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Farwell Area Schools is located close to the center of Michigan. Farwell Area Schools has 178.94 square miles of land area and 5.73 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Farwell Area Schools population is 10,984. Farwell Area Schools median household income is $36,399 in 2010-2014. Farwell Area Schools median house value is $85,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Farwell Area Schools is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (443 out of 510, bottom 13%) Elementary/Middle School: (467 out of 516, bottom 9%)* Rank: #501
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	10,984 (2010-2014), rank #240
Population Growth	3.22% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	59.48/sq mi, rank #368
Median Household Income:	$36,399 at 2010-2014—-1.38% increase since 2005-2009, rank #480
Median House Price:	$85,600 at 2010-2014—-11.66% increase since 2005-2009, rank #447
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	178.94 sq mi, rank #79
Water Area:	5.73 sq mi (3.10%), rank #114
State:	Michigan
County:	Isabella County, Clare County
City:	Rosebush, Clare, Farwell, Lake, Harrison, Lake George, Marion
Zip:	48878, 48617, 48622, 48632, 48625, 48633, 49665
Area:	Mount Pleasant, MI

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Farwell Area Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

399 East Michigan St

Farwell MI, 48622, Clare County

Phone: 989-588-9917

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,422	1,478	1,446	1,454	1,517	1,575	1,622
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA
Total Teachers:	77.45	72.65	79.60	78.00	84.40	85.30	82.40
Prekindergarten:	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	6.00	6.00	5.00	4.00	5.00	6.00	5.00
Elementary:	28.55	25.20	29.80	30.20	33.00	32.70	32.40
Secondary:	35.40	33.95	34.20	34.80	36.20	36.60	34.70
Ungraded:	7.50	6.50	9.60	9.00	10.20	10.00	10.30
Total Other Staff:	104.30	86.35	78.20	82.50	91.35	90.10	93.60
Instructional Aides:	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	2.00	1.00	1.25	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.80	1.60	1.40	1.60	1.60	1.60	2.60
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.80	0.60	0.40	0.60	0.60	0.60	1.60
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
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	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.50	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrators:	4.30	4.80	2.80	4.40	2.25	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	10.20	7.95	3.20	3.50	4.50	5.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	9.00	9.00	9.00	10.00	10.00	9.00	10.00
Student Support Services:	38.10	22.65	19.70	23.90	28.00	27.00	25.10
Other Support Services:	36.90	38.35	38.10	35.60	37.75	37.50	40.40
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.36	20.34	18.17	18.64	17.97	18.46	19.68

Schools

Farwell Area Early College	Grade 10 to Grade 12	399 East Michigan St, Farwell MI 48622
Farwell Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	268 East Ohio St, Farwell MI 48622
Farwell High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	399 East Michigan St, Farwell MI 48622
Farwell Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	500 East Ohio St, Farwell MI 48622
Farwell Timberland Alternative High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	2655 West Ludington Dr, Farwell MI 48622

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	41.6%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	44.7%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	68.7%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	54.8%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	50%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	53.3%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	43.4%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	38.7%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	18.8%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	32.2%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.2%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50.6%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	51.1%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	52.7%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	30.2%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	40.4%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.7%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.3%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.3%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.8%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	26.4%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	40.5%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.9%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.7%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.9%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.5%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	43.1%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	38.3%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	34.4%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	26.7%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	38.8%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	28.6%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	19.3%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.5%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	17.7%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	25.5%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.4%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.2%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.3%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	12.7%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	8.2%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	39.4%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.2%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.2%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.8%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.1%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.1%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	23.7%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.1%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.2%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.1%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.8%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	73%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	67.7%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	16.3%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	19.3%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	74%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	65.2%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	65.1%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	61%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.3%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.2%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.2%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.7%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.1%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	21.9%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	22.5%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.7%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.1%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.9%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.4%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	43.1%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	63.6%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	53.6%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64.2%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	75.4%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	32.8%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	34.4%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	35.3%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.6%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.9%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.5%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.8%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.2%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	17.3%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	9.8%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.1%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.9%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.9%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.5%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45.1%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.5%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.3%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.3%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	12.5%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	8.5%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	62.3%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	53.6%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	48.8%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	52.5%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	58.1%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	66.2%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	24%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	24.2%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	43%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	44.3%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	32.5%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	32.4%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	42.4%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	43.7%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.3%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	47%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	10.2%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	12%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.8%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42.9%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	32.4%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	40%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40.6%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44.5%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	43.1%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	13.9%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	16%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	81.9%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	69.7%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	73.8%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	71.6%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	73%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	21.3%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	22%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	35.5%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	33.6%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	27.1%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	26.5%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	26%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	19.4%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	32%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$13,527,000	$9,355		$14,510,000	$9,979		$15,367,000	$10,130
Federal:	$1,282,000	$887	9.5%	$2,046,000	$1,407	14.1%	$2,599,000	$1,713	16.9%
State:	$6,950,000	$4,806	51.4%	$7,249,000	$4,986	50.0%	$7,204,000	$4,749	46.9%
Local:	$5,295,000	$3,662	39.1%	$5,215,000	$3,587	35.9%	$5,564,000	$3,668	36.2%
Total Expenditures:	$13,576,000	$9,389		$14,516,000	$9,983		$14,090,000	$9,288
Total Current Expenditures:	$12,373,000	$8,557		$13,109,000	$9,016		$13,294,000	$8,763
Instructional Expenditures:	$8,541,000	$5,907	69.0%	$8,731,000	$6,005	66.6%	$8,977,000	$5,918	67.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$332,000	$230	2.7%	$503,000	$346	3.8%	$460,000	$303	3.5%
Administration:	$1,293,000	$894	10.5%	$1,529,000	$1,052	11.7%	$1,555,000	$1,025	11.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,207,000	$1,526	17.8%	$2,346,000	$1,613	17.9%	$2,302,000	$1,517	17.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$490,000	$339		$851,000	$585		$280,000	$185
Construction:	$222,000	$154		$493,000	$339		$181,000	$119
Total Other:	$17,000	$12		$20,000	$14		$17,000	$11
Interest on Debt:	$389,000	$269		$382,000	$263		$407,000	$268

Total Salary:	$6,626,000	$4,582		$6,881,000	$4,732		$7,237,000	$4,771
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$5,124,000	$3,544	77.3%	$5,119,000	$3,521	74.4%	$5,396,000	$3,557	74.6%
Other Salary:	$1,502,000	$1,039	22.7%	$1,762,000	$1,212	25.6%	$1,841,000	$1,214	25.4%
Total Benefit:	$3,277,000	$2,266		$3,474,000	$2,389		$3,634,000	$2,396
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,582,000	$1,786	78.8%	$2,779,000	$1,911	80.0%	$2,886,000	$1,902	79.4%
Other Benefit:	$695,000	$481	21.2%	$695,000	$478	20.0%	$748,000	$493	20.6%

* Farwell Area Schools was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.