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Houghton-Portage Township Schools

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Houghton-Portage Township Schools is located in northwest Michigan. Houghton-Portage Township Schools has 95.11 square miles of land area and 4.54 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Houghton-Portage Township Schools population is 10,517. Houghton-Portage Township Schools median household income is $33,093 in 2010-2014. Houghton-Portage Township Schools median house value is $122,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Houghton-Portage Township Schools is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (15 out of 510, top 3%) Elementary/Middle School: (52 out of 516, top 10%)* Rank: #65
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	10,517 (2010-2014), rank #249
Population Growth	10.38% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	105.54/sq mi, rank #283
Median Household Income:	$33,093 at 2010-2014—40.27% increase since 2005-2009, rank #523
Median House Price:	$122,500 at 2010-2014—0.99% increase since 2005-2009, rank #206
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	95.11 sq mi, rank #196
Water Area:	4.54 sq mi (4.55%), rank #132
State:	Michigan
County:	Houghton County
City:	Pelkie, Chassell, Houghton, Dodgeville, Atlantic Mine, South Range
Zip:	49958, 49916, 49931, 49921, 49905, 49963
Area:	Houghton, MI

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Houghton-Portage Township Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1603 Gundlach Rd

Houghton MI, 49931, Houghton County

Phone: 906-482-0451

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,366	1,373	1,320	1,252	1,320	1,253	1,244
English Language Learner Students:	1	0	0	0	0	0	NA
Total Teachers:	78.60	66.20	69.40	66.10	70.00	68.90	67.50
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	6.00	5.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary:	27.30	25.10	25.80	24.30	22.80	22.30	22.30
Secondary:	38.30	34.10	36.60	35.80	39.20	38.60	37.20
Ungraded:	7.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Total Other Staff:	31.00	33.75	34.00	37.25	40.85	41.30	44.30
Instructional Aides:	7.50	8.50	9.00	11.00	10.50	10.50	11.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	3.60	3.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	1.60	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	1.45	1.50	1.50
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	4.05	4.05	4.05	4.05	3.55	3.50	3.50
School Administrative Support:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	9.00	9.00
Student Support Services:	1.00	1.00	1.50	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Support Services:	5.00	5.75	5.00	4.75	10.75	10.80	12.80
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.38	20.74	19.02	18.94	18.86	18.19	18.43

Schools

Houghton Central High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1603 Gundlach Rd, Houghton MI 49931
Houghton Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	203 West Jacker Ave, Houghton MI 49931
Houghton Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1603 Gundlach Rd, Houghton MI 49931

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	87.6%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	91.3%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	88.4%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	88.5%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	77.7%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	84.6%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	68.8%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	78.6%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.4%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.8%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.1%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.5%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	41.8%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52.6%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97.6%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.1%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.5%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	51.2%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	61.1%
2006	Listening	4th Grade	% met std	64.9%	62.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.4%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.9%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57.4%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	97.8%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.2%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	41.9%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	44.1%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	40.4%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	38.6%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	58.2%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	41.2%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	49%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.8%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.5%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.8%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	96%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.9%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.3%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.2%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.5%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.7%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.9%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.7%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.5%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92.2%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95.9%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.9%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90.9%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.5%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	27.8%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	31.6%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	37.7%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.7%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.1%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.6%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.3%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.3%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.9%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.6%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.2%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.2%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.2%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.5%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.9%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.4%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	83.9%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	41%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	63.5%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	74.7%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	74.7%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	92%	75.7%
2006	Listening	7th Grade	% met std	67.1%	50%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.5%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.8%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	97.8%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.2%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	98.1%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.6%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93.5%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.5%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.3%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.3%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	77.9%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	76.6%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91.1%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	56.6%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	47.4%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	59.3%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.5%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.9%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	91.3%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	95.1%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.5%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.6%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.4%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.2%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.7%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.7%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	97.4%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95.6%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95.1%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	30.6%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	26.9%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.6%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.9%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.8%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	81.3%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	93%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	47.6%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	42.5%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	64.5%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	75.7%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	72.7%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	73.8%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	85%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	81.8%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	83.3%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	88%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.6%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	51%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.5%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.3%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	85.4%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.4%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	74.6%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	82.2%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	78.2%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	79.4%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	87%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	39.4%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	47%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	93.7%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	92.5%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	94.5%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	91.7%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	94%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	49.5%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	50%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	59.7%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	67.3%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	61.8%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	63%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	58.4%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	57%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$12,921,000	$9,789		$12,432,000	$9,930		$12,944,000	$9,806
Federal:	$831,000	$630	6.4%	$812,000	$649	6.5%	$1,086,000	$823	8.4%
State:	$8,342,000	$6,320	64.6%	$7,928,000	$6,332	63.8%	$7,934,000	$6,011	61.3%
Local:	$3,748,000	$2,839	29.0%	$3,692,000	$2,949	29.7%	$3,924,000	$2,973	30.3%
Total Expenditures:	$11,365,000	$8,610		$11,777,000	$9,407		$17,071,000	$12,933
Total Current Expenditures:	$10,267,000	$7,778		$10,413,000	$8,317		$10,396,000	$7,876
Instructional Expenditures:	$6,783,000	$5,139	66.1%	$6,738,000	$5,382	64.7%	$6,853,000	$5,192	65.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$537,000	$407	5.2%	$530,000	$423	5.1%	$482,000	$365	4.6%
Administration:	$1,102,000	$835	10.7%	$1,280,000	$1,022	12.3%	$1,199,000	$908	11.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,845,000	$1,398	18.0%	$1,865,000	$1,490	17.9%	$1,862,000	$1,411	17.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$118,000	$89		$243,000	$194		$5,391,000	$4,084
Construction:	$33,000	$25		$80,000	$64		$4,938,000	$3,741
Total Other:	$61,000	$46		$59,000	$47		$48,000	$36
Interest on Debt:	$874,000	$662		$966,000	$772		$1,095,000	$830

Total Salary:	$4,766,000	$3,611		$4,936,000	$3,942		$5,454,000	$4,132
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,841,000	$2,910	80.6%	$3,918,000	$3,129	79.4%	$4,049,000	$3,067	74.2%
Other Salary:	$925,000	$701	19.4%	$1,018,000	$813	20.6%	$1,405,000	$1,064	25.8%
Total Benefit:	$2,981,000	$2,258		$2,863,000	$2,287		$2,901,000	$2,198
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,405,000	$1,822	80.7%	$2,253,000	$1,800	78.7%	$2,153,000	$1,631	74.2%
Other Benefit:	$576,000	$436	19.3%	$610,000	$487	21.3%	$748,000	$567	25.8%

* Houghton-Portage Township Schools was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.