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Meridian Public Schools is located in southeast Michigan. Meridian Public Schools has 91.70 square miles of land area and 4.47 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Meridian Public Schools population is 10,528. Meridian Public Schools median household income is $51,964 in 2010-2014. Meridian Public Schools median house value is $121,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Meridian Public Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (225 out of 510, top 44%) Elementary/Middle School: (274 out of 516, bottom 47%)* Rank: #283
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	10,528 (2010-2014), rank #248
Population Growth	0.16% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	109.47/sq mi, rank #275
Median Household Income:	$51,964 at 2010-2014—12.63% increase since 2005-2009, rank #190
Median House Price:	$121,300 at 2010-2014—-0.74% increase since 2005-2009, rank #215
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	91.70 sq mi, rank #211
Water Area:	4.47 sq mi (4.64%), rank #135
State:	Michigan
County:	Midland County
City:	Sanford, Midland, Hope, Beaverton
Zip:	48657, 48642, 48628, 48640, 48612
Area:	Midland, MI

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Meridian Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

3361 North Meridian Rd

Sanford MI, 48657, Midland County

Phone: 989-687-3200

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,284	1,302	1,277	1,308	1,399	1,379	1,459
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA
Total Teachers:	70.42	69.74	71.49	73.95	74.90	75.00	76.50
Prekindergarten:	2.42	0.50	0.50	1.50	0.50	1.60	NA
Kindergarten:	5.00	5.00	4.55	4.55	4.55	4.50	4.50
Elementary:	26.40	27.65	29.60	30.00	31.05	28.40	29.30
Secondary:	28.20	26.45	25.80	27.60	28.40	28.70	29.70
Ungraded:	8.40	10.14	11.04	10.30	10.40	11.80	13.00
Total Other Staff:	87.75	85.39	83.76	80.07	82.92	81.80	88.40
Instructional Aides:	10.33	8.79	8.27	13.58	13.60	14.20	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.70	0.70	4.40	3.00	3.00	2.50	2.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.50	2.50	2.50	2.00	2.00	1.80	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.50	1.50	2.50	2.00	2.00	1.80	1.00
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	0.40	1.20	2.00
Library/Media Support:	1.32	2.03	2.10	0.00	0.00	0.40	NA
District Administrators:	4.20	4.20	1.20	1.70	1.70	1.70	1.50
District Administrative Support:	0.82	0.82	0.50	0.50	0.50	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	7.90	7.00	4.00	4.50	5.50	5.50	4.50
School Administrative Support:	7.37	7.27	7.87	7.27	7.50	6.10	7.10
Student Support Services:	5.05	1.98	2.40	0.60	0.91	0.40	23.20
Other Support Services:	48.56	50.10	50.52	46.92	47.81	47.00	45.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.23	18.67	17.86	17.69	18.68	18.39	19.07

Schools

Meridian Early College High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	3303 North Meridian Rd, Sanford MI 48657
Meridian Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	3353 North Meridian Rd, Sanford MI 48657
Meridian High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	3303 North Hwy M30, Sanford MI 48657
Meridian Junior High School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	3475 North Meridian Rd, Sanford MI 48657

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	43.4%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	53.2%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	80.8%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	64.9%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	61.5%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	67%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	56.1%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	57%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.2%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.5%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	13.3%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	33.3%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.4%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.7%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.6%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	55.8%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	55.9%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	56.8%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	59.3%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.1%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	17.9%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	27.9%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.2%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.8%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.8%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.4%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	58.3%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	34.9%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	42.9%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47.6%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	40.4%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	32.1%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	32.7%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	22.1%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32.9%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.4%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.2%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.3%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.6%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87.3%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	19.2%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	8.4%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.9%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.2%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.2%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.7%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.3%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.2%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.8%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	93.5%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	30.3%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.7%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.7%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.4%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.5%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.6%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.8%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	77%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	88.3%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	36.3%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	38.1%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	78.2%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	77.7%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.4%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.7%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.8%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.6%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	24.4%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.8%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.8%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.4%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.6%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67.2%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78.3%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	84.1%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	82.7%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64.2%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	41.6%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.2%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.1%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.7%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	32.4%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.4%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.3%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.4%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.5%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.8%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81.4%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	23.7%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.9%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66.9%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	77%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	81%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	34.5%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	24.2%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	56.5%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	53.2%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	62.6%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	44.5%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	42.7%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.4%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	55.8%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	48%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	18.8%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	38%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.6%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.4%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.2%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.4%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	64.2%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65.8%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	71%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	20.8%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	32%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87.2%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84.7%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	86.1%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	83.8%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	83%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	41.7%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	49%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	54.6%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	45%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	57.4%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	45.2%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	52%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	55.2%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	63%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$15,079,000	$11,808		$14,269,000	$10,909		$14,276,000	$10,204
Federal:	$723,000	$566	4.8%	$1,122,000	$858	7.9%	$1,139,000	$814	8.0%
State:	$8,370,000	$6,554	55.5%	$8,447,000	$6,458	59.2%	$8,499,000	$6,075	59.5%
Local:	$5,986,000	$4,688	39.7%	$4,700,000	$3,593	32.9%	$4,638,000	$3,315	32.5%
Total Expenditures:	$12,724,000	$9,964		$12,227,000	$9,348		$13,345,000	$9,539
Total Current Expenditures:	$11,186,000	$8,760		$10,941,000	$8,365		$11,576,000	$8,274
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,133,000	$5,586	63.8%	$7,002,000	$5,353	64.0%	$7,526,000	$5,380	65.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$847,000	$663	7.6%	$793,000	$606	7.2%	$807,000	$577	7.0%
Administration:	$1,183,000	$926	10.6%	$1,115,000	$852	10.2%	$1,150,000	$822	9.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,023,000	$1,584	18.1%	$2,031,000	$1,553	18.6%	$2,093,000	$1,496	18.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$259,000	$203		$16,000	$12		$153,000	$109
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$276,000	$216		$258,000	$197		$265,000	$189
Interest on Debt:	$1,003,000	$785		$1,012,000	$774		$1,080,000	$772

Total Salary:	$6,529,000	$5,113		$6,601,000	$5,047		$7,094,000	$5,071
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,683,000	$3,667	71.7%	$4,774,000	$3,650	72.3%	$5,104,000	$3,648	71.9%
Other Salary:	$1,846,000	$1,446	28.3%	$1,827,000	$1,397	27.7%	$1,990,000	$1,422	28.1%
Total Benefit:	$2,770,000	$2,169		$2,534,000	$1,937		$2,689,000	$1,922
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,988,000	$1,557	71.8%	$1,838,000	$1,405	72.5%	$1,876,000	$1,341	69.8%
Other Benefit:	$782,000	$612	28.2%	$696,000	$532	27.5%	$813,000	$581	30.2%

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