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Alma Public Schools is located in southeast Michigan. Alma Public Schools has 100.91 square miles of land area and 1.08 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Alma Public Schools population is 15,102. Alma Public Schools median household income is $37,570 in 2010-2014. Alma Public Schools median house value is $83,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Alma Public Schools is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (325 out of 510, bottom 36%) Elementary/Middle School: (227 out of 516, top 44%)* Rank: #317
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	15,102 (2010-2014), rank #178
Population Growth	-2.65% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	148.08/sq mi, rank #237
Median Household Income:	$37,570 at 2010-2014—1.42% increase since 2005-2009, rank #463
Median House Price:	$83,300 at 2010-2014—-9.55% increase since 2005-2009, rank #465
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	100.91 sq mi, rank #186
Water Area:	1.08 sq mi (1.06%), rank #294
State:	Michigan
County:	Montcalm County, Gratiot County
City:	Riverdale, Alma, Sumner, Elwell
Zip:	48877, 48801, 48889, 48832
Area:	Alma, MI

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Alma Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1500 Pine Ave

Alma MI, 48801, Gratiot County

Phone: 989-463-3111

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,217	2,199	2,214	2,307	2,307	2,332	2,362
English Language Learner Students:	14	12	12	7	26	25	26
Total Teachers:	120.25	120.25	128.63	130.84	140.01	140.60	140.70
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	11.40	9.35	7.60	7.60	8.10	9.00	8.50
Elementary:	44.00	43.65	45.70	43.40	47.40	43.00	42.00
Secondary:	46.35	47.25	52.83	56.34	59.01	64.40	64.70
Ungraded:	18.50	20.00	22.00	23.00	25.50	24.20	25.50
Total Other Staff:	169.49	180.76	177.72	169.76	185.33	133.20	149.00
Instructional Aides:	33.77	35.05	31.05	27.52	26.16	24.00	23.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.00	1.00	3.50	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
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:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	4.00	5.00
District Administrators:	5.00	5.00	4.00	3.50	4.10	3.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	9.70	10.60	8.50	6.50	7.00	6.00	8.00
School Administrative Support:	17.00	16.00	18.54	17.70	19.70	16.90	18.90
Student Support Services:	40.89	33.18	33.39	32.46	30.31	27.70	37.10
Other Support Services:	56.13	74.93	73.74	74.08	86.06	41.60	42.80
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.44	18.29	17.21	17.63	16.48	16.59	16.79

Schools

Alma Adult/Alternative Education	Grade 9 to Grade 12	300 Republic Ave, Alma MI 48801
Alma Senior High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1500 Pine Ave, Alma MI 48801
Donald L. Pavlik Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1700 Pine Ave, Alma MI 48801
Hillcrest Elementary School	Grade 2 to Grade 3	515 East Elizabeth St, Alma MI 48801
Luce Road Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 1	6265 North Luce Rd, Alma MI 48801
Pine Avenue Elementary School	Grade 4 to Grade 5	1025 Pine Ave, Alma MI 48801

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	39.9%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	47.5%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	67.3%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	61.7%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	51.6%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	52.5%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	50.3%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	53.3%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.5%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.6%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.4%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	39.6%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.8%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.7%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.3%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.3%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.3%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	42.9%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	53.2%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	53.1%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.9%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.1%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	34%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.7%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.2%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.8%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.3%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.7%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.4%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	34.4%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	49.4%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	33.8%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	44.9%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	39.3%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	43.4%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	91.2%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	36.2%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.8%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.8%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.5%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	10.9%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	5.6%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.8%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.5%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.6%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.1%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.4%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.7%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	33.6%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46.1%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.4%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.5%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.9%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.9%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.7%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.9%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.1%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	72.6%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	67.4%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	25.2%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	28%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	72.1%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.7%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.9%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.9%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.5%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.7%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	31.8%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	37.7%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.4%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.4%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.3%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.2%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.7%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	62.9%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67.5%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	77.5%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81.5%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	51.2%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	48.3%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	63.4%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.2%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.5%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	34.3%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30.1%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.1%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.7%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.9%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.4%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77.8%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84.3%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	20.8%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	16.4%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.3%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	78.6%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	81.3%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	32.9%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	33.3%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	51.8%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	49%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	47.1%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	39.9%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	35%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	45%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	39.9%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	61%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	23.1%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	18%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.7%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58.3%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.1%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.4%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.8%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52.1%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	66%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	28.1%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	19%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	86.1%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	76.5%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	79.9%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	74.4%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	83%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	36.3%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	29%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	33.9%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	39.5%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	41.5%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	37.1%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	50%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	47.5%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	34%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$23,257,000	$10,505		$23,790,000	$10,312		$23,805,000	$10,319
Federal:	$2,126,000	$960	9.1%	$2,280,000	$988	9.6%	$2,366,000	$1,026	9.9%
State:	$15,404,000	$6,958	66.2%	$15,624,000	$6,772	65.7%	$15,353,000	$6,655	64.5%
Local:	$5,727,000	$2,587	24.6%	$5,886,000	$2,551	24.7%	$6,086,000	$2,638	25.6%
Total Expenditures:	$28,716,000	$12,970		$22,814,000	$9,889		$22,451,000	$9,732
Total Current Expenditures:	$20,089,000	$9,074		$20,246,000	$8,776		$20,368,000	$8,829
Instructional Expenditures:	$12,724,000	$5,747	63.3%	$12,715,000	$5,511	62.8%	$12,734,000	$5,520	62.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,525,000	$689	7.6%	$1,514,000	$656	7.5%	$1,572,000	$681	7.7%
Administration:	$2,130,000	$962	10.6%	$2,186,000	$948	10.8%	$2,126,000	$922	10.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,710,000	$1,676	18.5%	$3,831,000	$1,661	18.9%	$3,936,000	$1,706	19.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$6,793,000	$3,068		$789,000	$342		$267,000	$116
Construction:	$5,520,000	$2,493		$631,000	$274		$63,000	$27
Total Other:	$140,000	$63		$185,000	$80		$323,000	$140
Interest on Debt:	$1,394,000	$630		$1,261,000	$547		$1,095,000	$475

Total Salary:	$11,131,000	$5,028		$11,451,000	$4,964		$11,828,000	$5,127
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,832,000	$3,537	70.4%	$8,076,000	$3,501	70.5%	$8,197,000	$3,553	69.3%
Other Salary:	$3,299,000	$1,490	29.6%	$3,375,000	$1,463	29.5%	$3,631,000	$1,574	30.7%
Total Benefit:	$6,008,000	$2,714		$5,796,000	$2,512		$5,592,000	$2,424
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,199,000	$1,897	69.9%	$4,084,000	$1,770	70.5%	$3,801,000	$1,648	68.0%
Other Benefit:	$1,809,000	$817	30.1%	$1,712,000	$742	29.5%	$1,791,000	$776	32.0%

* Alma 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.