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New Buffalo Area School District

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New Buffalo Area School District is located in south Michigan. New Buffalo Area School District has 22.79 square miles of land area and 0.26 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total New Buffalo Area School District population is 4,205. New Buffalo Area School District median household income is $53,235 in 2010-2014. New Buffalo Area School District median house value is $264,200 in 2010-2014. On average, New Buffalo Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (232 out of 510, top 45%) Elementary/Middle School: (90 out of 516, top 17%)* Rank: #185
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	4,205 (2010-2014), rank #433
Population Growth	-12.83% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	182.38/sq mi, rank #219
Median Household Income:	$53,235 at 2010-2014—5.81% increase since 2005-2009, rank #163
Median House Price:	$264,200 at 2010-2014—-18.20% increase since 2005-2009, rank #8
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	22.79 sq mi, rank #441
Water Area:	0.26 sq mi (1.14%), rank #428
State:	Michigan
County:	Berrien County
City:	New Buffalo, Union Pier, Michiana, Grand Beach
Zip:	49117, 49129
Area:	Niles-Benton Harbor, MI

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New Buffalo Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1112 East Clay St

New Buffalo MI, 49117, Berrien County

Phone: 269-469-6010

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	602	652	624	641	667	663	662
English Language Learner Students:	15	21	15	4	5	7	7
Total Teachers:	55.80	57.20	58.60	58.00	57.00	56.90	54.50
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary:	16.00	17.00	15.40	17.00	16.00	17.40	15.00
Secondary:	27.80	29.80	32.20	30.00	29.00	29.50	28.50
Ungraded:	9.00	7.40	8.00	9.00	10.00	8.00	9.00
Total Other Staff:	58.02	62.75	64.01	59.55	61.60	61.70	57.40
Instructional Aides:	1.45	2.20	2.20	3.20	3.95	3.00	5.90
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.00	2.00	6.60	7.00	7.00	5.00	5.80
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
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:	1.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.90	1.20
District Administrators:	4.00	4.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
School Administrators:	5.00	4.60	4.00	4.75	4.75	6.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	7.95	7.95	8.15	7.25	7.25	6.30	6.00
Student Support Services:	2.90	3.50	4.30	7.45	7.15	4.40	1.90
Other Support Services:	27.87	32.65	31.91	22.05	23.65	29.10	24.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.79	11.40	10.65	11.05	11.70	11.65	12.15

Schools

New Buffalo Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	12291 Lubke Rd, New Buffalo MI 49117
New Buffalo Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1112 East Clay St, New Buffalo MI 49117
New Buffalo Senior High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1112 East Clay St, New Buffalo MI 49117

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	56.8%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	55%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	86.5%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	83.3%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	70.3%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	69.6%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	70.3%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	70.5%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.4%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.8%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	36.4%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	27.8%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97.6%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.7%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.9%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.2%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	39.5%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	56.3%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	68.3%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	70.7%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.2%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	25%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	40.5%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95.9%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	79.1%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	30.4%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	59.2%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	55.6%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	31.7%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	44.4%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	38.9%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.1%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.4%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.1%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.1%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.5%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.6%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.5%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92.5%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.4%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95.8%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	21.1%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	21.1%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.7%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.8%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.2%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.6%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.4%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90.2%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	33.3%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.2%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.7%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.7%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.9%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.3%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	96%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	85.5%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	96.1%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	44.4%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	38.1%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	85.4%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	85.4%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	83.9%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.4%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	93.8%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.9%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94.3%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34.9%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.5%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.6%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.8%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	94.1%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.9%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.3%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.1%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.5%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81.6%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90.4%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	62.3%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	44.2%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	45.5%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.2%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.6%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	92%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	88.5%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.8%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	29.1%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.2%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.7%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	98%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.2%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95.2%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.7%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90.4%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93.9%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.2%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.2%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	20%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.8%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	84.2%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	92.6%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	34.8%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	40.8%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	36.8%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	47.5%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	56.6%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	23.7%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	28.8%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	46.1%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.9%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	49%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	23.2%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	42%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	55.9%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.6%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.1%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.1%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.4%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.2%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52.5%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56.6%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62.7%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	68%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	21.4%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	39%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87.7%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84.7%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	92.1%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84.5%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	85%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	42.9%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	54%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	21.1%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	22%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	40.8%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	57.6%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	61%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	73%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$16,370,000	$26,234		$16,491,000	$25,727		$15,853,000	$23,768
Federal:	$428,000	$686	2.6%	$538,000	$839	3.3%	$489,000	$733	3.1%
State:	$631,000	$1,011	3.9%	$484,000	$755	2.9%	$308,000	$462	1.9%
Local:	$15,311,000	$24,537	93.5%	$15,469,000	$24,133	93.8%	$15,056,000	$22,573	95.0%
Total Expenditures:	$13,498,000	$21,631		$17,911,000	$27,942		$13,065,000	$19,588
Total Current Expenditures:	$12,173,000	$19,508		$11,887,000	$18,544		$11,128,000	$16,684
Instructional Expenditures:	$6,847,000	$10,973	56.2%	$6,764,000	$10,552	56.9%	$6,748,000	$10,117	60.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$942,000	$1,510	7.7%	$1,105,000	$1,724	9.3%	$974,000	$1,460	8.8%
Administration:	$2,187,000	$3,505	18.0%	$1,954,000	$3,048	16.4%	$1,587,000	$2,379	14.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,197,000	$3,521	18.0%	$2,064,000	$3,220	17.4%	$1,819,000	$2,727	16.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$631,000	$1,011		$5,356,000	$8,356		$1,269,000	$1,903
Construction:	$28,000	$45		$3,000	$5		$866,000	$1,298
Total Other:	$276,000	$442		$216,000	$337		$172,000	$258
Interest on Debt:	$418,000	$670		$452,000	$705		$495,000	$742

Total Salary:	$6,152,000	$9,859		$6,127,000	$9,559		$5,923,000	$8,880
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,919,000	$6,280	63.7%	$3,924,000	$6,122	64.0%	$3,816,000	$5,721	64.4%
Other Salary:	$2,233,000	$3,579	36.3%	$2,203,000	$3,437	36.0%	$2,107,000	$3,159	35.6%
Total Benefit:	$3,730,000	$5,978		$3,474,000	$5,420		$3,297,000	$4,943
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,190,000	$3,510	58.7%	$2,049,000	$3,197	59.0%	$2,086,000	$3,127	63.3%
Other Benefit:	$1,540,000	$2,468	41.3%	$1,425,000	$2,223	41.0%	$1,211,000	$1,816	36.7%

* New Buffalo Area School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.