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Saranac Community Schools is located in south Michigan. Saranac Community Schools has 71.00 square miles of land area and 1.09 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Saranac Community Schools population is 6,964. Saranac Community Schools median household income is $51,250 in 2010-2014. Saranac Community Schools median house value is $131,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Saranac Community Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (169 out of 510, top 33%) Elementary/Middle School: (330 out of 516, bottom 36%)* Rank: #281
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	6,964 (2010-2014), rank #347
Population Growth	13.87% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	96.60/sq mi, rank #296
Median Household Income:	$51,250 at 2010-2014—-9.86% increase since 2005-2009, rank #204
Median House Price:	$131,600 at 2010-2014—-17.96% increase since 2005-2009, rank #175
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	71.00 sq mi, rank #275
Water Area:	1.09 sq mi (1.51%), rank #289
State:	Michigan
County:	Ionia County
City:	Saranac, Belding, Lowell, Ionia, Clarksville, Lake Odessa
Zip:	48881, 48809, 49331, 48846, 48815, 48849
Area:	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI

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Saranac Community Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

88 Pleasant St

Saranac MI, 48881, Ionia County

Phone: 616-642-1400

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,051	1,125	1,154	1,150	1,171	1,192	1,189
English Language Learner Students:	6	8	8	9	12	8	9
Total Teachers:	55.89	57.17	58.14	63.52	70.40	69.90	64.60
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.50
Kindergarten:	3.93	4.12	4.55	4.14	4.53	5.60	3.00
Elementary:	21.93	22.05	21.03	23.03	24.89	24.80	25.40
Secondary:	24.98	24.10	24.92	27.35	31.97	31.00	29.10
Ungraded:	5.05	6.90	7.64	8.50	9.01	8.50	6.60
Total Other Staff:	48.72	49.17	54.66	59.75	63.60	61.50	58.70
Instructional Aides:	7.80	7.10	11.11	15.81	13.68	13.10	12.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.10	0.10	0.20	1.10	1.10	1.10	0.90
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	NA
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	NA
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:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	2.25	2.75	1.25	1.58	3.25	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	2.80	2.30	3.65	3.98	4.15	4.20	3.80
School Administrative Support:	6.42	6.34	6.88	8.34	9.34	8.30	9.30
Student Support Services:	1.16	1.41	1.58	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Support Services:	26.19	27.17	27.99	24.94	27.08	27.80	25.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.80	19.68	19.85	18.10	16.63	17.05	18.41

Schools

Saranac Elementary School		Prekindergarten to Grade 6	250 Pleasant St, Saranac MI 48881
Saranac Jr/Sr High School		Grade 7 to Grade 12	150 Pleasant St, Saranac MI 48881

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	47.5%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	47.6%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	73.7%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	69.5%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	55.6%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	52.4%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	59.3%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.5%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	32.5%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	30.6%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.4%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.1%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	56.3%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	38.3%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	48.5%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	48.8%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.5%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	37.2%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	44.9%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.5%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.6%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.6%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	41.2%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	41.5%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	40%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	42.5%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	52.6%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	42.1%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.5%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	23.7%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.2%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.6%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.2%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	13.6%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	25.3%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46.4%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.6%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.9%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.8%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.2%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	34.2%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	24%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.9%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.2%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.8%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.6%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.8%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	78.8%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	82.1%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	21.3%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	15.9%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	72.7%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	72.3%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.3%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.3%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	26.1%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.8%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.1%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.5%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.6%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.5%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.7%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.7%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	77.6%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	77.4%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	42%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	37%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	50.7%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.1%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	16.5%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23.5%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.5%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.7%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78.3%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.4%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.5%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54.7%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	50.6%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	81.2%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	82.5%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	27.4%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	16.5%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	45.7%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	63.4%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	54.8%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	49.4%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	61%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	60.7%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	56%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30.4%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	25%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.5%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.5%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.8%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.2%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.7%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	74.4%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.4%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.3%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	67%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	24.5%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	22%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	81.9%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	91.5%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	92.8%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	85%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	39.8%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	39%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	42%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	51.2%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	49.4%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	45.5%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	45%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	55.3%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	39%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$11,249,000	$9,748		$11,647,000	$10,128		$11,862,000	$10,130
Federal:	$443,000	$384	3.9%	$777,000	$676	6.7%	$853,000	$728	7.2%
State:	$7,668,000	$6,645	68.2%	$7,628,000	$6,633	65.5%	$7,559,000	$6,455	63.7%
Local:	$3,138,000	$2,719	27.9%	$3,242,000	$2,819	27.8%	$3,450,000	$2,946	29.1%
Total Expenditures:	$10,174,000	$8,816		$10,734,000	$9,334		$11,436,000	$9,766
Total Current Expenditures:	$9,155,000	$7,933		$9,753,000	$8,481		$9,945,000	$8,493
Instructional Expenditures:	$5,831,000	$5,053	63.7%	$6,197,000	$5,389	63.5%	$6,408,000	$5,472	64.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$432,000	$374	4.7%	$378,000	$329	3.9%	$473,000	$404	4.8%
Administration:	$1,313,000	$1,138	14.3%	$1,529,000	$1,330	15.7%	$1,507,000	$1,287	15.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,579,000	$1,368	17.2%	$1,649,000	$1,434	16.9%	$1,557,000	$1,330	15.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$53,000	$46		$4,000	$3		$251,000	$214
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$10,000	$9
Total Other:	$39,000	$34		$39,000	$34		$49,000	$42
Interest on Debt:	$862,000	$747		$916,000	$797		$965,000	$824

Total Salary:	$4,921,000	$4,264		$5,383,000	$4,681		$5,618,000	$4,798
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,651,000	$3,164	74.2%	$3,853,000	$3,350	71.6%	$4,058,000	$3,465	72.2%
Other Salary:	$1,270,000	$1,101	25.8%	$1,530,000	$1,330	28.4%	$1,560,000	$1,332	27.8%
Total Benefit:	$2,611,000	$2,263		$2,606,000	$2,266		$2,665,000	$2,276
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,909,000	$1,654	73.1%	$1,858,000	$1,616	71.3%	$1,909,000	$1,630	71.6%
Other Benefit:	$702,000	$608	26.9%	$748,000	$650	28.7%	$756,000	$646	28.4%

* Saranac Community Schools was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.