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Lawrence Public School District

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Lawrence Public School District is located in south Michigan. Lawrence Public School District has 47.39 square miles of land area and 1.32 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Lawrence Public School District population is 3,945. Lawrence Public School District median household income is $42,880 in 2010-2014. Lawrence Public School District median house value is $123,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Lawrence Public School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (205 out of 510, top 40%) Elementary/Middle School: (258 out of 516, top 50%)* Rank: #259
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	3,945 (2010-2014), rank #442
Population Growth	1.75% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	80.99/sq mi, rank #320
Median Household Income:	$42,880 at 2010-2014—-11.50% increase since 2005-2009, rank #351
Median House Price:	$123,600 at 2010-2014—7.29% increase since 2005-2009, rank #198
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	47.39 sq mi, rank #362
Water Area:	1.32 sq mi (2.70%), rank #268
State:	Michigan
County:	Van Buren County
City:	Paw Paw, Lawrence, Decatur, Hartford, Bangor
Zip:	49079, 49064, 49045, 49057, 49013
Area:	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

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Lawrence Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

650 West Saint Joseph St

Lawrence MI, 49064, Van Buren County

Phone: 269-674-8233

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	631	670	676	707	755	765	769
English Language Learner Students:	82	8	74	95	137	167	173
Total Teachers:	35.96	35.16	35.27	37.29	41.10	41.00	43.80
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	3.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary:	11.24	12.24	14.25	15.72	16.66	15.70	16.70
Secondary:	17.72	16.92	15.02	14.57	17.44	17.30	18.10
Ungraded:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00
Total Other Staff:	51.79	48.65	43.88	48.58	57.05	59.90	63.20
Instructional Aides:	14.00	12.00	13.00	15.00	16.00	16.60	16.10
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	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	0.00	0.00	NA
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	1.05	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	4.95	5.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	6.15	6.15	4.15	4.15	4.15	4.40	4.40
Student Support Services:	4.14	4.50	6.73	5.43	5.90	6.90	6.90
Other Support Services:	21.50	19.00	16.00	20.00	27.00	28.00	30.80
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.55	19.06	19.17	18.96	18.37	18.66	17.56

Schools

Lawrence Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	714 West Saint Joseph St, Lawrence MI 49064
Lawrence Jr/Sr High School	Grade 7 to Grade 12	650 West Saint Joseph St, Lawrence MI 49064
Van Buren Virtual Academy At Lawrence	Grade 9 to Grade 12	Van Buren Virtual Academy At L, Lawrence MI 49064

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	55.7%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	51.1%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	72.1%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	63.8%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	50.8%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	59.6%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	52.5%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	48.9%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.1%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.6%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.2%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.8%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	19.1%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	21.3%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52.1%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55.1%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	39.3%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	33.9%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	51.7%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	57.6%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.1%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	31.4%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	30.9%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.3%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.5%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.7%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.2%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	40%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	31.1%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	35.4%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	40.7%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	39.2%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	29.4%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	37%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	98%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	95.7%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.3%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.1%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.4%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.3%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.5%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.5%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	4.3%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	7.4%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.3%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.8%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.2%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.8%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.1%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.5%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.9%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.8%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.8%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.8%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95.8%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.2%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.2%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.2%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	78.7%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	93.2%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	19.2%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	19.6%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	78.8%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	76.7%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.2%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.7%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.8%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.7%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.6%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.5%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.1%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.6%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.9%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.5%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	53.7%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	79.6%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87.7%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	41.8%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	36.2%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	44.2%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	89.6%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.1%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	25%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.8%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.1%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.8%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	94.2%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	17.3%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	13.5%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.1%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	62.3%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	82%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	86.5%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	27.1%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	28.8%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	43.1%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	52.9%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	59.6%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	66%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	25%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	28%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.8%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.4%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.6%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58.5%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.2%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	25%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	25%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	83.1%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	88.2%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	85.2%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	80%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	52.1%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	53%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	27.6%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	35.3%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	38.5%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	36.7%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	40%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	40.8%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	59%	49%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$6,641,000	$9,824		$7,253,000	$10,259		$7,215,000	$9,556
Federal:	$395,000	$584	5.9%	$796,000	$1,126	11.0%	$818,000	$1,083	11.3%
State:	$4,361,000	$6,451	65.7%	$4,568,000	$6,461	63.0%	$4,443,000	$5,885	61.6%
Local:	$1,885,000	$2,788	28.4%	$1,889,000	$2,672	26.0%	$1,954,000	$2,588	27.1%
Total Expenditures:	$6,151,000	$9,099		$6,714,000	$9,496		$6,906,000	$9,147
Total Current Expenditures:	$5,739,000	$8,490		$6,180,000	$8,741		$6,358,000	$8,421
Instructional Expenditures:	$3,685,000	$5,451	64.2%	$4,154,000	$5,876	67.2%	$4,215,000	$5,583	66.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$181,000	$268	3.2%	$181,000	$256	2.9%	$210,000	$278	3.3%
Administration:	$849,000	$1,256	14.8%	$827,000	$1,170	13.4%	$841,000	$1,114	13.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,024,000	$1,515	17.8%	$1,018,000	$1,440	16.5%	$1,092,000	$1,446	17.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$11,000	$16		$93,000	$132		$81,000	$107
Construction:	$0	$0		$20,000	$28		$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$401,000	$593		$441,000	$624		$467,000	$619

Total Salary:	$3,062,000	$4,530		$3,233,000	$4,573		$3,516,000	$4,657
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,256,000	$3,337	73.7%	$2,495,000	$3,529	77.2%	$2,667,000	$3,532	75.9%
Other Salary:	$806,000	$1,192	26.3%	$738,000	$1,044	22.8%	$849,000	$1,125	24.1%
Total Benefit:	$1,612,000	$2,385		$1,733,000	$2,451		$1,659,000	$2,197
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,179,000	$1,744	73.1%	$1,341,000	$1,897	77.4%	$1,227,000	$1,625	74.0%
Other Benefit:	$433,000	$641	26.9%	$392,000	$554	22.6%	$432,000	$572	26.0%

* Lawrence Public School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.