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Baraga Area Schools is located in northwest Michigan. Baraga Area Schools has 205.16 square miles of land area and 2.83 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Baraga Area Schools population is 4,087. Baraga Area Schools median household income is $37,031 in 2010-2014. Baraga Area Schools median house value is $88,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Baraga Area Schools is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (381 out of 510, bottom 25%) Elementary/Middle School: (317 out of 516, bottom 39%)* Rank: #398
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	4,087 (2010-2014), rank #436
Population Growth	2.38% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	19.65/sq mi, rank #473
Median Household Income:	$37,031 at 2010-2014—-6.71% increase since 2005-2009, rank #470
Median House Price:	$88,500 at 2010-2014—7.93% increase since 2005-2009, rank #430
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	205.16 sq mi, rank #65
Water Area:	2.83 sq mi (1.36%), rank #183
State:	Michigan
County:	Houghton County, Baraga County
City:	Pelkie, Baraga, Watton, Lanse
Zip:	49958, 49908, 49970, 49946
Area:	Houghton, MI

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Baraga Area Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

210 Lyons St

Baraga MI, 49908, Baraga County

Phone: 906-353-6664

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	465	493	506	521	548	541	543
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	117	51
Total Teachers:	29.08	34.02	35.54	35.11	37.88	37.30	32.80
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary:	11.61	9.70	10.60	10.72	10.34	9.40	9.60
Secondary:	11.47	15.62	16.24	15.69	18.54	17.90	15.20
Ungraded:	5.00	6.70	6.70	6.70	7.00	7.00	5.00
Total Other Staff:	30.04	30.39	31.49	36.14	39.48	35.70	34.20
Instructional Aides:	3.50	3.55	4.30	4.00	2.00	6.00	8.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.50	1.50	1.50	1.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	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	1.00	1.14	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	2.25	2.25	2.30	1.30	2.20	3.20	1.20
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	1.05	1.05	1.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	2.79	2.30	3.25	3.50	4.00	4.00	3.50
Student Support Services:	6.29	6.50	4.50	4.50	7.00	5.00	3.00
Other Support Services:	12.02	12.60	13.00	17.20	17.50	12.00	11.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.99	14.49	14.24	14.84	14.47	14.50	16.55

Schools

Baraga Area High School	Grade 6 to Grade 12	210 Lyons St, Baraga MI 49908
Pelkie Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 2	15211 Pelkie Rd, Pelkie MI 49958
Philip Latendresse School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	210 Lyons St, Baraga MI 49908

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	64.4%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	37%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	63%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	50%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	63%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	67.9%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	58.7%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	53.6%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.9%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.9%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.9%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.2%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	18.8%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	18.9%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.1%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47.2%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	38.5%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	53.8%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	40.6%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	61.1%
2006	Listening	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	62.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.7%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.4%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	7.7%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	27.3%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.5%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.6%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.4%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	37.9%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	12.5%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	23.7%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	31.6%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	17.1%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	7.7%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	12.5%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.4%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.9%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	3.2%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	25.8%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.7%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.8%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.4%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92.7%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	3.1%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	6.3%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	47.4%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	28.6%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	46.2%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.2%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.5%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.3%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.1%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	17.9%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	10%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.2%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.2%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.5%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.5%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	87.2%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	78%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	12.2%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	9.4%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	76.3%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	68.3%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	63.3%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	65.9%	75.7%
2006	Listening	7th Grade	% met std	47.1%	50%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.7%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.3%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	97%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.2%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.5%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	40.5%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.4%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.4%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	42.5%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.6%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	53.5%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	45.7%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	37.5%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	21.6%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.6%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	95.2%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.7%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.8%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.2%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.7%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.4%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.1%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.3%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95.5%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.6%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	10.8%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	62.7%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	48.8%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	72%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	64.4%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	14.9%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	28%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	43.2%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	41.5%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	39.5%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40.9%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	24.4%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	44.2%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40.6%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	48%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	31.7%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	18%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.8%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.1%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.5%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.2%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	54.5%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.8%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	53.5%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65.6%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	73%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.3%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	10%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	86.4%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	80.5%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84.4%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	81%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	36.6%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	11%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	31.8%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	29.3%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	32.6%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	25%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	28%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	39%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	39%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$6,231,000	$12,314		$6,883,000	$13,211		$6,193,000	$11,301
Federal:	$1,420,000	$2,806	22.8%	$2,064,000	$3,962	30.0%	$1,422,000	$2,595	23.0%
State:	$3,376,000	$6,672	54.2%	$3,399,000	$6,524	49.4%	$3,401,000	$6,206	54.9%
Local:	$1,435,000	$2,836	23.0%	$1,420,000	$2,726	20.6%	$1,370,000	$2,500	22.1%
Total Expenditures:	$5,904,000	$11,668		$6,653,000	$12,770		$6,218,000	$11,347
Total Current Expenditures:	$5,822,000	$11,506		$5,963,000	$11,445		$5,761,000	$10,513
Instructional Expenditures:	$3,705,000	$7,322	63.6%	$3,738,000	$7,175	62.7%	$3,670,000	$6,697	63.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$384,000	$759	6.6%	$450,000	$864	7.5%	$425,000	$776	7.4%
Administration:	$674,000	$1,332	11.6%	$740,000	$1,420	12.4%	$726,000	$1,325	12.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,059,000	$2,093	18.2%	$1,035,000	$1,987	17.4%	$940,000	$1,715	16.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$43,000	$85		$452,000	$868		$102,000	$186
Construction:	$0	$0		$399,000	$766		$0	$0
Total Other:	$15,000	$30		$21,000	$40		$18,000	$33
Interest on Debt:	$17,000	$34		$208,000	$399		$334,000	$609

Total Salary:	$2,840,000	$5,613		$2,996,000	$5,750		$3,016,000	$5,504
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,095,000	$4,140	73.8%	$2,160,000	$4,146	72.1%	$2,142,000	$3,909	71.0%
Other Salary:	$745,000	$1,472	26.2%	$836,000	$1,605	27.9%	$874,000	$1,595	29.0%
Total Benefit:	$1,914,000	$3,783		$1,936,000	$3,716		$1,801,000	$3,286
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,270,000	$2,510	66.4%	$1,276,000	$2,449	65.9%	$1,250,000	$2,281	69.4%
Other Benefit:	$644,000	$1,273	33.6%	$660,000	$1,267	34.1%	$551,000	$1,005	30.6%

* Baraga Area Schools was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.