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Mercer Island School District

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Mercer Island School District is located in west Washington. Mercer Island School District has 6.32 square miles of land area and 6.79 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Mercer Island School District population is 23,636. Mercer Island School District median household income is $125,651 in 2010-2014. Mercer Island School District median house value is $871,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Mercer Island School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (3 out of 238, top 1%) Elementary/Middle School: (1 out of 274, top 0%)* Rank: #2
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	23,636 (2010-2014), rank #70
Population Growth	-0.65% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,802.97/sq mi, rank #23
Median Household Income:	$125,651 at 2010-2014—6.47% increase since 2005-2009, rank #1
Median House Price:	$871,600 at 2010-2014—-1.26% increase since 2005-2009, rank #1
Time Zone:	Pacific GMT -8:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	6.32 sq mi, rank #292
Water Area:	6.79 sq mi (51.79%), rank #106
State:	Washington
County:	King County
City:	Mercer Island
Zip:	98040
Area:	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

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Mercer Island School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

4160 86th Ave Se

Mercer Island WA, 98040, King County

Phone: 206-236-3300

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,342	4,338	4,305	4,223	4,125	4,117	4,020
English Language Learner Students:	83	95	46	63	56	73	62
Total Teachers:	216.06	215.17	210.86	211.20	203.62	209.00	208.00
Prekindergarten:	1.50	1.50	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	10.26	9.31	8.56	8.39	8.00	8.50	8.00
Elementary:	93.02	94.74	103.32	99.53	90.87	97.00	92.80
Secondary:	108.23	106.42	95.08	98.85	100.62	103.50	107.20
Ungraded:	3.05	3.20	2.40	4.43	4.13	0.00	0.00
Total Other Staff:	187.13	178.80	171.97	170.05	174.87	163.30	160.70
Instructional Aides:	45.22	43.98	44.72	41.84	42.55	37.30	30.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.40	1.40	1.00	1.40	1.80	1.10	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	7.00	6.96	7.00	6.79	6.69	6.90	6.90
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.66	0.70	0.00	0.55	0.59	0.50	0.60
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.34	6.26	7.00	6.24	6.10	6.40	6.30
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.10	4.20	4.16	4.12	5.00	5.50	5.50
Library/Media Support:	1.48	0.71	1.47	1.71	1.70	1.70	1.70
District Administrators:	9.81	8.81	8.56	8.22	4.00	4.00	5.50
District Administrative Support:	6.93	6.32	6.30	7.12	6.48	6.00	6.00
School Administrators:	11.00	11.00	9.20	9.00	9.00	10.00	11.20
School Administrative Support:	11.68	11.00	11.00	10.76	12.34	13.60	13.40
Student Support Services:	13.99	14.37	13.39	12.40	12.50	10.90	10.80
Other Support Services:	73.52	70.05	65.17	66.69	72.81	66.30	68.70
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.10	20.16	20.42	20.00	20.26	19.70	19.33

Schools

Island Park Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	5437 Island Crest Way, Mercer Island WA 98040
Islander Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	8225 Se 72nd, Mercer Island WA 98040
Lakeridge Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	8215 Se 78th, Mercer Island WA 98040
Mercer Island High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	9100 Se 42nd, Mercer Island WA 98040
West Mercer Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	4141 81st Ave Se, Mercer Island WA 98040

