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Douglas R Welch 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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
250 E Tuttle Rd
Ionia, MI 48846
Phone
(616) 527-3530
District
Ionia Public Schools
County
IONIA COUNTY
Type of School
Other
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
77
Classroom Teachers
3

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

2

(10 is best)

Better than 18.1% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Douglas R Welch High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
20%
39%
20%
51%
20%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

40 30 20 10 0
27
18
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 2 2.6%
Grade 10 12 15.6%
Grade 11 18 23.4%
Grade 12 45 58.4%
Total 77 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 83.8% 85.8% 66.4%
Black 1.4% 1.0% 19.2%
Hispanic 14.9% 12.9% 9.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.2% 3.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 83.1% 62.3% 51.8%
Free lunch eligible 75.3% 54.7% 48.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.8% 7.6% 3.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 23,424 10,037,261
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 177.0 178
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.7% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 38.4% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.0% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 15.1% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,720 4,040,168
Single Parent Households With Children 9.0% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.0% 91.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 11.7% 31.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.8% 17.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.1% 16.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 19.0% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.0% 16.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.2% 15.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.1% 10.8%
$15,000 or less 9.8% 9.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,159 $19,565,000 54.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $359 $981,000 2.7%
Staff $519 $1,419,000 4.0%
General Administration $193 $527,000 1.5%
School Administration $771 $2,106,000 5.9%
Operation $972 $2,657,000 7.4%
Transportation $582 $1,590,000 4.4%
Other $461 $1,259,000 3.5%
Total Support $3,856 $10,539,000 29.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,089 $5,709,000 15.9%
Total Expenditures $13,104 $35,813,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,284 $11,821,898,000 43.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,332 $1,900,616,000 7.1%
Staff $828 $1,181,333,000 4.4%
General Administration $320 $457,365,000 1.7%
School Administration $802 $1,143,777,000 4.2%
Operation $1,336 $1,907,076,000 7.1%
Transportation $559 $797,813,000 3.0%
Other $933 $1,331,358,000 4.9%
Total Support $6,110 $8,719,338,000 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,487 $6,402,959,000 23.8%
Total Expenditures $18,881 $26,944,195,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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