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West Iron County Public Schools

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West Iron County Public Schools is located in northwest Michigan. West Iron County Public Schools has 555.23 square miles of land area and 18.43 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total West Iron County Public Schools population is 7,149. West Iron County Public Schools median household income is $33,802 in 2010-2014. West Iron County Public Schools median house value is $70,400 in 2010-2014. On average, West Iron County Public Schools is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (258 out of 510, bottom 49%) Elementary/Middle School: (425 out of 516, bottom 18%)* Rank: #388
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	7,149 (2010-2014), rank #341
Population Growth	-4.03% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	12.46/sq mi, rank #500
Median Household Income:	$33,802 at 2010-2014—7.61% increase since 2005-2009, rank #515
Median House Price:	$70,400 at 2010-2014—-3.83% increase since 2005-2009, rank #505
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	555.23 sq mi, rank #8
Water Area:	18.43 sq mi (3.21%), rank #63
State:	Michigan
County:	Iron County
City:	Crystal Falls, Iron River, Gaastra, Phelps, Trout Creek, Caspian
Zip:	49920, 49935, 49927, 54554, 49967, 49915

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West Iron County Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

601 Garfield Ave

Iron River MI, 49935, Iron County

Phone: 906-265-9218

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	870	887	867	949	931	1,007	1,081
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	2	NA
Total Teachers:	51.13	51.30	50.23	53.19	54.82	59.20	62.70
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	4.00	3.95	2.95	5.00	4.80	5.30	3.80
Elementary:	15.78	15.43	16.58	18.27	19.52	19.80	19.70
Secondary:	22.18	22.41	21.77	21.27	20.30	23.20	27.70
Ungraded:	9.17	9.51	8.93	8.65	10.20	10.90	11.50
Total Other Staff:	49.91	48.71	45.28	47.44	46.24	53.20	61.80
Instructional Aides:	14.44	7.54	9.21	4.92	3.99	4.80	7.90
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.66	0.66	2.21	1.31	2.35	3.00	7.10
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.97	1.82	1.83	1.27	0.83	1.30	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.43	0.43	0.70	0.00	0.00	0.70
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.72	1.14	1.15	0.57	0.83	1.30	1.30
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Library/Media Support:	0.23	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
District Administrators:	2.25	2.50	1.97	1.00	1.00	0.00	NA
District Administrative Support:	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	1.00	1.00	2.00
School Administrators:	4.40	5.25	2.78	1.80	2.00	4.00	3.30
School Administrative Support:	3.80	5.22	4.08	5.20	6.68	8.70	6.30
Student Support Services:	5.78	9.15	4.96	9.77	5.50	1.00	2.30
Other Support Services:	16.62	15.81	17.48	21.41	22.89	29.40	29.90
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.02	17.29	17.26	17.84	16.98	17.01	17.24

Schools

Stambaugh Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	700 Washington Ave, Iron River MI 49935
West Iron County High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	701 Garfield Ave, Iron River MI 49935
West Iron County Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	701 Garfield Ave, Iron River MI 49935

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	52.2%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	52%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	73.6%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	65.3%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	55.6%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	57.1%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	50.5%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	49%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.1%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.4%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.3%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	32%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	33.3%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.7%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.8%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98.2%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	27.8%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	55.3%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	67.3%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	18.5%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.6%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.3%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.7%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.4%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	45%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	34.3%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	29.7%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	35.1%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	43.5%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	32.3%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.9%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	30.5%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	23.4%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.6%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.7%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	8.3%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	7.5%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.4%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.5%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.3%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.8%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.3%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.8%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	18.2%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	33.9%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.1%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.3%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.3%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.2%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	62.3%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	63.6%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	28.1%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	38.1%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	64.5%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	57.3%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.4%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.2%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	30.2%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	30.2%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.1%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.4%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.7%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.8%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.4%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.7%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.9%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	59%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64.8%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.8%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	36%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	49.2%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	52.4%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.8%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.6%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.1%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.5%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.8%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33.9%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.6%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.6%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.1%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.9%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.6%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.5%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.4%	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	58.2%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	62.8%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	76.7%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	83.1%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	32.3%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	23.6%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	44%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	42.9%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	44.7%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	49.3%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	41%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27.8%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.2%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.7%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58.2%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.2%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.3%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	75.9%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	71%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	27.8%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	24%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	85.6%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	85.9%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	73.3%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87.9%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	46.3%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	30%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	44.3%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	47.1%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	40%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	41.4%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	49%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	56%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$8,872,000	$10,233		$9,148,000	$9,640		$9,653,000	$10,368
Federal:	$1,016,000	$1,172	11.5%	$865,000	$911	9.5%	$1,056,000	$1,134	10.9%
State:	$4,110,000	$4,740	46.3%	$4,512,000	$4,754	49.3%	$4,899,000	$5,262	50.8%
Local:	$3,746,000	$4,321	42.2%	$3,771,000	$3,974	41.2%	$3,698,000	$3,972	38.3%
Total Expenditures:	$8,635,000	$9,960		$8,470,000	$8,925		$8,700,000	$9,345
Total Current Expenditures:	$8,014,000	$9,243		$8,149,000	$8,587		$8,347,000	$8,966
Instructional Expenditures:	$5,200,000	$5,998	64.9%	$5,334,000	$5,621	65.5%	$5,186,000	$5,570	62.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$339,000	$391	4.2%	$263,000	$277	3.2%	$280,000	$301	3.4%
Administration:	$874,000	$1,008	10.9%	$843,000	$888	10.3%	$1,010,000	$1,085	12.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,601,000	$1,847	20.0%	$1,709,000	$1,801	21.0%	$1,871,000	$2,010	22.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$492,000	$567		$166,000	$175		$134,000	$144
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$24,000	$28		$37,000	$39		$67,000	$72
Interest on Debt:	$77,000	$89		$89,000	$94		$118,000	$127

Total Salary:	$3,854,000	$4,445		$3,946,000	$4,158		$4,160,000	$4,468
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,861,000	$3,300	74.2%	$2,938,000	$3,096	74.5%	$3,011,000	$3,234	72.4%
Other Salary:	$993,000	$1,145	25.8%	$1,008,000	$1,062	25.5%	$1,149,000	$1,234	27.6%
Total Benefit:	$2,635,000	$3,039		$2,665,000	$2,808		$2,569,000	$2,759
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,871,000	$2,158	71.0%	$1,912,000	$2,015	71.7%	$1,759,000	$1,889	68.5%
Other Benefit:	$764,000	$881	29.0%	$753,000	$793	28.3%	$810,000	$870	31.5%

* West Iron County Public 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.