 49635, 49643, 49613, 49650, 49684
Area:	Traverse City, MI

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Benzie County Central School Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

9222 Homestead Rd

Benzonia MI, 49616, Benzie County

Phone: 231-882-9654

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,637	1,616	1,709	1,762	1,839	1,860	1,969
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA
Total Teachers:	79.41	83.44	83.40	83.34	96.75	99.70	100.20
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	7.00	6.00	6.25	7.00	9.00	9.00	8.00
Elementary:	31.60	32.00	33.95	31.75	38.00	39.20	39.20
Secondary:	34.31	34.94	34.45	36.84	40.75	41.50	42.00
Ungraded:	6.50	10.50	8.75	7.75	9.00	10.00	11.00
Total Other Staff:	81.67	90.22	87.53	96.20	98.10	105.90	109.90
Instructional Aides:	20.17	20.10	15.05	17.04	17.74	14.50	14.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	4.25	4.25	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	6.50	7.50	5.00	5.50	6.50	6.50	6.50
School Administrative Support:	10.00	9.62	9.62	10.00	10.00	11.00	10.00
Student Support Services:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	4.00	11.00	10.00
Other Support Services:	36.75	44.75	48.86	53.66	49.86	51.90	58.90
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.61	19.37	20.49	21.14	19.01	18.66	19.65

Schools

Benzie Academy	Grade 9 to Grade 12	7282 Hoadley Rd, Benzonia MI 49616
Benzie Central Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	9300 Homestead Rd, Benzonia MI 49616
Benzie Central Sr. High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	9300 Homestead Rd, Benzonia MI 49616
Betsie Valley School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	17936 Cadillac Hwy, Thompsonville MI 49683
Crystal Lake Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	7048 Severence St, Benzonia MI 49616
Lake Ann Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	19375 Bronson Lake Rd, Interlochen MI 49643
Platte River Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	11434 Main St, Honor MI 49640

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	39.4%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	45.8%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	58.1%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	61.5%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	54%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	57.6%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	43.7%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	46.2%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.2%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.5%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	99.2%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40.5%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44.4%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.5%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.8%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	50.4%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	55.7%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	64.2%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.8%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	98.4%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.9%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	46.1%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47.5%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	68.7%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	46.6%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.8%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	54%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.6%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	48.4%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53.4%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.9%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.6%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.2%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.8%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.6%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94.2%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90.8%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	18.7%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	15.2%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.5%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.5%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.3%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.6%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.6%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.7%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	35.5%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	39.5%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.2%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.8%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.6%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.9%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.6%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	79.5%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	83.6%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	30.9%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	36.7%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	83.2%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	75.4%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	75.4%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	72.8%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.7%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.8%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.2%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	37.8%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	38.8%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.5%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.5%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.7%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.2%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.9%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.6%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67.9%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	66.2%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	75.2%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	85%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	50%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	36.5%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	40%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.2%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.7%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.8%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41.9%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30.9%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.7%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.7%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.1%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.2%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.3%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.3%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	17.8%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	13.2%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54.2%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	60.7%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.6%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	70.7%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	76.8%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	23.1%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	26.6%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	47.4%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	39.9%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	54%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	41.6%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	59.4%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	61%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	54%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	24.2%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	22%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.9%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.3%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.6%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.9%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.6%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.4%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.7%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	69.6%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	74.3%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	68%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	23.2%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	25%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	92.7%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	79.9%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89.3%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	91.2%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	31.6%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	38%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	35.8%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	27.7%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	48.2%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	67.9%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	62%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	55.2%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	55%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$16,141,000	$9,445		$16,841,000	$9,558		$17,115,000	$9,307
Federal:	$1,554,000	$909	9.6%	$1,638,000	$930	9.7%	$1,753,000	$953	10.2%
State:	$5,946,000	$3,479	36.8%	$6,248,000	$3,546	37.1%	$6,204,000	$3,374	36.2%
Local:	$8,641,000	$5,056	53.5%	$8,955,000	$5,082	53.2%	$9,158,000	$4,980	53.5%
Total Expenditures:	$15,363,000	$8,989		$16,513,000	$9,372		$18,427,000	$10,020
Total Current Expenditures:	$14,465,000	$8,464		$15,817,000	$8,977		$15,991,000	$8,695
Instructional Expenditures:	$8,757,000	$5,124	60.5%	$9,386,000	$5,327	59.3%	$9,780,000	$5,318	61.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$241,000	$141	1.7%	$314,000	$178	2.0%	$411,000	$223	2.6%
Administration:	$1,875,000	$1,097	13.0%	$2,250,000	$1,277	14.2%	$2,055,000	$1,117	12.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,592,000	$2,102	24.8%	$3,867,000	$2,195	24.4%	$3,745,000	$2,036	23.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$351,000	$205		$110,000	$62		$1,741,000	$947
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$1,333,000	$725
Total Other:	$5,000	$3		$3,000	$2		$4,000	$2
Interest on Debt:	$389,000	$228		$432,000	$245		$466,000	$253

Total Salary:	$7,672,000	$4,489		$7,907,000	$4,488		$8,562,000	$4,656
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$5,382,000	$3,149	70.2%	$5,467,000	$3,103	69.1%	$5,967,000	$3,245	69.7%
Other Salary:	$2,290,000	$1,340	29.8%	$2,440,000	$1,385	30.9%	$2,595,000	$1,411	30.3%
Total Benefit:	$4,047,000	$2,368		$4,540,000	$2,577		$4,721,000	$2,567
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,866,000	$1,677	70.8%	$3,194,000	$1,813	70.4%	$3,123,000	$1,698	66.2%
Other Benefit:	$1,181,000	$691	29.2%	$1,346,000	$764	29.6%	$1,598,000	$869	33.8%

* Benzie County Central School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.