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Spring Lake Public Schools

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Spring Lake Public Schools is located in south Michigan. Spring Lake Public Schools has 32.13 square miles of land area and 2.99 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Spring Lake Public Schools population is 13,076. Spring Lake Public Schools median household income is $60,252 in 2010-2014. Spring Lake Public Schools median house value is $181,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Spring Lake Public Schools is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (8 out of 510, top 2%) Elementary/Middle School: (3 out of 516, top 1%)* Rank: #40
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	13,076 (2010-2014), rank #203
Population Growth	5.60% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	372.39/sq mi, rank #156
Median Household Income:	$60,252 at 2010-2014—5.61% increase since 2005-2009, rank #91
Median House Price:	$181,000 at 2010-2014—8.00% increase since 2005-2009, rank #49
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	32.13 sq mi, rank #414
Water Area:	2.99 sq mi (8.51%), rank #178
State:	Michigan
County:	Ottawa County
City:	Spring Lake, Fruitport, Coopersville, Nunica
Zip:	49456, 49415, 49404, 49448
Area:	Holland-Grand Haven, MI

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Spring Lake Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

345 Hammond St

Spring Lake MI, 49456, Ottawa County

Phone: 616-847-7919

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,493	2,455	2,452	2,413	2,423	2,389	2,394
English Language Learner Students:	1	0	0	0	0	0	NA
Total Teachers:	128.24	130.63	122.48	129.44	131.47	128.60	128.60
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	8.00	10.00	6.00	5.50	6.00	6.00	5.50
Elementary:	50.42	50.03	47.00	46.43	47.25	45.50	45.40
Secondary:	57.57	58.35	54.65	59.70	59.22	58.70	60.40
Ungraded:	12.25	12.25	14.83	17.81	19.00	18.40	17.30
Total Other Staff:	102.51	104.68	114.62	130.33	138.44	138.40	129.40
Instructional Aides:	26.83	27.82	31.53	29.43	28.39	31.00	26.70
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	3.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.75	4.50	4.50	4.86	4.91	4.90	4.70
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.68	1.55	1.50	1.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.25	3.00	3.00	3.18	3.36	3.40	3.20
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	4.75	5.76	3.30	3.30	3.30	3.80	3.80
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	9.00	9.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	11.08	11.48	11.49	11.07	14.37	12.00	11.80
Student Support Services:	10.83	10.37	13.20	12.51	11.51	11.50	9.70
Other Support Services:	33.27	33.75	39.60	56.16	63.96	63.20	60.70
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.44	18.79	20.02	18.64	18.43	18.58	18.62

Schools

Holmes Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	426 River St, Spring Lake MI 49456
Jeffers Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	14429 Leonard Rd, Spring Lake MI 49456
Spring Lake Alternative Education	Grade 9 to Grade 12	345 Hammond St, Spring Lake MI 49456
Spring Lake High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	16140 148th Ave, Spring Lake MI 49456
Spring Lake Intermediate School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	345 Hammond St, Spring Lake MI 49456
Spring Lake Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	345 Hammond St, Spring Lake MI 49456

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	81%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	76.2%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	88.3%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	85.1%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	86.3%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	82.6%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	74.7%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	76.4%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.1%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.4%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	46.8%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97.8%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97.8%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98.7%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	99.3%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.1%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.6%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	67.9%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	92.2%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.9%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.4%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.4%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	100%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	98.8%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	98.9%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	97.1%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	98.4%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	97.8%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	97.6%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	98.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	98.3%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.5%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72.7%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	57.5%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	60.7%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	75.8%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	82.2%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	94.7%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.6%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	93%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	99.4%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	97.5%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96.9%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.9%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97.2%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	99.4%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	98.8%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.8%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.3%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	97.1%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.7%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.1%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.5%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	97.7%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.3%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	24.2%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32.9%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.2%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.6%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	95.6%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94.1%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	94%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.7%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	98.9%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.1%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.7%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	99.4%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	97.7%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95.3%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	96.6%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	99.3%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	96.7%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.2%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	89.6%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	92.5%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	45.6%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	49.5%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	92.3%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	84.2%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	85.3%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	91%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.8%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.4%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	96.3%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.2%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	98.1%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.1%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.2%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.7%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	96.9%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	97.3%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	95%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.8%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83.2%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	91.3%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	94.9%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	68.6%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	70.2%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	80.7%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92.1%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	95.4%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.4%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90.7%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93.1%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30.8%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.9%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96.4%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97.8%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.8%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.7%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	96.3%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.4%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	97%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95.2%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	96%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95.9%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.8%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	20.3%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	30.6%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.3%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.1%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.6%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	93%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	86.2%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	91.9%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	37.4%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	41.2%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	83.4%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	81%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	82.6%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	76%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	76.2%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	80.6%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	76.8%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	81%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	51%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	41%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84.8%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88.2%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	85.1%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	89.2%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.4%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	80.3%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	83.9%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	81.1%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	86.7%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	86%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.4%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	91.8%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	95.8%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	96%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	95.4%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	92%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	67.1%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	51%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.8%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	72.6%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.6%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.4%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	76%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	72.3%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	73%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$26,895,000	$10,969		$26,378,000	$10,932		$26,298,000	$10,853
Federal:	$472,000	$192	1.8%	$644,000	$267	2.4%	$1,137,000	$469	4.3%
State:	$15,543,000	$6,339	57.8%	$15,037,000	$6,232	57.0%	$14,643,000	$6,043	55.7%
Local:	$10,880,000	$4,437	40.5%	$10,697,000	$4,433	40.6%	$10,518,000	$4,341	40.0%
Total Expenditures:	$25,735,000	$10,496		$25,229,000	$10,455		$25,682,000	$10,599
Total Current Expenditures:	$22,337,000	$9,110		$22,614,000	$9,372		$22,379,000	$9,236
Instructional Expenditures:	$14,787,000	$6,031	66.2%	$15,229,000	$6,311	67.3%	$14,610,000	$6,030	65.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,883,000	$768	8.4%	$1,839,000	$762	8.1%	$1,737,000	$717	7.8%
Administration:	$2,271,000	$926	10.2%	$1,996,000	$827	8.8%	$2,173,000	$897	9.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,396,000	$1,385	15.2%	$3,550,000	$1,471	15.7%	$3,859,000	$1,593	17.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$615,000	$251		$84,000	$35		$264,000	$109
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$995,000	$406		$830,000	$344		$757,000	$312
Interest on Debt:	$1,315,000	$536		$1,421,000	$589		$2,019,000	$833

Total Salary:	$12,159,000	$4,959		$12,659,000	$5,246		$12,699,000	$5,241
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,325,000	$3,803	76.7%	$9,530,000	$3,949	75.3%	$9,405,000	$3,882	74.1%
Other Salary:	$2,834,000	$1,156	23.3%	$3,129,000	$1,297	24.7%	$3,294,000	$1,359	25.9%
Total Benefit:	$6,642,000	$2,709		$6,668,000	$2,763		$6,363,000	$2,626
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,879,000	$1,990	73.5%	$4,984,000	$2,065	74.7%	$4,550,000	$1,878	71.5%
Other Benefit:	$1,763,000	$719	26.5%	$1,684,000	$698	25.3%	$1,813,000	$748	28.5%

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