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Marcellus Community Schools is located in south Michigan. Marcellus Community Schools has 99.93 square miles of land area and 3.82 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Marcellus Community Schools population is 4,836. Marcellus Community Schools median household income is $51,806 in 2010-2014. Marcellus Community Schools median house value is $118,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Marcellus Community Schools is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (373 out of 510, bottom 27%) Elementary/Middle School: (240 out of 516, top 47%)* Rank: #353
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	4,836 (2010-2014), rank #419
Population Growth	-4.75% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	46.61/sq mi, rank #400
Median Household Income:	$51,806 at 2010-2014—16.95% increase since 2005-2009, rank #193
Median House Price:	$118,500 at 2010-2014—-10.30% increase since 2005-2009, rank #232
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	99.93 sq mi, rank #190
Water Area:	3.82 sq mi (3.68%), rank #151
State:	Michigan
County:	Van Buren County, Saint Joseph County, Cass County
City:	Marcellus, Schoolcraft, Lawton, Decatur, Cassopolis, Dowagiac, Vandalia, Jones
Zip:	49067, 49087, 49065, 49045, 49031, 49047, 49095, 49061
Area:	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI;Sturgis, MI;South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI

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Marcellus Community Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

305 Arbor St

Marcellus MI, 49067, Cass County

Phone: 269-646-7655

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	690	723	790	886	949	954	986
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA
Total Teachers:	34.56	41.68	43.95	45.46	48.00	49.50	50.10
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	3.00	4.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary:	15.43	15.35	16.49	21.75	18.83	19.50	19.00
Secondary:	12.12	14.73	17.96	15.47	19.17	19.50	20.10
Ungraded:	4.01	7.60	7.50	6.24	7.00	7.50	8.00
Total Other Staff:	35.87	41.79	41.27	55.73	61.28	75.80	90.50
Instructional Aides:	1.50	2.00	3.75	11.30	11.30	12.30	12.40
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	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	0.00	0.00	NA
Library/Media Support:	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	2.00	1.01	2.00	1.50	2.00	2.00	1.50
District Administrative Support:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00
School Administrators:	2.75	4.41	4.29	5.29	3.00	3.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	4.95	4.95	5.05	6.70	6.70	6.70	6.50
Student Support Services:	3.00	4.00	4.76	5.05	4.79	6.80	8.80
Other Support Services:	17.92	21.17	17.17	21.89	29.49	39.00	51.30
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.97	17.35	17.98	19.49	19.77	19.27	19.68

Schools

Marcellus Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	301 Arbor St East, Marcellus MI 49067
Marcellus High School	Grade 7 to Grade 12	303 Arbor St East, Marcellus MI 49067
Volinia Outcome Base School	Grade 7 to Grade 12	54080 Gards Pr, Marcellus MI 49067

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	46.7%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	55.6%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	81.3%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	79%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	57.3%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	70.4%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	48%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	61.7%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.4%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.2%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	34.6%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	39.6%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.4%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.1%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.4%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	62.5%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	60.5%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.8%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	100%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	98.1%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42.9%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	25%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.5%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	60%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50.9%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	52.5%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53.5%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	57.7%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	37%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.9%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.4%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.9%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.1%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94.7%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.9%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	12.8%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	5.8%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.3%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.2%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.7%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.9%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.6%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.5%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.8%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	35.7%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	42.6%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.9%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.2%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.2%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.4%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.9%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.7%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	69.2%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	76.5%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	21.3%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	34.7%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	77.1%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	80.7%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	75.7%
2006	Listening	7th Grade	% met std	52.1%	50%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.7%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.2%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	15.5%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	32.1%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.2%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.1%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.9%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.1%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.9%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83.1%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67.9%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	41.2%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	50%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	55.4%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.3%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	25.5%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	26.6%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.2%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.3%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	43.1%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91.1%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93.8%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89.9%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	7.7%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	14.1%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	91.4%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78.3%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	75.7%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	69.5%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	21.7%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	36%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	36.4%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	50%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	48.9%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	26.9%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	32.4%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40.9%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	35.2%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	41%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	13%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.2%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.6%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.8%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.5%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.9%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.7%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.1%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.1%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	22.2%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	22%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	88.1%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84.5%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	86.4%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	70.8%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	82%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	31.5%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	39%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	25.8%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	35.2%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	37.5%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	26%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	49%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	48.1%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	50%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$7,770,000	$9,835		$8,629,000	$9,739		$8,594,000	$9,056
Federal:	$444,000	$562	5.7%	$766,000	$865	8.9%	$804,000	$847	9.4%
State:	$5,197,000	$6,578	66.9%	$5,728,000	$6,465	66.4%	$5,920,000	$6,238	68.9%
Local:	$2,129,000	$2,695	27.4%	$2,135,000	$2,410	24.7%	$1,870,000	$1,970	21.8%
Total Expenditures:	$7,458,000	$9,441		$7,889,000	$8,904		$8,051,000	$8,484
Total Current Expenditures:	$6,954,000	$8,803		$7,372,000	$8,321		$7,602,000	$8,011
Instructional Expenditures:	$4,162,000	$5,268	59.9%	$4,380,000	$4,944	59.4%	$4,544,000	$4,788	59.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$296,000	$375	4.3%	$404,000	$456	5.5%	$306,000	$322	4.0%
Administration:	$1,117,000	$1,414	16.1%	$1,143,000	$1,290	15.5%	$1,273,000	$1,341	16.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,379,000	$1,746	19.8%	$1,445,000	$1,631	19.6%	$1,479,000	$1,558	19.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$216,000	$273		$110,000	$124		$74,000	$78
Construction:	$122,000	$154		$47,000	$53		$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		$1,000	$1		$21,000	$22
Interest on Debt:	$234,000	$296		$254,000	$287		$285,000	$300

Total Salary:	$3,598,000	$4,554		$3,954,000	$4,463		$4,089,000	$4,309
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,382,000	$3,015	66.2%	$2,630,000	$2,968	66.5%	$2,838,000	$2,991	69.4%
Other Salary:	$1,216,000	$1,539	33.8%	$1,324,000	$1,494	33.5%	$1,251,000	$1,318	30.6%
Total Benefit:	$2,203,000	$2,789		$2,287,000	$2,581		$2,340,000	$2,466
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,476,000	$1,868	67.0%	$1,547,000	$1,746	67.6%	$1,535,000	$1,617	65.6%
Other Benefit:	$727,000	$920	33.0%	$740,000	$835	32.4%	$805,000	$848	34.4%

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