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Athens Area Schools is located in south Michigan. Athens Area Schools has 73.77 square miles of land area and 0.72 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Athens Area Schools population is 4,703. Athens Area Schools median household income is $59,100 in 2010-2014. Athens Area Schools median house value is $115,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Athens Area Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (267 out of 510, bottom 48%) Elementary/Middle School: (207 out of 516, top 40%)* Rank: #266
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	4,703 (2010-2014), rank #422
Population Growth	-3.23% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	63.13/sq mi, rank #356
Median Household Income:	$59,100 at 2010-2014—-0.50% increase since 2005-2009, rank #98
Median House Price:	$115,000 at 2010-2014—-13.66% increase since 2005-2009, rank #248
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	73.77 sq mi, rank #265
Water Area:	0.72 sq mi (0.97%), rank #346
State:	Michigan
County:	Saint Joseph County, Kalamazoo County, Calhoun County, Branch County
City:	Leonidas, Fulton, Burlington, East Leroy, Battle Creek, Athens, Union City, Sherwood
Zip:	49066, 49052, 49029, 49051, 49014, 49015, 49011, 49094, 49089
Area:	Sturgis, MI;Kalamazoo-Portage, MI;Battle Creek, MI;Coldwater, MI

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Athens Area Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

4320 K Dr South

East Leroy MI, 49051, Calhoun County

Phone: 269-729-5427

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	572	578	603	634	671	720	759
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA
Total Teachers:	31.34	32.00	38.25	39.00	37.75	43.40	45.40
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.50
Kindergarten:	1.00	0.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.50	3.50
Elementary:	12.50	12.50	14.50	15.50	15.50	16.50	16.50
Secondary:	14.84	16.50	17.75	17.50	15.75	18.40	20.40
Ungraded:	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.50	4.50	4.50
Total Other Staff:	35.28	36.63	50.73	52.27	44.12	52.50	55.70
Instructional Aides:	10.00	9.00	8.00	9.00	6.00	10.00	10.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	2.05	1.05	1.00	2.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.75	0.00	0.75	0.00	NA
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.75	0.00	0.75	0.00	NA
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	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	1.95	1.95	0.95	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	0.40	1.33	1.33	1.33	1.33	1.30	1.30
School Administrators:	1.65	2.05	2.00	2.95	2.00	1.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	3.25	3.50	3.70	4.45	4.26	4.30	4.30
Student Support Services:	3.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	7.00	7.00	8.00
Other Support Services:	14.03	14.80	25.95	27.49	20.78	24.90	26.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.25	18.06	15.76	16.26	17.77	16.59	16.72

Schools

Athens High School		Grade 6 to Grade 12	300 East Holcomb St, Athens MI 49011
East Leroy Elementary School		Prekindergarten to Grade 5	4320 K Dr South, East Leroy MI 49051

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	50%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	73.1%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	71.2%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	82.1%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	56.4%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	71.2%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	38.3%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	51.5%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.9%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.3%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.3%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.5%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	19.1%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	20.8%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.2%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.2%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60.9%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52.1%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	43.8%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	33.3%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	60.4%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	65.5%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.2%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.2%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	37.5%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	30%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.9%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.5%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	42.9%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	36.4%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	36.5%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	49.1%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	27.9%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	39.3%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	29.3%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.1%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	28.3%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.9%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.1%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.7%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.8%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90.9%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	14.9%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	8.9%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.2%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.3%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.9%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.9%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.7%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.7%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47.8%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	37.2%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.4%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.9%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.2%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.5%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.4%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.8%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	79.1%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	85.5%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	32.6%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	27.9%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	59.6%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	67.4%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	84.4%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.7%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.3%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.1%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.9%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.2%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.3%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.9%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81.7%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	60.7%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	54.8%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	45.1%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.2%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.7%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	37.5%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.7%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.5%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90.6%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.2%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	20%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	23.5%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.2%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.4%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.6%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	87.2%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	81.8%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	35.7%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	40.9%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	37.7%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	51.2%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	38.3%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	47.3%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	61%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	60%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	36.4%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	33%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.4%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.1%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56.6%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	15.2%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	27%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	82.7%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84.9%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87.8%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	77.8%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	90%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	48.5%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	36%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	22.6%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	41.5%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	31.5%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	33%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	29.4%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	38%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$6,037,000	$10,012		$6,476,000	$10,215		$6,814,000	$10,155
Federal:	$361,000	$599	6.0%	$560,000	$883	8.6%	$520,000	$775	7.6%
State:	$4,148,000	$6,879	68.7%	$4,320,000	$6,814	66.7%	$4,649,000	$6,928	68.2%
Local:	$1,528,000	$2,534	25.3%	$1,596,000	$2,517	24.6%	$1,645,000	$2,452	24.1%
Total Expenditures:	$8,148,000	$13,512		$6,167,000	$9,727		$6,170,000	$9,195
Total Current Expenditures:	$5,669,000	$9,401		$5,945,000	$9,377		$6,010,000	$8,957
Instructional Expenditures:	$3,683,000	$6,108	65.0%	$3,720,000	$5,868	62.6%	$3,745,000	$5,581	62.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$225,000	$373	4.0%	$176,000	$278	3.0%	$143,000	$213	2.4%
Administration:	$661,000	$1,096	11.7%	$879,000	$1,386	14.8%	$747,000	$1,113	12.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,100,000	$1,824	19.4%	$1,170,000	$1,845	19.7%	$1,375,000	$2,049	22.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,334,000	$3,871		$125,000	$197		$38,000	$57
Construction:	$2,325,000	$3,856		$37,000	$58		$0	$0
Total Other:	$19,000	$32		$18,000	$28		$24,000	$36
Interest on Debt:	$124,000	$206		$75,000	$118		$89,000	$133

Total Salary:	$2,976,000	$4,935		$3,083,000	$4,863		$3,331,000	$4,964
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,203,000	$3,653	74.0%	$2,243,000	$3,538	72.8%	$2,369,000	$3,531	71.1%
Other Salary:	$773,000	$1,282	26.0%	$840,000	$1,325	27.2%	$962,000	$1,434	28.9%
Total Benefit:	$1,664,000	$2,760		$1,649,000	$2,601		$1,643,000	$2,449
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,273,000	$2,111	76.5%	$1,246,000	$1,965	75.6%	$1,159,000	$1,727	70.5%
Other Benefit:	$391,000	$648	23.5%	$403,000	$636	24.4%	$484,000	$721	29.5%

* Athens Area 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.