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Big Rapids Public Schools is located close to the center of Michigan. Big Rapids Public Schools has 130.83 square miles of land area and 3.73 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Big Rapids Public Schools population is 19,520. Big Rapids Public Schools median household income is $38,198 in 2010-2014. Big Rapids Public Schools median house value is $118,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Big Rapids Public Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (190 out of 510, top 37%) Elementary/Middle School: (297 out of 516, bottom 42%)* Rank: #272
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	19,520 (2010-2014), rank #136
Population Growth	5.77% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	145.06/sq mi, rank #242
Median Household Income:	$38,198 at 2010-2014—28.63% increase since 2005-2009, rank #450
Median House Price:	$118,900 at 2010-2014—-9.10% increase since 2005-2009, rank #230
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	130.83 sq mi, rank #127
Water Area:	3.73 sq mi (2.77%), rank #154
State:	Michigan
County:	Newaygo County, Mecosta County
City:	Big Rapids, White Cloud, Paris, Rodney
Zip:	49307, 49349, 49338, 49342
Area:	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI;Big Rapids, MI

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Big Rapids Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

21034 15 Mile Rd

Big Rapids MI, 49307, Mecosta County

Phone: 231-796-2627

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,928	1,893	1,917	1,928	2,029	2,076	2,071
English Language Learner Students:	8	0	0	0	0	0	NA
Total Teachers:	84.60	87.10	84.85	96.15	101.95	103.30	109.60
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	6.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	6.00	6.00	7.00
Elementary:	35.10	37.10	35.10	38.39	37.56	34.00	36.00
Secondary:	36.30	37.30	35.75	42.25	45.38	50.00	51.10
Ungraded:	7.20	7.70	9.00	11.51	12.01	12.30	14.50
Total Other Staff:	98.24	103.00	108.75	126.57	131.26	129.40	131.40
Instructional Aides:	30.25	28.00	33.00	36.00	33.50	32.00	33.30
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	1.50	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.08	1.08	1.08	0.33	1.33	2.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.08	1.08	1.08	0.33	1.33	1.50	2.50
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	1.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	2.00	4.00	4.00	2.00	4.00
District Administrators:	7.25	7.25	6.25	6.25	6.22	6.30	6.30
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	5.75	5.75	3.75	4.75	6.25	6.30	6.80
School Administrative Support:	9.30	9.30	10.40	11.40	13.58	13.90	15.30
Student Support Services:	10.68	14.93	12.53	17.30	16.86	16.40	10.60
Other Support Services:	31.93	34.69	36.74	43.54	46.02	48.00	48.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.79	21.73	22.59	20.05	19.90	20.10	18.90

Schools

Big Rapids High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	21175 15 Mile Rd, Big Rapids MI 49307
Big Rapids Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	500 North Warren Ave, Big Rapids MI 49307
Big Rapids Virtual School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	14980 215th Ave, Big Rapids MI 49307
Brookside Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	210 Escott St, Big Rapids MI 49307
Riverview Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	509 Willow Ave, Big Rapids MI 49307

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	57.9%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	57.5%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	70.4%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	64.1%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	62.7%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	57.5%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	50%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	47.7%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.2%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.9%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.6%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.5%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	33.3%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	46.8%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.7%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.9%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.3%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	43.6%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	40.9%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	46.3%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	56.1%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.9%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.4%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.9%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.1%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.3%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.8%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.8%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	37.1%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	36.3%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	30.7%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	43.8%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.2%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	45.5%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.8%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	38.7%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.6%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.9%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	11.4%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	8.8%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.9%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55.2%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.3%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.7%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.7%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.8%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.7%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	26.1%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	33.3%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.8%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.5%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.8%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.4%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.1%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.5%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	70.5%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	24.4%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	29.7%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	83.6%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	74.5%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	70%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	73.2%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.6%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.1%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34.8%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.5%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.6%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.5%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.1%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.6%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	57.3%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	36.4%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	34.1%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	52.6%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.6%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.1%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23.3%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23.9%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.8%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.7%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.2%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90.5%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78.1%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	10.3%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.9%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	60.1%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	60.1%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.9%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	77.5%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	78.4%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	34.3%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	24.9%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	50.5%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	55.1%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	51.3%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	51.2%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.9%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	58.9%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	54%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30.5%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	23%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.6%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.8%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.8%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.4%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.5%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.6%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65.8%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.6%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.5%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	71%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.3%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	24%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	81.6%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	80.8%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	75.6%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	83%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	36.5%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	35%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	40.5%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	43.7%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	42.4%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	33.1%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	50%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	48.5%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	41%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$19,160,000	$9,995		$19,301,000	$10,011		$19,767,000	$9,742
Federal:	$1,817,000	$948	9.5%	$1,872,000	$971	9.7%	$2,114,000	$1,042	10.7%
State:	$11,095,000	$5,788	57.9%	$10,743,000	$5,572	55.7%	$10,811,000	$5,328	54.7%
Local:	$6,248,000	$3,259	32.6%	$6,686,000	$3,468	34.6%	$6,842,000	$3,372	34.6%
Total Expenditures:	$17,347,000	$9,049		$19,808,000	$10,274		$18,590,000	$9,162
Total Current Expenditures:	$16,122,000	$8,410		$16,608,000	$8,614		$17,225,000	$8,489
Instructional Expenditures:	$10,407,000	$5,429	64.6%	$10,609,000	$5,503	63.9%	$10,933,000	$5,388	63.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$546,000	$285	3.4%	$686,000	$356	4.1%	$779,000	$384	4.5%
Administration:	$1,973,000	$1,029	12.2%	$1,997,000	$1,036	12.0%	$2,066,000	$1,018	12.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,196,000	$1,667	19.8%	$3,316,000	$1,720	20.0%	$3,447,000	$1,699	20.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$320,000	$167		$2,322,000	$1,204		$180,000	$89
Construction:	$14,000	$7		$60,000	$31		$32,000	$16
Total Other:	$65,000	$34		$83,000	$43		$102,000	$50
Interest on Debt:	$832,000	$434		$795,000	$412		$1,009,000	$497

Total Salary:	$8,514,000	$4,441		$8,947,000	$4,641		$9,595,000	$4,729
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,193,000	$3,231	72.7%	$6,496,000	$3,369	72.6%	$6,878,000	$3,390	71.7%
Other Salary:	$2,321,000	$1,211	27.3%	$2,451,000	$1,271	27.4%	$2,717,000	$1,339	28.3%
Total Benefit:	$4,896,000	$2,554		$4,768,000	$2,473		$4,853,000	$2,392
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,463,000	$1,806	70.7%	$3,344,000	$1,734	70.1%	$3,387,000	$1,669	69.8%
Other Benefit:	$1,433,000	$748	29.3%	$1,424,000	$739	29.9%	$1,466,000	$723	30.2%

* Big Rapids Public Schools was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.