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Watervliet School District

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Watervliet School District is located in south Michigan. Watervliet School District has 36.27 square miles of land area and 1.41 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Watervliet School District population is 6,892. Watervliet School District median household income is $43,011 in 2010-2014. Watervliet School District median house value is $106,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Watervliet School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (181 out of 510, top 35%) Elementary/Middle School: (255 out of 516, top 49%)* Rank: #247
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	6,892 (2010-2014), rank #349
Population Growth	-1.09% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	182.88/sq mi, rank #218
Median Household Income:	$43,011 at 2010-2014—-0.52% increase since 2005-2009, rank #348
Median House Price:	$106,100 at 2010-2014—-10.31% increase since 2005-2009, rank #306
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	36.27 sq mi, rank #397
Water Area:	1.41 sq mi (3.75%), rank #264
State:	Michigan
County:	Van Buren County, Berrien County
City:	Watervliet, Paw Paw Lake, Coloma, Benton Harbor, Eau Claire
Zip:	49098, 49038, 49022, 49111
Area:	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI;Niles-Benton Harbor, MI

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Watervliet School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

450 East Saint Joseph St

Watervliet MI, 49098, Berrien County

Phone: 269-463-5566

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,390	1,338	1,331	1,332	1,333	1,304	1,348
English Language Learner Students:	120	82	87	103	114	105	103
Total Teachers:	73.82	72.43	74.12	76.44	74.49	78.30	80.10
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	6.00	7.00	5.02	5.02	4.02	6.00	6.00
Elementary:	19.67	22.17	23.18	24.18	24.18	22.20	22.50
Secondary:	38.65	33.34	34.94	36.29	35.69	36.70	37.40
Ungraded:	9.50	9.92	10.98	10.95	10.60	12.40	13.20
Total Other Staff:	99.90	107.21	104.63	104.59	102.32	103.60	119.50
Instructional Aides:	19.18	19.00	16.90	19.00	17.93	22.40	40.10
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.11	1.11	3.11	6.00	2.00	3.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.67	3.00	2.90	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:	1.67	2.00	1.90	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	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	3.32	3.81	2.96	5.71	5.71	6.70	6.70
District Administrative Support:	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	8.00	7.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	20.20	24.00	22.00	19.00	20.00	15.00	16.40
Student Support Services:	7.55	2.50	2.50	2.21	2.38	2.70	3.00
Other Support Services:	35.87	45.79	48.26	43.67	45.30	44.80	41.30
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.83	18.47	17.96	17.43	17.90	16.65	16.83

Schools

North Elementary School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	287 West Baldwin Ave, Watervliet MI 49098
South Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	433 Lucinda Ln, Watervliet MI 49098
W-A-Y Watervliet High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	450 Red Arrow Hwy, Watervliet MI 49098
Watervliet Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	450 East Saint Joseph St, Watervliet MI 49098
Watervliet Senior High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	450 East Saint Joseph St, Watervliet MI 49098

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	54.6%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	59.2%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	75.5%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	69.1%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	62.3%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	61.5%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	58.2%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.9%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.7%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.7%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	28.3%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	36.5%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55.4%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.9%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	52.7%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	59.1%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	66.3%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.6%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.1%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	38.1%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.5%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.1%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.8%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	45.4%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	55.1%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	49.5%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47.8%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47.5%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	43.4%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	41.7%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.6%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.1%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.8%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.2%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.7%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	98%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.3%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	91.8%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	17.2%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	14.3%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	41.1%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.9%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.7%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.4%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.4%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.3%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	91.7%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	89.8%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.7%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.1%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.9%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.6%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.8%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.2%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.9%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	89.8%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	29.2%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	33.7%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	70.3%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	70.7%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	64.3%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	72.5%	75.7%
2006	Listening	7th Grade	% met std	48.8%	50%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.4%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.7%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	87.3%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	88.6%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48.5%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.6%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.9%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.7%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.5%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.4%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.4%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64.3%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	58.9%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	77.5%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	82.5%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	44.7%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	53%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	44.6%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.6%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.9%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.4%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30.4%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	37.4%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.2%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.3%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89.4%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81.6%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.5%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	19.6%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	19.2%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	53.2%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	67.9%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	75.7%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	73%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	82.5%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	27.7%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	37.9%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	53.3%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	52.5%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	48.9%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	51.1%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	49.5%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	51.1%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	60.6%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	65%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	23.6%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	21%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.2%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.7%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.8%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.2%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.4%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.6%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	62%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	71%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	22.5%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	21%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	90%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87.9%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87.8%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84.5%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	94%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	46.1%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	51%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	42.2%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	39.4%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	55.6%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	51%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	44.9%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	51%	49%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$11,842,000	$8,897		$11,845,000	$8,893		$11,351,000	$8,515
Federal:	$794,000	$597	6.7%	$1,241,000	$932	10.5%	$1,125,000	$844	9.9%
State:	$8,378,000	$6,295	70.7%	$8,149,000	$6,118	68.8%	$7,728,000	$5,797	68.1%
Local:	$2,670,000	$2,006	22.5%	$2,455,000	$1,843	20.7%	$2,498,000	$1,874	22.0%
Total Expenditures:	$11,768,000	$8,841		$11,894,000	$8,929		$11,487,000	$8,617
Total Current Expenditures:	$11,502,000	$8,642		$11,617,000	$8,721		$11,302,000	$8,479
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,327,000	$5,505	63.7%	$7,133,000	$5,355	61.4%	$7,139,000	$5,356	63.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$773,000	$581	6.7%	$1,100,000	$826	9.5%	$883,000	$662	7.8%
Administration:	$1,317,000	$989	11.5%	$1,254,000	$941	10.8%	$1,255,000	$941	11.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,085,000	$1,566	18.1%	$2,130,000	$1,599	18.3%	$2,025,000	$1,519	17.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$184,000	$138		$145,000	$109		$43,000	$32
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$1,000	$1		$1,000	$1		$4,000	$3
Interest on Debt:	$81,000	$61		$131,000	$98		$138,000	$104

Total Salary:	$6,229,000	$4,680		$6,442,000	$4,836		$6,319,000	$4,740
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,328,000	$3,252	69.5%	$4,423,000	$3,321	68.7%	$4,341,000	$3,257	68.7%
Other Salary:	$1,901,000	$1,428	30.5%	$2,019,000	$1,516	31.3%	$1,978,000	$1,484	31.3%
Total Benefit:	$3,274,000	$2,460		$3,123,000	$2,345		$2,975,000	$2,232
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,332,000	$1,752	71.2%	$2,211,000	$1,660	70.8%	$2,109,000	$1,582	70.9%
Other Benefit:	$942,000	$708	28.8%	$912,000	$685	29.2%	$866,000	$650	29.1%

* Watervliet School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.