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Big Rapids Public Schools

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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, the total Big Rapids Public Schools population is 18,956. Big Rapids Public Schools median household income is $30,327 in 2006-2010. Big Rapids Public Schools median house value is $130,000 in 2006-2010. On average, Big Rapids Public Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (198 out of 517, top 38%) Elementary/Middle School: (299 out of 523, bottom 43%)* Rank: #568
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	7
Population	18,956 (2010), rank #141
Population Growth	2.71% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	140.87/sq mi, rank #244
Median Household Income:	$30,327 at 2006-2010—2.12% increase since 2005-2009, rank #530
Median House Price:	$130,000 at 2006-2010—-0.61% increase since 2005-2009, rank #268
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 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

	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,029	2,076	2,071
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	NA
Total Teachers:	101.95	103.30	109.60
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	6.00	6.00	7.00
Elementary:	37.56	34.00	36.00
Secondary:	45.38	50.00	51.10
Ungraded:	12.01	12.30	14.50
Total Other Staff:	131.26	129.40	131.40
Instructional Aides:	33.50	32.00	33.30
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.50	1.50	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.33	2.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.50	0.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.33	1.50	2.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	4.00	2.00	4.00
District Administrators:	6.22	6.30	6.30
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	6.25	6.30	6.80
School Administrative Support:	13.58	13.90	15.30
Student Support Services:	16.86	16.40	10.60
Other Support Services:	46.02	48.00	48.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	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
Brookside Elementary School	Grade 2 to Grade 4	210 Escott St, Big Rapids MI 49307
Eastwood Early Childhood Center	Kindergarten to Grade 1	410 North 3rd Ave, Big Rapids MI 49307
Hillcrest Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	501 West Bridge St, Big Rapids MI 49307
New Directions High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	14980 215th Ave, Big Rapids MI 49307
Riverview Elementary School	Grade 2 to Grade 5	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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2009			2008			2007
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$21,142,000	$10,184		$20,798,000	$10,042		$20,496,000	$9,887
Federal:	$1,980,000	$954	9.4%	$1,177,000	$568	5.7%	$1,169,000	$564	5.7%
State:	$11,148,000	$5,370	52.7%	$11,306,000	$5,459	54.4%	$11,779,000	$5,682	57.5%
Local:	$8,014,000	$3,860	37.9%	$8,315,000	$4,015	40.0%	$7,548,000	$3,641	36.8%
Total Expenditures:	$18,177,000	$8,756		$19,111,000	$9,228		$20,418,000	$9,849
Total Current Expenditures:	$17,267,000	$8,317		$17,592,000	$8,494		$17,649,000	$8,514
Instructional Expenditures:	$10,652,000	$5,131	61.7%	$10,712,000	$5,172	60.9%	$10,770,000	$5,195	61.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$996,000	$480	5.8%	$1,178,000	$569	6.7%	$1,178,000	$568	6.7%
Administration:	$1,925,000	$927	11.1%	$2,025,000	$978	11.5%	$2,025,000	$977	11.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,694,000	$1,779	21.4%	$3,677,000	$1,775	20.9%	$3,676,000	$1,773	20.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$160,000	$77		$327,000	$158		$1,602,000	$773
Construction:	$64,000	$31		$170,000	$82		$1,567,000	$756
Total Other:	$58,000	$28		$28,000	$14		$3,000	$1
Interest on Debt:	$692,000	$333		$1,164,000	$562		$1,162,000	$561

Total Salary:	$9,618,000	$4,633		$9,884,000	$4,773		$9,803,000	$4,729
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,734,000	$3,244	70.0%	$6,735,000	$3,252	68.1%	$6,658,000	$3,212	67.9%
Other Salary:	$2,884,000	$1,389	30.0%	$3,149,000	$1,521	31.9%	$3,145,000	$1,517	32.1%
Total Benefit:	$4,752,000	$2,289		$4,843,000	$2,338		$5,057,000	$2,439
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,289,000	$1,584	69.2%	$3,297,000	$1,592	68.1%	$3,420,000	$1,650	67.6%
Other Benefit:	$1,463,000	$705	30.8%	$1,546,000	$746	31.9%	$1,637,000	$790	32.4%

* 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.