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Berrien Springs Public Schools

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Berrien Springs Public Schools is located in south Michigan. Berrien Springs Public Schools has 56.62 square miles of land area and 2.25 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Berrien Springs Public Schools population is 13,126. Berrien Springs Public Schools median household income is $51,982 in 2010-2014. Berrien Springs Public Schools median house value is $153,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Berrien Springs Public Schools is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (362 out of 510, bottom 29%) Elementary/Middle School: (229 out of 516, top 44%)* Rank: #341
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	16
Population	13,126 (2010-2014), rank #202
Population Growth	-5.83% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	222.95/sq mi, rank #198
Median Household Income:	$51,982 at 2010-2014—18.79% increase since 2005-2009, rank #188
Median House Price:	$153,400 at 2010-2014—-3.88% increase since 2005-2009, rank #106
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	56.62 sq mi, rank #328
Water Area:	2.25 sq mi (3.83%), rank #209
State:	Michigan
County:	Berrien County
City:	Berrien Springs, Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Baroda, Niles, Berrien Center
Zip:	49103, 49085, 49107, 49101, 49104, 49120, 49102
Area:	Niles-Benton Harbor, MI

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Berrien Springs Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1 Sylvester Ave

Berrien Springs MI, 49103, Berrien County

Phone: 269-471-2891

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,425	2,224	2,122	2,059	2,014	1,870	1,781
English Language Learner Students:	196	197	231	189	178	144	143
Total Teachers:	114.48	111.73	113.79	110.26	104.77	106.10	99.30
Prekindergarten:	1.50	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	5.00	4.00	3.00	3.50	3.50	2.50	2.50
Elementary:	28.43	30.43	32.43	30.35	29.35	30.40	30.20
Secondary:	48.24	52.86	52.77	49.08	45.21	44.70	41.30
Ungraded:	31.31	22.44	24.59	26.33	25.71	28.50	25.30
Total Other Staff:	127.87	126.51	116.18	118.46	112.20	106.80	105.40
Instructional Aides:	28.20	28.45	31.50	29.55	25.65	26.10	26.10
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	3.00	2.00	8.01	9.33	7.10	6.60	5.60
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.10	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.10	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00
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:	5.10	3.10	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	10.30	10.50	5.60	4.80	4.30	5.10	5.40
School Administrative Support:	14.57	15.25	13.70	14.70	15.86	14.10	13.80
Student Support Services:	15.08	10.65	6.60	7.80	4.60	4.20	4.00
Other Support Services:	47.52	52.56	44.77	46.28	47.69	44.70	45.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.18	19.91	18.65	18.67	19.22	17.62	17.94

Schools

Berrien County Truancy Academy	Grade 6 to Grade 12	1 Sylvester Ave, Berrien Springs MI 49103
Berrien Springs Discovery Academy	Grade 6 to Grade 12	1 Sylvester Ave, Berrien Springs MI 49103
Berrien Springs Early Middle College	Grade 9 to Grade 12	One Sylvester Ave, Berrien Springs MI 49103
Berrien Springs High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1 Sylvester Ave, Berrien Springs MI 49103
Berrien Springs Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1 Sylvester Ave, Berrien Springs MI 49103
Berrien Springs Virtual Academy	Grade 1 to Grade 12	1 Sylvester Ave, Berrien Springs MI 49103
Mars Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	1 Sylvester Ave, Berrien Springs MI 49103
Sylvester Elementary School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	1 Sylvester Ave, Berrien Springs MI 49103
West Michigan Virtual - Battle Creek High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	35 Hamblin Ave, Battle Creek MI 49017
West Michigan Virtual - Battle Creek Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	238 West Michigan Ave, Battle Creek MI 49037
West Michigan Virtual - Edmore/Montabella/Vestabur	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1104 East Main St, Edmore MI 48829
West Michigan Virtual - Escanaba	Grade 9 to Grade 12	5775 Main St, Wells MI 49894
West Michigan Virtual - Greenville	Grade 9 to Grade 12	8153 Satterlee Rd, Greenville MI 48838
West Michigan Virtual - Howard City/Tri County	Grade 9 to Grade 12	412 East Edgerton St, Howard City MI 49329
West Michigan Virtual - Ionia	Grade 9 to Grade 12	322 West Main St, Ionia MI 48846
West Michigan Virtual - Stanton/Central Montcalm	Grade 9 to Grade 12	710 North State St, Stanton MI 48888

