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Big Rapids High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
21175 15 Mile Rd
Big Rapids, MI 49307
Phone
(231) 796-7651
District
Big Rapids Public Schools
County
MECOSTA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
714
Classroom Teachers
34

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

5

(10 is best)

Better than 48.9% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Big Rapids High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
38%
41%
48%
52%
28%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
21
21
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 209 29.3%
Grade 10 190 26.6%
Grade 11 172 24.1%
Grade 12 143 20.0%
Total 714 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.5% 93.8% 67.0%
Black 4.2% 3.1% 19.1%
Hispanic 2.2% 2.0% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 0.6% 3.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 41.7% 53.9% 51.6%
Free lunch eligible 37.7% 49.4% 47.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.1% 4.5% 3.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 16,544 10,034,113
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 125.5 178
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.9% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 42.0% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 19.2% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 13.3% 17.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,090 4,009,253
Single Parent Households With Children 8.1% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.2% 91.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 33.8% 31.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.9% 16.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.0% 16.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.5% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.0% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.1% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.3% 11.6%
$15,000 or less 14.2% 9.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,295 $14,874,000 38.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $258 $610,000 1.6%
Staff $340 $804,000 2.1%
General Administration $171 $403,000 1.1%
School Administration $558 $1,319,000 3.5%
Operation $1,017 $2,404,000 6.3%
Transportation $305 $721,000 1.9%
Other $402 $949,000 2.5%
Total Support $3,051 $7,210,000 18.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,829 $16,137,000 42.2%
Total Expenditures $16,175 $38,221,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,536 $10,809,800,000 44.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,150 $1,649,683,000 6.8%
Staff $740 $1,061,145,000 4.4%
General Administration $283 $406,356,000 1.7%
School Administration $737 $1,057,416,000 4.4%
Operation $1,207 $1,731,060,000 7.1%
Transportation $452 $647,918,000 2.7%
Other $795 $1,139,917,000 4.7%
Total Support $5,364 $7,693,495,000 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,016 $5,760,700,000 23.7%
Total Expenditures $16,916 $24,263,995,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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