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Colon Community School District

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Colon Community School District is located in south Michigan. Colon Community School District has 98.57 square miles of land area and 3.08 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Colon Community School District population is 5,310. Colon Community School District median household income is $43,246 in 2010-2014. Colon Community School District median house value is $89,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Colon Community School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (279 out of 510, bottom 45%) Elementary/Middle School: (386 out of 516, bottom 25%)* Rank: #382
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	5,310 (2010-2014), rank #402
Population Growth	-9.01% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	52.24/sq mi, rank #385
Median Household Income:	$43,246 at 2010-2014—-3.35% increase since 2005-2009, rank #345
Median House Price:	$89,900 at 2010-2014—-22.43% increase since 2005-2009, rank #414
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	98.57 sq mi, rank #193
Water Area:	3.08 sq mi (3.03%), rank #174
State:	Michigan
County:	Saint Joseph County, Kalamazoo County, Branch County
City:	Burr Oak, Centreville, Mendon, Colon, Leonidas, Athens, Fulton, Sherwood, Bronson
Zip:	49030, 49032, 49072, 49040, 49066, 49011, 49052, 49089, 49028
Area:	Sturgis, MI;Kalamazoo-Portage, MI;Coldwater, MI

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Colon Community School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

400 Dallas St

Colon MI, 49040, Saint Joseph County

Phone: 269-386-2239

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	635	626	627	658	700	723	780
English Language Learner Students:	52	39	45	34	35	45	43
Total Teachers:	37.19	39.75	40.13	41.50	45.70	47.80	48.50
Prekindergarten:	1.50	1.33	0.83	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA
Kindergarten:	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.50	1.50
Elementary:	14.50	15.50	16.50	15.50	16.50	19.80	18.00
Secondary:	15.18	15.60	16.00	18.00	20.60	20.00	23.50
Ungraded:	4.01	4.32	3.80	4.00	4.60	4.50	5.50
Total Other Staff:	48.55	58.15	54.05	53.80	59.40	59.90	64.90
Instructional Aides:	13.35	12.85	11.85	12.05	13.20	12.00	13.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.50	0.50	2.00	2.10	2.20	1.00	2.30
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA
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:	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.20
District Administrators:	2.10	2.60	2.60	1.60	2.60	2.50	1.40
District Administrative Support:	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	1.00
School Administrators:	3.50	3.50	2.00	2.00	2.10	2.00	2.70
School Administrative Support:	4.25	5.15	5.25	4.65	4.65	4.60	3.70
Student Support Services:	2.50	2.50	2.50	3.00	3.00	2.00	3.90
Other Support Services:	19.95	28.65	25.45	26.00	29.25	33.40	36.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.07	15.75	15.62	15.86	15.32	15.13	16.08

Schools

Colon Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	328 East State St, Colon MI 49040
Colon High School	Grade 6 to Grade 12	400 Dallas St, Colon MI 49040
Leonidas School	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	30945 Church St, Leonidas MI 49066

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	51.9%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	56.9%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	77.8%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	73.8%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	59.3%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	70.8%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	68.5%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	60%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	95.2%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	37.9%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	21.3%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.1%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.4%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63.8%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.3%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	60.9%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	37.5%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	57.1%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	51.9%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.4%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	36.4%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	38.3%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.4%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47.7%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	43.8%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	43.8%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	30.4%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	35.8%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	35.8%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	20.5%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	38.3%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	22.2%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	30.8%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.6%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.2%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	3.7%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	2.6%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	32.3%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	40.9%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.6%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.6%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.5%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.9%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.7%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	17.3%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	37.5%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.4%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.8%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.7%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.6%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.2%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45.1%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	66%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	81.1%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	28.3%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	25%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	71.9%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	73.9%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.7%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.1%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91.7%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	35.8%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	16.7%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.3%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.3%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.8%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.2%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67.8%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81.7%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	72.9%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	27.1%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	40.7%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	50%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.2%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.8%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.6%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	12.2%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	28%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.1%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	46.3%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81.8%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77.6%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	0%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	10%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	63.1%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	50.9%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	80.7%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	68.9%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	19.4%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	25%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	51%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	52%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	49.2%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	36.7%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50.8%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	45%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	8.9%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	15%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.9%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	58%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.2%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	68%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.8%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	67%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	11.1%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	15%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87.8%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	88%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	83.1%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	86.7%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	51.1%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	26%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	38.8%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	32%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	42.4%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	51%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	51.1%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	33%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$7,005,000	$11,172		$7,238,000	$11,000		$6,207,000	$8,867
Federal:	$593,000	$946	8.5%	$758,000	$1,152	10.5%	$827,000	$1,181	13.3%
State:	$3,850,000	$6,140	55.0%	$4,153,000	$6,312	57.4%	$4,247,000	$6,067	68.4%
Local:	$2,562,000	$4,086	36.6%	$2,327,000	$3,536	32.1%	$1,133,000	$1,619	18.3%
Total Expenditures:	$15,642,000	$24,947		$6,136,000	$9,325		$6,191,000	$8,844
Total Current Expenditures:	$5,837,000	$9,309		$5,419,000	$8,236		$5,976,000	$8,537
Instructional Expenditures:	$3,743,000	$5,970	64.1%	$3,476,000	$5,283	64.1%	$3,795,000	$5,421	63.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$109,000	$174	1.9%	$108,000	$164	2.0%	$138,000	$197	2.3%
Administration:	$794,000	$1,266	13.6%	$742,000	$1,128	13.7%	$914,000	$1,306	15.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,191,000	$1,900	20.4%	$1,093,000	$1,661	20.2%	$1,129,000	$1,613	18.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$9,039,000	$14,416		$324,000	$492		$145,000	$207
Construction:	$8,554,000	$13,643		$262,000	$398		$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$604,000	$963		$263,000	$400		$7,000	$10

Total Salary:	$2,760,000	$4,402		$2,734,000	$4,155		$2,894,000	$4,134
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,122,000	$3,384	76.9%	$2,118,000	$3,219	77.5%	$2,277,000	$3,253	78.7%
Other Salary:	$638,000	$1,018	23.1%	$616,000	$936	22.5%	$617,000	$881	21.3%
Total Benefit:	$1,710,000	$2,727		$1,551,000	$2,357		$1,624,000	$2,320
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,298,000	$2,070	75.9%	$1,148,000	$1,745	74.0%	$1,249,000	$1,784	76.9%
Other Benefit:	$412,000	$657	24.1%	$403,000	$612	26.0%	$375,000	$536	23.1%

* Colon Community School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.