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	88.4%	64.1%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	93.8%	81.7%
2011	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	93.5%	62.4%
2012	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	94%	71%
2013	Math Year 1	End of course	% met std	96.4%	80.7%
2011	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	96.4%	72.9%
2012	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	98.5%	79.1%
2013	Math Year 2	End of course	% met std	99.7%	89.4%
HSPE Test
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	81.2%	41.6%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	94.9%	78.8%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.6%	82.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.3%	81.1%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.4%	83.5%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	81.8%	44.7%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	85.8%	49.7%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	96%	85.9%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	95.4%	86%
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	93.9%	85.2%
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	92.2%	84.9%
MSP Test
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	61.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	61.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	65.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	65.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	72%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.4%	73.1%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.6%	68.7%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.0%	73.0%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	53.6%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	59.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	59.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	62.5%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	67.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	67.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.5%	71.4%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	72.4%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	61%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88.4%	61.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	61.3%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	62.1%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	53.6%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	61.2%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90%	63.7%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.6%	62.6%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.3%	69.5%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.7%	67.6%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.6%	71%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.0%	72.6%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	34%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	55.6%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	66.1%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.8%	66.5%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	51.8%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.4%	58.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.7%	61.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.3%	59.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.8%	64.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.1%	70.6%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.2%	70.6%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.5%	71.4%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	55.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.9%	56.9%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88%	59.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	63.7%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.2%	63.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.6%	56.4%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.4%	71.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.0%	68.7%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94.2%	70.2%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94.1%	71%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94.6%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94.3%	71.0%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	51.5%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.3%	50.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.6%	55.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.0%	53.2%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90%	69.2%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.6%	68.6%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	67.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	66.2%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	54.4%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90%	61.5%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93.2%	66.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.3%	64.9%
WASL Test
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	79.1%	43.9%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	84.3%	47.5%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	84.9%	51%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	85.1%	50.2%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	86.1%	49.3%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	83.2%	45.2%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.2%	64.5%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92.9%	72.9%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	97.4%	81.9%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.6%	80.6%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	95.6%	81.3%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.1%	80.9%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	71.8%	32.2%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	82.1%	35.8%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	74.9%	34.9%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	81.1%	36.3%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	82%	39.7%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	80.9%	38.6%
2004	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	93.3%	65.2%
2005	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	88.9%	65.2%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	95.5%	79.7%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	95.1%	83.6%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	93.5%	86.2%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	93.6%	86.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	64.2%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	69.4%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	68.3%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	66.3%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.9%	68.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.6%	70.7%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.1%	70.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	71.3%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	59.9%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	60.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	58.9%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	57.9%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.2%	53.4%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	52.3%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92%	74.4%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	97.3%	79.5%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	96.2%	81.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.1%	76.4%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	72.3%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	73.5%
2004	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	55.8%
2005	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	57.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	60.3%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	60.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	62.1%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	60.3%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.4%	55.8%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.8%	59.3%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.9%	61%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.7%	61.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.4%	76.2%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.1%	71.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96.1%	75.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95.9%	73.9%
2004	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69%	28.2%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.6%	35.6%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	35.7%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.4%	36.4%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	42.9%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	44.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.3%	49.4%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.8%	49.5%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.8%	48.9%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.9%	50.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.4%	66.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.3%	67.8%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.9%	68.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.9%	72%
2004	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88%	46.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.3%	50.8%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.6%	48.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.6%	54.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.8%	50.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.3%	51.8%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92%	60.4%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93%	69%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.8%	61.5%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.3%	68.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.3%	62.8%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.3%	59.3%
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91.4%	57.9%
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94.4%	61.2%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	64.5%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91%	68.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93.7%	69.7%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92.2%	69.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.3%	48.8%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.7%	49.5%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86%	51.5%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.7%	50.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.9%	70.1%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.1%	64.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	65.9%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	67.5%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.2%	39.4%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	36.4%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	42.9%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84.8%	44.4%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	47.9%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.1%	51.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$54,600,000	$12,683		$52,967,000	$12,543		$50,642,000	$12,277
Federal:	$1,417,000	$329	2.6%	$2,646,000	$627	5.0%	$2,449,000	$594	4.8%
State:	$24,631,000	$5,721	45.1%	$23,505,000	$5,566	44.4%	$24,102,000	$5,843	47.6%
Local:	$28,552,000	$6,632	52.3%	$26,816,000	$6,350	50.6%	$24,091,000	$5,840	47.6%
Total Expenditures:	$49,828,000	$11,574		$46,240,000	$10,950		$44,574,000	$10,806
Total Current Expenditures:	$42,366,000	$9,841		$41,846,000	$9,909		$39,473,000	$9,569
Instructional Expenditures:	$24,463,000	$5,682	57.7%	$24,416,000	$5,782	58.3%	$22,798,000	$5,527	57.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$5,175,000	$1,202	12.2%	$4,408,000	$1,044	10.5%	$4,404,000	$1,068	11.2%
Administration:	$4,125,000	$958	9.7%	$4,123,000	$976	9.9%	$3,947,000	$957	10.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$8,603,000	$1,998	20.3%	$8,899,000	$2,107	21.3%	$8,324,000	$2,018	21.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$5,875,000	$1,365		$2,437,000	$577		$3,434,000	$832
Construction:	$3,365,000	$782		$816,000	$193		$1,058,000	$256
Total Other:	$312,000	$72		$257,000	$61		$165,000	$40
Interest on Debt:	$1,148,000	$267		$1,555,000	$368		$1,231,000	$298

Total Salary:	$26,048,000	$6,051		$25,618,000	$6,066		$24,370,000	$5,908
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$17,300,000	$4,019	66.4%	$17,332,000	$4,104	67.7%	$16,226,000	$3,934	66.6%
Other Salary:	$8,748,000	$2,032	33.6%	$8,286,000	$1,962	32.3%	$8,144,000	$1,974	33.4%
Total Benefit:	$8,396,000	$1,950		$7,868,000	$1,863		$7,518,000	$1,823
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,493,000	$1,276	65.4%	$5,177,000	$1,226	65.8%	$4,954,000	$1,201	65.9%
Other Benefit:	$2,903,000	$674	34.6%	$2,691,000	$637	34.2%	$2,564,000	$622	34.1%

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