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Tri County Area Schools

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Tri County Area Schools is located in south Michigan. Tri County Area Schools has 123.07 square miles of land area and 4.00 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Tri County Area Schools population is 13,806. Tri County Area Schools median household income is $46,341 in 2010-2014. Tri County Area Schools median house value is $107,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Tri County Area Schools is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (345 out of 510, bottom 32%) Elementary/Middle School: (371 out of 516, bottom 28%)* Rank: #407
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	13,806 (2010-2014), rank #193
Population Growth	6.85% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	108.64/sq mi, rank #279
Median Household Income:	$46,341 at 2010-2014—-0.62% increase since 2005-2009, rank #286
Median House Price:	$107,300 at 2010-2014—-19.75% increase since 2005-2009, rank #301
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	123.07 sq mi, rank #140
Water Area:	4.00 sq mi (3.15%), rank #146
State:	Michigan
County:	Newaygo County, Montcalm County, Kent County
City:	Sand Lake, Howard City, Newaygo, Coral, Morley, Pierson, Trufant, Sand Lake village
Zip:	49343, 49329, 49337, 49322, 49336, 49339, 49347
Area:	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI;Big Rapids, MI

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Tri County Area Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

94 Cherry St

Sand Lake MI, 49343, Kent County

Phone: 616-636-5454

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,148	2,181	2,255	2,404	2,446	2,500	2,499
English Language Learner Students:	2	1	4	0	1	6	6
Total Teachers:	117.96	114.55	115.47	124.02	136.63	137.40	136.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	6.00	6.00	7.00	5.00	7.00	7.00	7.10
Elementary:	40.36	40.00	42.80	47.12	50.97	52.50	54.00
Secondary:	54.80	52.75	51.67	53.64	61.10	60.80	58.30
Ungraded:	16.80	14.80	14.00	18.26	17.56	17.10	16.60
Total Other Staff:	114.92	106.67	107.97	113.77	129.07	121.90	123.60
Instructional Aides:	23.11	19.34	17.39	24.73	28.01	25.50	24.10
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.63	1.63	4.58	4.63	4.91	3.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.40	1.00	1.20	2.00	2.67	2.70	2.70
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.40	1.00	1.20	2.00	2.67	2.70	2.70
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	0.60	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.90	1.80
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA
District Administrators:	6.75	6.50	2.50	3.75	3.75	3.00	2.50
District Administrative Support:	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	6.11	5.75	5.62	5.00	7.15	8.20	8.00
School Administrative Support:	13.65	13.24	14.03	11.98	15.70	16.30	16.20
Student Support Services:	10.01	6.99	7.50	7.00	7.38	6.10	5.00
Other Support Services:	49.76	50.62	53.22	52.75	57.57	55.20	60.30
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.21	19.04	19.53	19.38	17.90	18.20	18.38

Schools

Macnaughton School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	415 Cedar St, Howard City MI 49329
Sand Lake Elementary School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	15 7th St, Sand Lake MI 49343
Tri County Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	21350 Kendaville Rd, Howard City MI 49329
Tri County Senior High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	21338 Kendaville Rd, Howard City MI 49329

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	45.8%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	55.4%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	56.4%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	58.9%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	45.2%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	58.3%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	51.6%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	43.3%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.3%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.6%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.7%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	21.2%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	27.8%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.3%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.5%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.3%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.8%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.9%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	50.6%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	50.8%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	54.9%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	61.4%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.9%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.4%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	24.4%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	22.8%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.9%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.7%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.9%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	46.4%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	30.1%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	42.9%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	41.5%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	45.7%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	29.5%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	29.6%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.1%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.5%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	36.4%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	30.8%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.1%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.1%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.6%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87.4%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92.9%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.1%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	14.2%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	11.8%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46.8%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55.2%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.5%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.7%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	27.9%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	23.9%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.2%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.2%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.4%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.8%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.2%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.9%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	74.7%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	17.4%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	23.3%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	69.7%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	78%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	63%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	70.5%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.6%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.4%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.5%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.5%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	25%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	37.9%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.7%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.7%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.1%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.7%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.2%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.1%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.2%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	71.1%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	69.4%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	47.8%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	46.9%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	59.6%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.5%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.4%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.5%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	11.7%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23.8%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.7%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.2%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.1%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.3%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.6%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81.2%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.2%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	10%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.9%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	56%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58.5%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	76.6%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	80.5%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	27.4%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	26.6%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	39.5%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	52.3%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	39.5%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	38.7%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	51%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	19.1%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	15%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.4%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.8%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.1%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.3%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.6%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.1%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.2%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.4%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	49.4%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	69%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	23.7%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	18%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	81.6%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	86.3%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	79.4%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	75.8%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	85%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	46.4%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	37%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	30.9%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	40.2%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	41.1%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	35.8%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	42%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	42.8%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	40%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$20,142,000	$8,932		$21,812,000	$9,073		$20,819,000	$8,511
Federal:	$1,114,000	$494	5.5%	$1,914,000	$796	8.8%	$1,771,000	$724	8.5%
State:	$14,648,000	$6,496	72.7%	$15,739,000	$6,547	72.2%	$15,141,000	$6,190	72.7%
Local:	$4,380,000	$1,942	21.7%	$4,159,000	$1,730	19.1%	$3,907,000	$1,597	18.8%
Total Expenditures:	$21,896,000	$9,710		$20,092,000	$8,358		$21,350,000	$8,729
Total Current Expenditures:	$18,393,000	$8,157		$19,073,000	$7,934		$20,585,000	$8,416
Instructional Expenditures:	$11,662,000	$5,172	63.4%	$12,037,000	$5,007	63.1%	$13,192,000	$5,393	64.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,306,000	$579	7.1%	$1,512,000	$629	7.9%	$1,679,000	$686	8.2%
Administration:	$2,070,000	$918	11.3%	$1,968,000	$819	10.3%	$2,128,000	$870	10.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,355,000	$1,488	18.2%	$3,556,000	$1,479	18.6%	$3,586,000	$1,466	17.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$3,046,000	$1,351		$409,000	$170		$134,000	$55
Construction:	$1,788,000	$793		$251,000	$104		$0	$0
Total Other:	$42,000	$19		$34,000	$14		$26,000	$11
Interest on Debt:	$152,000	$67		$290,000	$121		$316,000	$129

Total Salary:	$9,684,000	$4,294		$10,156,000	$4,225		$11,620,000	$4,751
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,113,000	$3,154	73.5%	$7,120,000	$2,962	70.1%	$8,048,000	$3,290	69.3%
Other Salary:	$2,571,000	$1,140	26.5%	$3,036,000	$1,263	29.9%	$3,572,000	$1,460	30.7%
Total Benefit:	$5,373,000	$2,383		$5,829,000	$2,425		$6,144,000	$2,512
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,843,000	$1,704	71.5%	$4,032,000	$1,677	69.2%	$4,175,000	$1,707	68.0%
Other Benefit:	$1,530,000	$678	28.5%	$1,797,000	$748	30.8%	$1,969,000	$805	32.0%

* Tri County Area Schools was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.