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Gull Lake Community Schools is located in south Michigan. Gull Lake Community Schools has 101.48 square miles of land area and 5.72 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Gull Lake Community Schools population is 19,703. Gull Lake Community Schools median household income is $63,288 in 2010-2014. Gull Lake Community Schools median house value is $187,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Gull Lake Community Schools is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (32 out of 510, top 6%) Elementary/Middle School: (55 out of 516, top 11%)* Rank: #77
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	8
Population	19,703 (2010-2014), rank #135
Population Growth	23.35% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	183.80/sq mi, rank #217
Median Household Income:	$63,288 at 2010-2014—-4.71% increase since 2005-2009, rank #72
Median House Price:	$187,600 at 2010-2014—-6.90% increase since 2005-2009, rank #40
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	101.48 sq mi, rank #185
Water Area:	5.72 sq mi (5.33%), rank #115
State:	Michigan
County:	Kalamazoo County, Calhoun County, Barry County
City:	Hickory Corners, Augusta, Galesburg, Richland, South Gull Lake, Kalamazoo, Comstock Northwest, Battle Creek, Level Park-Oak Park, Plainwell, Delton
Zip:	49060, 49012, 49053, 49083, 49004, 49048, 49017, 49037, 49080, 49046
Area:	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI;Battle Creek, MI;Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI

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Gull Lake Community Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

11775 East D Ave

Richland MI, 49083, Kalamazoo County

Phone: 269-488-5000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,974	2,930	2,913	2,850	2,875	2,844	2,851
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	9	16	10	NA
Total Teachers:	167.53	163.36	158.90	152.99	156.45	158.10	152.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.44	0.40	NA
Kindergarten:	12.00	8.54	6.88	7.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary:	53.94	54.94	54.80	53.50	53.24	54.30	52.30
Secondary:	73.15	77.06	77.58	73.65	80.16	79.70	76.20
Ungraded:	28.44	22.82	19.14	18.34	18.61	19.70	19.50
Total Other Staff:	142.52	154.58	153.05	164.22	168.19	165.90	162.60
Instructional Aides:	30.13	34.27	34.49	29.32	31.42	30.40	27.70
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	4.82	4.72	7.48	7.71	7.65	6.50	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.67	0.67	0.70	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.33	4.33	4.30	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.10	1.10	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.28	0.28	0.30	0.30
District Administrators:	7.00	7.00	4.00	3.75	3.65	3.80	3.80
District Administrative Support:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
School Administrators:	9.00	10.00	8.00	8.25	7.35	6.30	7.30
School Administrative Support:	19.28	19.68	16.78	16.60	17.83	19.50	19.80
Student Support Services:	16.29	15.58	18.40	19.16	20.29	21.70	21.60
Other Support Services:	47.90	54.23	53.90	70.15	70.72	68.40	68.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.75	17.94	18.33	18.63	18.38	17.99	18.76

Schools

Gull Lake Early College	Grade 9 to Grade 12	7753 North 34th St, Richland MI 49083
Gull Lake Gateway Academy	Grade 9 to Grade 12	11775 East D Ave, Richland MI 49083
Gull Lake High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	7753 North 34th St, Richland MI 49083
Gull Lake Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	9550 East M89, Richland MI 49083
Gull Lake Virtual School	Grade 6 to Grade 12	Quadrum Place, Auburn Hills MI 48326
Kellogg Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	9594 North 40th St, Hickory Corners MI 49060
Richland Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 2	9476 East M89, Richland MI 49083
Thomas M. Ryan Intermediate School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	9562 East M89, Richland MI 49083

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	76.3%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	76.5%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	87%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	86%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	81.6%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	83.9%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	76.7%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	72.8%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.5%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.2%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.7%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	38%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45.1%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.5%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.9%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.7%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	64.5%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	60.6%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	68.1%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	66.1%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.8%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.3%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.9%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.1%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47.3%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	41.8%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.7%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65.1%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	64.9%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56.7%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	55.1%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56.6%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	49.8%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	43.9%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.4%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.1%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.8%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.1%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.8%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.1%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94.9%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95.4%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.3%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.6%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	19.1%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.5%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.2%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.2%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.2%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.8%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.2%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	90%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	49.1%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.1%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.9%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.1%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.4%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.7%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	94.8%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.8%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	88.1%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	38.2%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	48.8%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	83.5%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	89.7%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	84.8%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	87.7%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.9%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.7%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.9%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.1%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.9%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.2%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.8%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.4%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.9%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.4%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.2%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.7%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.8%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	76.4%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	82.4%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87.1%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	47.3%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65.2%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.9%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.7%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.5%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.7%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.2%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.5%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.8%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.4%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.6%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.1%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89.9%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91.2%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33.1%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	20.7%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.8%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.9%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	88.7%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	86%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	42.4%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	51%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	60.1%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	65%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	65.2%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.7%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	67.5%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	67.9%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	67.3%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	75%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	46%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	36%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72.4%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.2%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.4%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.4%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.4%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60.7%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	72.6%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	66%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	71%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	75%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.7%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	37%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89.1%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	88.2%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	90.9%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	89.3%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	56.1%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	54%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	54.9%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	53.3%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	54%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	69.8%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$30,105,000	$10,335		$29,824,000	$10,465		$29,084,000	$10,116
Federal:	$739,000	$254	2.5%	$1,749,000	$614	5.9%	$1,469,000	$511	5.1%
State:	$18,915,000	$6,493	62.8%	$17,426,000	$6,114	58.4%	$17,090,000	$5,944	58.8%
Local:	$10,451,000	$3,588	34.7%	$10,649,000	$3,736	35.7%	$10,525,000	$3,661	36.2%
Total Expenditures:	$30,181,000	$10,361		$28,640,000	$10,049		$30,665,000	$10,666
Total Current Expenditures:	$26,064,000	$8,947		$25,268,000	$8,866		$24,374,000	$8,478
Instructional Expenditures:	$15,956,000	$5,478	61.2%	$15,186,000	$5,328	60.1%	$14,939,000	$5,196	61.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,505,000	$860	9.6%	$2,506,000	$879	9.9%	$2,241,000	$779	9.2%
Administration:	$3,150,000	$1,081	12.1%	$2,864,000	$1,005	11.3%	$2,900,000	$1,009	11.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,453,000	$1,529	17.1%	$4,712,000	$1,653	18.6%	$4,294,000	$1,494	17.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$601,000	$206		$375,000	$132		$3,342,000	$1,162
Construction:	$20,000	$7		$6,000	$2		$78,000	$27
Total Other:	$730,000	$251		$350,000	$123		$365,000	$127
Interest on Debt:	$2,211,000	$759		$2,205,000	$774		$2,198,000	$765

Total Salary:	$13,656,000	$4,688		$13,919,000	$4,884		$13,757,000	$4,785
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,539,000	$3,275	69.9%	$9,245,000	$3,244	66.4%	$9,428,000	$3,279	68.5%
Other Salary:	$4,117,000	$1,413	30.1%	$4,674,000	$1,640	33.6%	$4,329,000	$1,506	31.5%
Total Benefit:	$7,397,000	$2,539		$6,937,000	$2,434		$6,460,000	$2,247
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,112,000	$1,755	69.1%	$4,603,000	$1,615	66.4%	$4,408,000	$1,533	68.2%
Other Benefit:	$2,285,000	$784	30.9%	$2,334,000	$819	33.6%	$2,052,000	$714	31.8%

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