USA.com / Michigan / N.I.C.E. Community Schools

N.I.C.E. Community Schools

Basic InfoPopulation/RacesIncome/CareersHousingEducationOthers

N.I.C.E. Community Schools is located in northwest Michigan. N.I.C.E. Community Schools has 605.20 square miles of land area and 28.65 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total N.I.C.E. Community Schools population is 7,412. N.I.C.E. Community Schools median household income is $54,040 in 2010-2014. N.I.C.E. Community Schools median house value is $109,300 in 2010-2014. On average, N.I.C.E. Community Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (110 out of 510, top 22%) Elementary/Middle School: (202 out of 516, top 39%)* Rank: #183
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	7,412 (2010-2014), rank #334
Population Growth	0.09% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	11.69/sq mi, rank #501
Median Household Income:	$54,040 at 2010-2014—6.81% increase since 2005-2009, rank #150
Median House Price:	$109,300 at 2010-2014—11.64% increase since 2005-2009, rank #290
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	605.20 sq mi, rank #6
Water Area:	28.65 sq mi (4.52%), rank #54
State:	Michigan
County:	Marquette County, Baraga County
City:	Gwinn, Ishpeming, West Ishpeming, Champion, Negaunee, Republic, Michigamme
Zip:	49841, 49849, 49814, 49866, 49879, 49861
Area:	Marquette, MI

Hot Rankings

Fastest / Slowest Growing Cities Nearby

Best / Worst Cities by Crime Rate Nearby

Richest / Poorest Cities by Income Nearby

Expensive / Cheapest Homes Nearby

Most / Least Educated Cities Nearby

The Richest School Districts Nearby

House Price of School Districts Nearby

N.I.C.E. Community Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

300 Westwood Dr

Ishpeming MI, 49849, Marquette County

Phone: 906-485-1021

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,171	1,175	1,238	1,232	1,243	1,229	1,244
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA
Total Teachers:	73.43	70.28	75.16	77.01	73.86	75.90	75.70
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	NA
Kindergarten:	6.10	6.10	3.00	3.00	3.50	3.00	3.00
Elementary:	26.00	23.14	23.02	24.03	22.03	23.60	22.30
Secondary:	31.30	31.11	31.36	31.60	32.00	32.80	33.80
Ungraded:	10.03	9.93	17.78	18.38	15.33	15.50	16.60
Total Other Staff:	63.72	62.62	61.81	69.07	70.31	67.30	73.30
Instructional Aides:	15.44	15.08	14.20	16.75	17.40	15.70	17.80
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	1.73	2.08	1.55	1.60	1.70
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	1.60	2.00	1.20	1.20	1.20
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	0.60	1.00	0.30	0.30	0.30
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.90	0.90	0.90
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.00	0.50	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.75	3.60	3.98	3.80	4.80
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.33	0.33	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	4.31	5.32	2.10	4.17	3.99	4.00	3.90
School Administrative Support:	7.47	7.00	9.05	8.24	8.23	7.30	8.00
Student Support Services:	7.37	7.24	5.34	3.55	3.42	3.90	4.70
Other Support Services:	24.13	22.65	23.31	27.68	29.04	27.80	29.20
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.95	16.72	16.47	16.00	16.83	16.19	16.43

Schools

Aspen Ridge Elementary School		Prekindergarten to Grade 8	350 Aspen Ridge School Rd, Ishpeming MI 49849
Westwood High School		Grade 9 to Grade 12	300 South Westwood Dr, Ishpeming MI 49849

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	75%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	66.7%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	76.5%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	79.2%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	71.2%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	74.2%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	62.1%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	66.7%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.9%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.9%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	22.7%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	21.9%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.1%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.4%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.3%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.4%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	41.3%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	50.6%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	55.4%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	51.3%	61.1%
2006	Listening	4th Grade	% met std	62%	62.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	28.4%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	37.5%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.4%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53.3%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	34.6%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	39.5%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	41.8%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	44.7%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	45.3%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	44.4%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.9%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	36.7%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	39.8%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.9%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.9%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.2%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.1%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.9%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94.3%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95.5%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.6%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	9.8%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	15.1%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.3%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.8%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.7%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.5%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.5%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	22.5%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	30.3%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.1%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.4%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.1%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.3%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.5%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	85.1%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	81%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	19.3%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	34.8%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	80.4%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	73.9%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	79.3%	75.7%
2006	Listening	7th Grade	% met std	63.5%	50%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.6%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.3%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.7%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36.3%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	24.1%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	95%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.5%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.7%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.1%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.5%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.2%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.9%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	75%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	26.5%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	41.3%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	45%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.3%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.2%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	29.9%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30.9%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.3%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.5%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.3%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.2%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91.1%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	94.9%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.8%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	16.1%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	13.6%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.1%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	79.1%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	80.7%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	30.5%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	23.5%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	65.4%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	49.4%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	51%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50.6%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	59.2%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50.7%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	63%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	26.2%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.1%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.9%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.1%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	85%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.3%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.4%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	63%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	78%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.8%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	26%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	93.8%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	77.1%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89.3%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	91%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	42.9%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	39%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	34.9%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	42%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	59%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	58.3%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	58%	49%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$12,194,000	$9,850		$12,368,000	$10,039		$11,942,000	$9,607
Federal:	$426,000	$344	3.5%	$836,000	$679	6.8%	$821,000	$660	6.9%
State:	$7,783,000	$6,287	63.8%	$7,321,000	$5,942	59.2%	$7,308,000	$5,879	61.2%
Local:	$3,985,000	$3,219	32.7%	$4,211,000	$3,418	34.0%	$3,813,000	$3,068	31.9%
Total Expenditures:	$11,860,000	$9,580		$12,164,000	$9,873		$12,506,000	$10,061
Total Current Expenditures:	$9,944,000	$8,032		$10,795,000	$8,762		$9,960,000	$8,013
Instructional Expenditures:	$6,618,000	$5,346	66.6%	$6,988,000	$5,672	64.7%	$6,410,000	$5,157	64.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$649,000	$524	6.5%	$759,000	$616	7.0%	$660,000	$531	6.6%
Administration:	$827,000	$668	8.3%	$1,074,000	$872	9.9%	$974,000	$784	9.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,850,000	$1,494	18.6%	$1,974,000	$1,602	18.3%	$1,916,000	$1,541	19.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$856,000	$691		$632,000	$513		$1,193,000	$960
Construction:	$823,000	$665		$578,000	$469		$733,000	$590
Total Other:	$439,000	$355		$441,000	$358		$482,000	$388
Interest on Debt:	$235,000	$190		$245,000	$199		$279,000	$224

Total Salary:	$5,442,000	$4,396		$5,747,000	$4,665		$5,359,000	$4,311
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,897,000	$3,148	71.6%	$4,052,000	$3,289	70.5%	$3,749,000	$3,016	70.0%
Other Salary:	$1,545,000	$1,248	28.4%	$1,695,000	$1,376	29.5%	$1,610,000	$1,295	30.0%
Total Benefit:	$2,990,000	$2,415		$3,220,000	$2,614		$2,976,000	$2,394
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,240,000	$1,809	74.9%	$2,348,000	$1,906	72.9%	$2,144,000	$1,725	72.0%
Other Benefit:	$750,000	$606	25.1%	$872,000	$708	27.1%	$832,000	$669	28.0%

* N.I.C.E. Community Schools was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.