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	50.3%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	49.4%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	65.7%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	64.6%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	53.8%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	55.5%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	48.3%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	50.9%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.4%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.3%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51.2%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42.6%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.2%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.6%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	57.4%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	62.3%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	64.4%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.6%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.5%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52.7%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.9%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.7%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.2%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.3%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	49%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53.2%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	48%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50.7%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	55%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	63.6%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.8%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.6%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.7%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.6%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	14.5%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	17.7%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.6%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.5%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.4%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.8%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.2%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.4%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.9%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.5%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46.3%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.5%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.5%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.2%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.2%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.3%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.3%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	76.5%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	34.9%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	19.3%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	67.5%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	75.8%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	77%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	82.4%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.3%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.6%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.6%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36.4%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	43.8%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.7%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.4%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.6%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	62.8%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	92.9%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.8%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	49%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.4%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.3%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40.5%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36.7%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.1%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.1%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.2%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67.2%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.6%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	21.4%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.3%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.7%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	79.3%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	80.3%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	24%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	21.5%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	51%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	53%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	47.6%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	46.6%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	46.3%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	39.1%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	35%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	17.6%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	19%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.3%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.1%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.2%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.9%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.7%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.1%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56.3%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.8%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	42.8%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	44%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	14.4%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	18%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84.6%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	81.5%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	78%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	74.5%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	72%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	35.3%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	33%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	42.7%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	43%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	31.7%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	28.8%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	35%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	36.8%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	37%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$22,844,000	$10,765		$22,928,000	$11,136		$20,479,000	$10,168
Federal:	$1,897,000	$894	8.3%	$2,850,000	$1,384	12.4%	$2,334,000	$1,159	11.4%
State:	$16,275,000	$7,670	71.2%	$15,752,000	$7,650	68.7%	$13,836,000	$6,870	67.6%
Local:	$4,672,000	$2,202	20.5%	$4,326,000	$2,101	18.9%	$4,309,000	$2,140	21.0%
Total Expenditures:	$21,776,000	$10,262		$23,623,000	$11,473		$21,370,000	$10,611
Total Current Expenditures:	$19,095,000	$8,999		$18,798,000	$9,130		$16,958,000	$8,420
Instructional Expenditures:	$11,363,000	$5,355	59.5%	$11,039,000	$5,361	58.7%	$10,174,000	$5,052	60.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,905,000	$898	10.0%	$2,029,000	$985	10.8%	$1,631,000	$810	9.6%
Administration:	$2,213,000	$1,043	11.6%	$2,170,000	$1,054	11.5%	$2,011,000	$999	11.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,614,000	$1,703	18.9%	$3,560,000	$1,729	18.9%	$3,142,000	$1,560	18.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,539,000	$725		$3,683,000	$1,789		$3,447,000	$1,712
Construction:	$232,000	$109		$2,586,000	$1,256		$1,952,000	$969
Total Other:	$917,000	$432		$884,000	$429		$690,000	$343
Interest on Debt:	$225,000	$106		$258,000	$125		$275,000	$137

Total Salary:	$9,383,000	$4,422		$9,232,000	$4,484		$8,523,000	$4,232
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,168,000	$2,907	65.7%	$6,064,000	$2,945	65.7%	$5,675,000	$2,818	66.6%
Other Salary:	$3,215,000	$1,515	34.3%	$3,168,000	$1,539	34.3%	$2,848,000	$1,414	33.4%
Total Benefit:	$5,587,000	$2,633		$5,319,000	$2,583		$4,604,000	$2,286
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,691,000	$1,739	66.1%	$3,511,000	$1,705	66.0%	$3,020,000	$1,500	65.6%
Other Benefit:	$1,896,000	$893	33.9%	$1,808,000	$878	34.0%	$1,584,000	$786	34.4%

* Berrien Springs Public Schools was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.