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Decatur Public Schools is located in south Michigan. Decatur Public Schools has 79.35 square miles of land area and 1.95 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Decatur Public Schools population is 5,283. Decatur Public Schools median household income is $40,524 in 2010-2014. Decatur Public Schools median house value is $92,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Decatur Public Schools is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (379 out of 510, bottom 26%) Elementary/Middle School: (418 out of 516, bottom 19%)* Rank: #447
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	5,283 (2010-2014), rank #404
Population Growth	-10.26% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	64.98/sq mi, rank #349
Median Household Income:	$40,524 at 2010-2014—5.64% increase since 2005-2009, rank #397
Median House Price:	$92,700 at 2010-2014—-13.20% increase since 2005-2009, rank #397
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	79.35 sq mi, rank #247
Water Area:	1.95 sq mi (2.40%), rank #219
State:	Michigan
County:	Van Buren County, Cass County
City:	Paw Paw, Decatur, Lawrence, Dowagiac, Lawton
Zip:	49079, 49045, 49064, 49047, 49065
Area:	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI;South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI

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Decatur Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

110 Cedar St

Decatur MI, 49045, Van Buren County

Phone: 269-423-6800

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	852	903	944	956	1,018	1,068	1,128
English Language Learner Students:	77	60	88	70	114	145	148
Total Teachers:	51.65	53.30	51.60	54.00	59.00	57.70	57.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	3.50	3.50
Elementary:	18.00	18.20	17.00	18.80	20.10	20.40	19.40
Secondary:	22.50	22.35	22.60	24.20	27.90	26.80	26.10
Ungraded:	8.15	8.75	8.00	7.00	6.00	7.00	8.00
Total Other Staff:	44.50	47.40	48.90	56.35	61.60	62.40	57.60
Instructional Aides:	7.05	14.00	15.00	18.00	21.00	21.00	19.40
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.10	1.10	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.20	1.20	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.80	1.80	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:	0.10	0.00	0.40	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	2.00	1.00	1.35	1.35	2.35	2.30	2.20
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	3.25	2.25	3.55	3.55	4.65	4.80	4.90
School Administrative Support:	6.50	6.50	7.50	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00
Student Support Services:	3.00	1.45	1.00	2.00	3.00	1.30	1.60
Other Support Services:	18.60	18.70	16.50	19.35	19.60	21.00	19.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.50	16.94	18.29	17.70	17.25	18.51	19.79

Schools

Davis Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	409 North Phelps St, Decatur MI 49045
Decatur High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	110 Cedar St, Decatur MI 49045
Decatur Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	405 North Phelps St, Decatur MI 49045

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	47.9%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	37.5%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	68%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	61.6%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	55.4%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	52.1%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	48%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	48.6%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.8%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.7%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.7%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	31.1%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.7%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.1%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54.3%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	47.1%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	43.8%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	52.4%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	62.7%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.9%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.5%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	44%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	36.7%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.1%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55.1%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	37.6%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	34.8%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	32%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	39.8%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	29.9%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	29.3%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	18.4%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.6%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.6%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.2%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.9%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.6%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.7%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.9%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.8%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72.5%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	10.6%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	5.8%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	53.2%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	43.6%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	40%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.5%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.9%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.9%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.8%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.3%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40.6%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	36.8%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.6%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.6%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.1%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.9%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	45.1%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	63.2%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	19.7%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	32.9%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	71.1%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	59.8%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.4%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.7%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.7%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	19.7%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39.4%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.6%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.2%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.1%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.3%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.7%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	69.7%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	60.8%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	26.2%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	37.7%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	53.5%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.1%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.6%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	11.4%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	17.9%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.9%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	35.2%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.3%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	84.4%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.8%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.2%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.4%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	5.7%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.8%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	65.9%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	55.9%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	68%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	21.3%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	22.5%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	32%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	41.2%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	50.7%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	31.2%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	39.7%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	46.3%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	54%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	55%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	17.1%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	14%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.8%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.9%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.7%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	40%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37.7%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.5%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	58.2%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	63.5%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	64%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	14.3%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	16%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	71.4%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	75.4%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	73.1%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	77.8%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	22.9%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	27%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	28%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	23.5%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	40.3%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	37.5%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	34%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	31.4%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	31%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$9,950,000	$10,540		$10,334,000	$10,810		$9,868,000	$9,694
Federal:	$1,423,000	$1,507	14.3%	$1,962,000	$2,052	19.0%	$1,287,000	$1,264	13.0%
State:	$6,472,000	$6,856	65.0%	$6,333,000	$6,624	61.3%	$6,477,000	$6,362	65.6%
Local:	$2,055,000	$2,177	20.7%	$2,039,000	$2,133	19.7%	$2,104,000	$2,067	21.3%
Total Expenditures:	$12,697,000	$13,450		$17,995,000	$18,823		$10,575,000	$10,388
Total Current Expenditures:	$8,539,000	$9,046		$8,957,000	$9,369		$9,183,000	$9,021
Instructional Expenditures:	$5,161,000	$5,467	60.4%	$5,579,000	$5,836	62.3%	$5,734,000	$5,633	62.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$471,000	$499	5.5%	$407,000	$426	4.5%	$434,000	$426	4.7%
Administration:	$1,224,000	$1,297	14.3%	$1,258,000	$1,316	14.0%	$1,326,000	$1,303	14.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,683,000	$1,783	19.7%	$1,713,000	$1,792	19.1%	$1,689,000	$1,659	18.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$3,532,000	$3,742		$7,869,000	$8,231		$684,000	$672
Construction:	$2,887,000	$3,058		$6,469,000	$6,767		$680,000	$668
Total Other:	$8,000	$8		$17,000	$18		$14,000	$14
Interest on Debt:	$618,000	$655		$1,152,000	$1,205		$694,000	$682

Total Salary:	$4,322,000	$4,578		$4,747,000	$4,965		$5,089,000	$4,999
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,043,000	$3,224	70.4%	$3,368,000	$3,523	71.0%	$3,620,000	$3,556	71.1%
Other Salary:	$1,279,000	$1,355	29.6%	$1,379,000	$1,442	29.0%	$1,469,000	$1,443	28.9%
Total Benefit:	$2,458,000	$2,604		$2,575,000	$2,694		$2,474,000	$2,430
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,702,000	$1,803	69.2%	$1,765,000	$1,846	68.5%	$1,686,000	$1,656	68.1%
Other Benefit:	$756,000	$801	30.8%	$810,000	$847	31.5%	$788,000	$774	31.9%

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