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Reading Community Schools is located in south Michigan. Reading Community Schools has 77.55 square miles of land area and 1.48 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Reading Community Schools population is 5,168. Reading Community Schools median household income is $37,712 in 2010-2014. Reading Community Schools median house value is $87,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Reading Community Schools is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (396 out of 510, bottom 22%) Elementary/Middle School: (387 out of 516, bottom 25%)* Rank: #440
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	5,168 (2010-2014), rank #409
Population Growth	2.62% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	65.40/sq mi, rank #347
Median Household Income:	$37,712 at 2010-2014—-2.44% increase since 2005-2009, rank #462
Median House Price:	$87,400 at 2010-2014—-22.03% increase since 2005-2009, rank #437
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	77.55 sq mi, rank #254
Water Area:	1.48 sq mi (1.87%), rank #258
State:	Michigan
County:	Hillsdale County, Branch County
City:	Reading, Camden, Montgomery, Quincy, Hillsdale, Allen
Zip:	49274, 49232, 49255, 49082, 49242, 49227
Area:	Coldwater, MI

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Reading Community Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

223 Strong St

Reading MI, 49274, Hillsdale County

Phone: 517-283-2166

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	791	828	835	906	904	901	948
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA
Total Teachers:	45.50	45.51	47.34	46.16	46.18	48.00	50.90
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.50	5.00
Elementary:	14.50	15.82	16.34	16.33	15.33	17.30	18.00
Secondary:	22.50	20.69	21.82	19.83	20.35	20.20	20.90
Ungraded:	3.50	4.00	5.18	6.00	6.50	7.00	7.00
Total Other Staff:	59.28	56.15	59.56	60.18	59.25	52.20	55.20
Instructional Aides:	12.22	12.83	14.73	14.42	13.61	10.00	11.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.75	0.75	2.40	1.90	1.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	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	0.00	0.00	NA
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	5.26	5.26	4.46	3.37	3.37	3.10	3.80
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	2.44	2.44	1.94	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.20
School Administrative Support:	5.20	5.20	4.10	5.10	4.00	4.00	4.00
Student Support Services:	3.82	3.37	3.21	3.58	4.64	3.70	3.00
Other Support Services:	28.59	25.30	27.72	28.81	28.63	26.40	27.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.38	18.19	17.64	19.63	19.58	18.77	18.62

Schools

Reading High School		Grade 7 to Grade 12	301 Chestnut St, Reading MI 49274
Reynolds Elementary School		Kindergarten to Grade 6	221 Strong St, Reading MI 49274

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	46%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	49.1%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	69.8%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	60.4%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	52.4%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	60.4%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	50.8%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	54.7%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.3%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	43.6%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	33.3%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.7%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.3%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55.1%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	39%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	41.9%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	48.3%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	58.2%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.8%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.3%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	44.2%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	41.1%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.6%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.7%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.8%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72.7%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	42.2%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	33.9%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	21.9%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	32.7%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	23.2%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.6%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54.9%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.7%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94.7%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.5%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	5.2%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	1.9%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50.9%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.8%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	41.9%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83.1%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.9%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.4%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.4%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	28.3%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	29.3%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.1%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.2%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.3%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.3%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.9%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.8%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	67.2%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	63.5%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	23.1%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	17.2%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	88%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	63.9%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	66%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	72.4%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.1%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.1%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.9%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.9%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.1%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	23.2%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	7.7%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.3%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.3%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	53.4%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	69%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.5%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	22.9%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	46.2%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	33.8%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.5%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.9%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.1%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.3%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.8%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	22.2%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	18.6%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.2%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.5%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	68.5%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.3%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	10%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	10.9%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.7%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54.9%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.1%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	67.1%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	62.5%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	21.1%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	15.2%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	37.8%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	38.4%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	52.5%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	35.1%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	34.2%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50.8%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	36.8%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	34%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	20.6%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	29%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.9%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.7%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.1%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.9%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.1%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	42.5%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.2%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	23.5%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	19%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	82.9%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	76.7%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	65.8%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	76%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	42.3%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	21%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	27%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	31.5%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	33.9%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	28%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	27%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	45.6%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	46%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$8,154,000	$9,765		$8,591,000	$9,482		$8,481,000	$9,382
Federal:	$617,000	$739	7.6%	$821,000	$906	9.6%	$929,000	$1,028	11.0%
State:	$5,672,000	$6,793	69.6%	$5,897,000	$6,509	68.6%	$5,625,000	$6,222	66.3%
Local:	$1,865,000	$2,234	22.9%	$1,873,000	$2,067	21.8%	$1,927,000	$2,132	22.7%
Total Expenditures:	$7,760,000	$9,293		$7,788,000	$8,596		$7,709,000	$8,528
Total Current Expenditures:	$7,286,000	$8,726		$7,301,000	$8,058		$7,201,000	$7,966
Instructional Expenditures:	$4,658,000	$5,578	63.9%	$4,628,000	$5,108	63.4%	$4,600,000	$5,088	63.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$420,000	$503	5.8%	$389,000	$429	5.3%	$379,000	$419	5.3%
Administration:	$656,000	$786	9.0%	$666,000	$735	9.1%	$622,000	$688	8.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,552,000	$1,859	21.3%	$1,618,000	$1,786	22.2%	$1,600,000	$1,770	22.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$15,000	$18		$7,000	$8		$0	$0
Construction:	$2,000	$2		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$17,000	$20		$19,000	$21		$25,000	$28
Interest on Debt:	$259,000	$310		$265,000	$292		$316,000	$350

Total Salary:	$3,755,000	$4,497		$3,771,000	$4,162		$3,731,000	$4,127
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,673,000	$3,201	71.2%	$2,723,000	$3,006	72.2%	$2,751,000	$3,043	73.7%
Other Salary:	$1,082,000	$1,296	28.8%	$1,048,000	$1,157	27.8%	$980,000	$1,084	26.3%
Total Benefit:	$2,268,000	$2,716		$2,182,000	$2,408		$1,994,000	$2,206
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,664,000	$1,993	73.4%	$1,584,000	$1,748	72.6%	$1,468,000	$1,624	73.6%
Other Benefit:	$604,000	$723	26.6%	$598,000	$660	27.4%	$526,000	$582	26.4%

* Reading Community Schools was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.