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Northwest School District

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Northwest School District is located in south Michigan. Northwest School District has 102.98 square miles of land area and 1.82 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Northwest School District population is 24,927. Northwest School District median household income is $48,623 in 2010-2014. Northwest School District median house value is $117,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Northwest School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (384 out of 510, bottom 25%) Elementary/Middle School: (232 out of 516, top 45%)* Rank: #356
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	24,927 (2010-2014), rank #94
Population Growth	0.14% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	237.85/sq mi, rank #188
Median Household Income:	$48,623 at 2010-2014—5.70% increase since 2005-2009, rank #246
Median House Price:	$117,300 at 2010-2014—-16.81% increase since 2005-2009, rank #238
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	102.98 sq mi, rank #181
Water Area:	1.82 sq mi (1.74%), rank #228
State:	Michigan
County:	Jackson County, Ingham County
City:	Onondaga, Jackson, Rives Junction, Leslie, Parma, Pleasant Lake, Munith
Zip:	49264, 49201, 49277, 49251, 49269, 49272, 49259, 49202
Area:	Jackson, MI;Lansing-East Lansing, MI

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Northwest School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

6900 Rives Junction Rd

Jackson MI, 49201, Jackson County

Phone: 517-817-4710

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,816	2,788	2,837	2,891	3,031	3,091	3,261
English Language Learner Students:	2	0	0	0	0	0	NA
Total Teachers:	149.80	145.50	142.35	149.00	160.00	169.00	164.50
Prekindergarten:	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	2.00
Kindergarten:	9.00	10.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	8.00	6.00
Elementary:	45.00	41.00	43.85	45.00	50.00	52.00	49.00
Secondary:	72.80	70.50	69.00	73.00	79.00	81.00	78.00
Ungraded:	21.00	22.00	22.50	24.00	25.00	28.00	29.50
Total Other Staff:	133.04	133.96	133.50	135.50	153.50	160.00	151.00
Instructional Aides:	12.80	3.00	3.00	2.00	1.50	10.50	34.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	2.00	4.00	4.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.60	6.00	5.50	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.60	4.00	3.50	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	3.60	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	6.00	5.00	5.00	3.50	5.50	5.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.01	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.50	6.50	8.00	10.00
School Administrative Support:	19.76	19.50	19.50	20.00	22.00	24.00	23.50
Student Support Services:	23.45	47.05	44.50	47.00	50.00	39.50	13.50
Other Support Services:	53.83	45.40	47.00	45.50	57.00	61.00	55.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.80	19.16	19.93	19.40	18.94	18.29	19.82

Schools

Northwest Alternative High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	6900 Rives Junction Rd, Jackson MI 49201
Northwest Elementary School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	3757 Lansing Ave, Jackson MI 49202
Northwest High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	4200 Van Horn Rd, Jackson MI 49201
Parnall Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	3737 Lansing Ave, Jackson MI 49202
R.W. Kidder Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	6700 Rives Junction Rd, Jackson MI 49201

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	37.9%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	49.6%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	67.6%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	67.6%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	50.4%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	61.5%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	47.8%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	47.5%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.1%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.6%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.2%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.5%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	37.8%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44.1%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.4%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55.5%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.1%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	66.4%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	48.8%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	49.5%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.6%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.1%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	31.5%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	45.2%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.5%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.9%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.4%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	62.7%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	45.2%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	42.1%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	44.3%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	45%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	35.4%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	37%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.1%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.6%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.1%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	39%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.5%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.7%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.5%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94.6%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87.2%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	18%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	13.6%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.8%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.3%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.3%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.6%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.6%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.7%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.9%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	29.2%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.1%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.5%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.6%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.9%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.2%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.3%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	68.6%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	79.5%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	27.1%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	41%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	71.5%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	70.2%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	79.8%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	74.6%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.8%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.6%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.3%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.4%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.8%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	42.9%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.1%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.2%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.3%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.8%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.4%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.4%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	69.9%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	46.6%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	80.8%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81.6%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	42.9%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	45.8%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	47.6%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	24.5%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	26.6%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.2%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.5%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.1%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.6%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.2%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.8%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.7%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	12.3%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54.1%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.7%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	74%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	16.3%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	15%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	45.5%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	42.1%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	31.2%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	38.3%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	45.2%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	24.3%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	19%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.3%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.4%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.5%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52.5%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.6%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.2%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	24.1%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	20%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	83.3%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	79.7%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	82.2%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	76.7%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	70%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	46%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	41%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	30.9%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	31.6%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	36.9%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	39.5%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	39%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	46.3%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	50%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$25,270,000	$8,907		$26,536,000	$9,179		$27,211,000	$8,978
Federal:	$1,368,000	$482	5.4%	$2,002,000	$692	7.5%	$2,585,000	$853	9.5%
State:	$17,899,000	$6,309	70.8%	$18,044,000	$6,241	68.0%	$18,215,000	$6,010	66.9%
Local:	$6,003,000	$2,116	23.8%	$6,490,000	$2,245	24.5%	$6,411,000	$2,115	23.6%
Total Expenditures:	$24,457,000	$8,621		$26,345,000	$9,113		$30,534,000	$10,074
Total Current Expenditures:	$23,611,000	$8,323		$25,062,000	$8,669		$27,357,000	$9,026
Instructional Expenditures:	$15,358,000	$5,413	65.0%	$16,320,000	$5,645	65.1%	$17,592,000	$5,804	64.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,160,000	$409	4.9%	$1,356,000	$469	5.4%	$1,430,000	$472	5.2%
Administration:	$2,854,000	$1,006	12.1%	$2,874,000	$994	11.5%	$3,143,000	$1,037	11.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,239,000	$1,494	18.0%	$4,512,000	$1,561	18.0%	$5,192,000	$1,713	19.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$458,000	$161		$905,000	$313		$2,652,000	$875
Construction:	$342,000	$121		$626,000	$217		$573,000	$189
Total Other:	$157,000	$55		$130,000	$45		$191,000	$63
Interest on Debt:	$231,000	$81		$248,000	$86		$334,000	$110

Total Salary:	$12,726,000	$4,486		$13,486,000	$4,665		$15,376,000	$5,073
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,286,000	$3,273	73.0%	$9,789,000	$3,386	72.6%	$10,999,000	$3,629	71.5%
Other Salary:	$3,440,000	$1,213	27.0%	$3,697,000	$1,279	27.4%	$4,377,000	$1,444	28.5%
Total Benefit:	$7,052,000	$2,486		$7,704,000	$2,665		$8,390,000	$2,768
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,963,000	$1,749	70.4%	$5,540,000	$1,916	71.9%	$5,556,000	$1,833	66.2%
Other Benefit:	$2,089,000	$736	29.6%	$2,164,000	$749	28.1%	$2,834,000	$935	33.8%

* Northwest School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.