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Sparta Area Schools is located in south Michigan. Sparta Area Schools has 72.46 square miles of land area and 1.18 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Sparta Area Schools population is 14,776. Sparta Area Schools median household income is $54,831 in 2010-2014. Sparta Area Schools median house value is $133,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Sparta Area Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (207 out of 510, top 41%) Elementary/Middle School: (203 out of 516, top 39%)* Rank: #231
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	14,776 (2010-2014), rank #181
Population Growth	-0.24% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	200.65/sq mi, rank #210
Median Household Income:	$54,831 at 2010-2014—8.61% increase since 2005-2009, rank #143
Median House Price:	$133,700 at 2010-2014—-6.70% increase since 2005-2009, rank #163
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	72.46 sq mi, rank #270
Water Area:	1.18 sq mi (1.60%), rank #280
State:	Michigan
County:	Ottawa County, Kent County
City:	Conklin, Casnovia, Kent City, Sparta, Comstock Park, Grand Rapids, Rockford
Zip:	49403, 49318, 49330, 49345, 49321, 49544, 49341
Area:	Holland-Grand Haven, MI;Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI

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Sparta Area Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

465 South Union St

Sparta MI, 49345, Kent County

Phone: 616-887-8253

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,656	2,702	2,860	2,784	2,893	2,897	2,964
English Language Learner Students:	225	163	254	238	299	170	121
Total Teachers:	124.21	135.96	146.12	148.20	147.38	148.10	145.10
Prekindergarten:	3.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00
Kindergarten:	9.00	8.00	7.50	9.50	8.50	5.50	5.50
Elementary:	40.50	44.67	45.75	46.17	44.70	46.20	44.20
Secondary:	53.86	61.29	65.86	65.83	68.08	70.20	67.90
Ungraded:	17.85	21.00	26.01	25.70	25.10	24.20	25.50
Total Other Staff:	130.41	149.20	148.96	127.79	141.00	137.10	139.30
Instructional Aides:	20.53	22.32	33.82	30.04	30.34	27.90	31.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	2.50	1.50	2.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.20	4.95	5.20	5.04	4.45	4.20	4.20
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.50	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.70	4.45	5.20	5.04	3.45	3.20	3.20
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	2.62	2.48	2.48	3.44	2.98	3.40	3.00
District Administrators:	5.00	4.99	3.50	5.00	5.00	5.50	4.50
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	2.00	2.50
School Administrators:	15.50	13.71	8.50	8.50	9.50	9.50	10.00
School Administrative Support:	16.57	16.05	20.10	17.25	17.25	17.30	16.00
Student Support Services:	22.59	10.00	15.76	11.42	11.47	13.20	10.80
Other Support Services:	42.40	73.70	57.10	44.60	56.01	52.10	54.70
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.38	19.87	19.57	18.79	19.63	19.56	20.43

Schools

Appleview Elementary School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	240 East Spartan Dr, Sparta MI 49345
Englishville School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	8285 Vinton Ave Nw, Sparta MI 49345
Ridgeview Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	560 West Spartan Dr, Sparta MI 49345
Sparta Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	480 South State St, Sparta MI 49345
Sparta Senior High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	475 West Spartan Dr, Sparta MI 49345

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	60.8%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	68.3%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	71.7%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	71.6%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	58.8%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	63.1%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	64.1%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	61.4%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.7%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.7%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.2%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.6%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44.6%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	44.8%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.6%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.3%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.1%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.1%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.3%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.6%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	61.4%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	70.9%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.5%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.5%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.9%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	38.4%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.9%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.1%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.5%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	55.2%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	36.5%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	44.4%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	40.1%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50.3%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	52%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	51.3%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.6%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.1%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.9%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.2%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.8%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94.1%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87.3%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	10.6%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	11.5%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.7%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.2%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.7%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.2%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	37%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.1%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.1%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.9%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.7%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.7%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.3%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	79%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	81.7%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	24.2%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	25.9%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	71.8%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	74.8%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	75.3%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.2%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.1%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.2%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.8%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.5%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	25.7%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	24.7%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.7%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.6%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.1%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.6%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.3%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.8%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.8%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	69.7%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	79.6%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81.7%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	52.8%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	44.2%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	50%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.9%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.4%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	11.8%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	18.3%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.2%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91.4%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89.3%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	13.6%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	15.5%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.8%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	81.1%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	82.1%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	27.4%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	30.9%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	48.9%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	51.5%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	47.2%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	54.3%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	49%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	20.7%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	26%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.2%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.6%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.2%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.4%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.8%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	67%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65.3%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.2%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	26.2%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	27%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87.9%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	85.2%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87.2%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84.3%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	82%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	43.5%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	42%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	38.9%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	45.3%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	46.4%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	42.4%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	47%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	63.7%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	60%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$29,352,000	$10,263		$28,997,000	$10,416		$29,554,000	$10,216
Federal:	$1,449,000	$507	4.9%	$1,664,000	$598	5.7%	$2,127,000	$735	7.2%
State:	$18,916,000	$6,614	64.4%	$19,127,000	$6,870	66.0%	$18,617,000	$6,435	63.0%
Local:	$8,987,000	$3,142	30.6%	$8,206,000	$2,948	28.3%	$8,810,000	$3,045	29.8%
Total Expenditures:	$30,702,000	$10,735		$29,624,000	$10,641		$28,679,000	$9,913
Total Current Expenditures:	$25,239,000	$8,825		$24,881,000	$8,937		$24,548,000	$8,485
Instructional Expenditures:	$16,963,000	$5,931	67.2%	$16,968,000	$6,095	68.2%	$16,598,000	$5,737	67.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,332,000	$466	5.3%	$1,608,000	$578	6.5%	$1,511,000	$522	6.2%
Administration:	$2,966,000	$1,037	11.8%	$2,646,000	$950	10.6%	$2,844,000	$983	11.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,978,000	$1,391	15.8%	$3,659,000	$1,314	14.7%	$3,595,000	$1,243	14.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,299,000	$454		$823,000	$296		$298,000	$103
Construction:	$739,000	$258		$300,000	$108		$135,000	$47
Total Other:	$875,000	$306		$507,000	$182		$551,000	$190
Interest on Debt:	$1,407,000	$492		$1,450,000	$521		$1,494,000	$516

Total Salary:	$13,623,000	$4,763		$14,000,000	$5,029		$14,330,000	$4,953
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$10,937,000	$3,824	80.3%	$10,867,000	$3,903	77.6%	$10,849,000	$3,750	75.7%
Other Salary:	$2,686,000	$939	19.7%	$3,133,000	$1,125	22.4%	$3,481,000	$1,203	24.3%
Total Benefit:	$7,247,000	$2,534		$7,403,000	$2,659		$6,913,000	$2,390
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,572,000	$1,948	76.9%	$5,663,000	$2,034	76.5%	$5,101,000	$1,763	73.8%
Other Benefit:	$1,675,000	$586	23.1%	$1,740,000	$625	23.5%	$1,812,000	$626	26.2%

* Sparta Area 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.