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Buchanan Community School District

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Buchanan Community School District is located in south Michigan. Buchanan Community School District has 49.85 square miles of land area and 1.37 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Buchanan Community School District population is 9,845. Buchanan Community School District median household income is $50,535 in 2010-2014. Buchanan Community School District median house value is $117,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Buchanan Community School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (286 out of 510, bottom 44%) Elementary/Middle School: (300 out of 516, bottom 42%)* Rank: #337
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	9,845 (2010-2014), rank #264
Population Growth	-0.67% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	192.23/sq mi, rank #212
Median Household Income:	$50,535 at 2010-2014—12.82% increase since 2005-2009, rank #216
Median House Price:	$117,200 at 2010-2014—-8.08% increase since 2005-2009, rank #240
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	49.85 sq mi, rank #352
Water Area:	1.37 sq mi (2.67%), rank #265
State:	Michigan
County:	Berrien County
City:	Buchanan, Niles, Berrien Springs
Zip:	49107, 49120, 49103
Area:	Niles-Benton Harbor, MI

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Buchanan Community School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

401 West Chicago St

Buchanan MI, 49107, Berrien County

Phone: 269-695-8401

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,597	1,607	1,568	1,665	1,656	1,738	1,770
English Language Learner Students:	13	18	12	5	2	4	2
Total Teachers:	85.72	84.44	84.44	82.50	92.50	88.30	90.40
Prekindergarten:	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.90	2.00	2.00	2.00
Kindergarten:	4.00	4.00	3.50	3.50	4.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary:	32.51	30.62	27.62	27.40	30.00	29.00	29.40
Secondary:	36.71	38.32	40.32	37.70	42.50	40.50	41.00
Ungraded:	10.50	9.50	11.00	12.00	14.00	12.80	14.00
Total Other Staff:	97.56	92.61	91.97	95.03	101.71	100.40	98.60
Instructional Aides:	18.35	18.24	16.94	15.50	18.70	16.20	15.90
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.20	0.92	1.75	1.25	0.70	0.50	0.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.56	4.00	4.60	4.50	4.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.60	2.50	2.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.56	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	7.50	7.50	7.00	7.50	7.50	7.50	5.90
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.01	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	6.37	6.39	5.50	5.50	5.90	6.00	6.10
School Administrative Support:	10.50	10.50	10.70	11.50	11.70	11.70	11.90
Student Support Services:	14.92	11.00	10.34	9.80	11.60	13.20	10.60
Other Support Services:	34.72	33.06	34.18	36.98	38.00	37.80	40.20
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.63	19.03	18.57	20.18	17.90	19.68	19.58

Schools

Buchanan High School	Grade 8 to Grade 12	401 West Chicago St, Buchanan MI 49107
Buchanan Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 7	610 West 4th St, Buchanan MI 49107
Moccasin Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	410 Moccasin St, Buchanan MI 49107
Ottawa Elementary School	Grade 3 to Grade 4	109 Ottawa St, Buchanan MI 49107

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	46.6%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	48.1%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	58.3%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	69.2%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	43.1%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	62.9%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	44.3%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	50.5%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.6%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.6%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	30.1%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	31.9%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.7%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.6%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.2%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	49.2%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	59.8%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	62.2%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	50.7%	61.1%
2006	Listening	4th Grade	% met std	65.4%	62.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50.5%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	41.6%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.9%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.2%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	41.7%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47.9%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	42%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53.7%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	44.5%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	26.4%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.6%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.9%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.9%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	30.5%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.8%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.5%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.2%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.1%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90.4%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87.9%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	16.2%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	12.1%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55.6%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.3%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	21.1%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	36.4%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.8%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.8%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.5%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.1%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.3%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.5%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	88.3%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	21.1%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	43%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	73.6%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	62.4%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	71.9%	75.7%
2006	Listening	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.9%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.2%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.8%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.4%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36.3%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	29.5%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.1%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.3%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.1%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.8%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.3%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.7%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	68.5%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	61.3%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	80.5%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	42.6%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	40.3%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	48.1%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.8%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.8%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36.2%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	28.2%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.8%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.3%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.5%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.4%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.3%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91.7%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.7%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33.1%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.9%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	53.1%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65.4%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.5%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	84.3%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	75.8%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	25.8%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	47.2%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	53%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	39%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	44.1%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	47.5%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	35.3%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.8%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	52.1%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	62%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	29.2%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	33%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.7%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.7%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.5%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.1%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.6%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.2%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.8%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.6%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	72%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.7%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	25%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	88.5%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	77.5%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	79.5%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	44.3%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	48%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	36.8%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	31.1%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	33.1%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	43.2%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	53%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	49.1%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	46%	49%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$17,716,000	$11,298		$16,586,000	$9,962		$15,422,000	$9,313
Federal:	$1,533,000	$978	8.7%	$2,323,000	$1,395	14.0%	$1,360,000	$821	8.8%
State:	$10,043,000	$6,405	56.7%	$10,516,000	$6,316	63.4%	$10,333,000	$6,240	67.0%
Local:	$6,140,000	$3,916	34.7%	$3,747,000	$2,250	22.6%	$3,729,000	$2,252	24.2%
Total Expenditures:	$14,073,000	$8,975		$14,710,000	$8,835		$15,327,000	$9,255
Total Current Expenditures:	$13,839,000	$8,826		$14,307,000	$8,593		$14,358,000	$8,670
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,885,000	$5,029	57.0%	$7,757,000	$4,659	54.2%	$8,422,000	$5,086	58.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,623,000	$1,035	11.7%	$2,155,000	$1,294	15.1%	$1,622,000	$979	11.3%
Administration:	$1,862,000	$1,188	13.5%	$1,834,000	$1,102	12.8%	$1,794,000	$1,083	12.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,469,000	$1,575	17.8%	$2,561,000	$1,538	17.9%	$2,520,000	$1,522	17.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$94,000	$60		$227,000	$136		$376,000	$227
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$33,000	$21		$31,000	$19		$75,000	$45
Interest on Debt:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$381,000	$230

Total Salary:	$6,989,000	$4,457		$7,087,000	$4,256		$8,060,000	$4,867
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,771,000	$3,043	68.3%	$4,856,000	$2,917	68.5%	$5,399,000	$3,260	67.0%
Other Salary:	$2,218,000	$1,415	31.7%	$2,231,000	$1,340	31.5%	$2,661,000	$1,607	33.0%
Total Benefit:	$3,733,000	$2,381		$3,561,000	$2,139		$3,724,000	$2,249
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,542,000	$1,621	68.1%	$2,422,000	$1,455	68.0%	$2,447,000	$1,478	65.7%
Other Benefit:	$1,191,000	$760	31.9%	$1,139,000	$684	32.0%	$1,277,000	$771	34.3%

* Buchanan Community School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.