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Merrill Community Schools is located in southeast Michigan. Merrill Community Schools has 100.56 square miles of land area and 0.35 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Merrill Community Schools population is 5,246. Merrill Community Schools median household income is $47,500 in 2010-2014. Merrill Community Schools median house value is $108,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Merrill Community Schools is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (336 out of 510, bottom 34%) Elementary/Middle School: (182 out of 516, top 35%)* Rank: #294
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	5,246 (2010-2014), rank #406
Population Growth	0.50% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	51.99/sq mi, rank #387
Median Household Income:	$47,500 at 2010-2014—-7.58% increase since 2005-2009, rank #266
Median House Price:	$108,100 at 2010-2014—-8.62% increase since 2005-2009, rank #295
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	100.56 sq mi, rank #187
Water Area:	0.35 sq mi (0.34%), rank #418
State:	Michigan
County:	Saginaw County, Midland County, Gratiot County
City:	Brant, Saint Charles, Merrill, Hemlock, Freeland, Midland, Wheeler
Zip:	48614, 48655, 48637, 48626, 48623, 48640, 48662
Area:	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI;Midland, MI;Alma, MI

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Merrill Community Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

555 West Alice St

Merrill MI, 48637, Saginaw County

Phone: 989-643-7261

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	692	734	718	770	786	808	849
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA
Total Teachers:	37.45	38.55	37.90	39.22	41.94	41.00	46.30
Prekindergarten:	1.55	2.65	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	2.90	2.90	4.00	4.62	2.00	2.00	3.00
Elementary:	11.62	11.45	12.45	12.55	12.24	12.80	15.10
Secondary:	16.89	17.82	17.82	16.05	20.70	20.20	21.20
Ungraded:	4.49	3.73	3.63	6.00	7.00	6.00	7.00
Total Other Staff:	37.20	37.63	36.74	44.57	48.49	48.40	49.50
Instructional Aides:	10.70	10.22	5.80	6.00	7.00	9.00	7.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.20	2.20	2.40	2.50	2.50	2.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.20	0.20	0.40	1.50	1.50	1.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Library/Media Support:	0.60	0.60	0.66	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	5.50	5.50	4.60	4.00	0.95	2.00	2.10
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	3.00	4.00	2.00	3.50	3.05	2.00	1.90
School Administrative Support:	4.03	3.93	3.55	3.50	4.95	4.80	6.50
Student Support Services:	1.00	1.20	1.70	5.01	11.06	6.50	6.00
Other Support Services:	9.37	8.98	14.23	17.16	16.98	18.60	20.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.48	19.04	18.94	19.63	18.74	19.71	18.34

Schools

Merrill Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	325 West Alice St, Merrill MI 48637
Merrill High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	555 West Alice St, Merrill MI 48637
Merrill Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	755 West Alice St, Merrill MI 48637

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	42.9%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	55.9%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	58.9%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	76.5%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	46.4%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	69.1%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	51.8%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	79.4%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.6%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	98.1%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.6%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.8%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.3%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	65.6%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	67.3%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	59.4%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	68.1%	61.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.2%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	98.4%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.9%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	97.8%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	98.1%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	37.3%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54.3%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95.2%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.1%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.9%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	66.1%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	54.8%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	69.1%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	48.4%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	34%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	35.3%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	48.9%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.1%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.6%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45.1%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.1%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96.3%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.9%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95.2%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	98.4%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94.4%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	90.7%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	11.8%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	9.3%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.2%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.2%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.3%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.7%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85.5%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.5%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	39.5%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47.1%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.6%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.9%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.1%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.9%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.4%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.4%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.3%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	70%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	20.5%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	28.3%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	78.8%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	72.6%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	80%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.3%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.1%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.1%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	20.7%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	22.5%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.3%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.5%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.3%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.7%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.9%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.3%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	70%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	81.5%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	77.4%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	57.1%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	52.6%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	56.1%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.2%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30.4%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.1%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.1%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.2%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.7%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.3%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.7%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	16.1%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	4.9%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	62%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	83.3%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	75.4%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	28.8%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	19%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	40.9%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	41.4%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	44.9%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.3%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	35.6%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	52.2%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	49.2%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	42%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	10.3%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	7%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.8%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50.7%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.7%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	28%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.3%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	50.7%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	55.1%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	64.6%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	68%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	22.4%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	11%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	83.3%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	71.2%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	81.2%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	78.5%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	82%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	39.7%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	25%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	34.8%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	38.6%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	37.7%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	44.6%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	37%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	50.8%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	32%	49%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$7,531,000	$10,489		$8,091,000	$10,508		$8,038,000	$10,226
Federal:	$668,000	$930	8.9%	$1,032,000	$1,340	12.8%	$941,000	$1,197	11.7%
State:	$5,017,000	$6,987	66.6%	$5,312,000	$6,899	65.7%	$5,374,000	$6,837	66.9%
Local:	$1,846,000	$2,571	24.5%	$1,747,000	$2,269	21.6%	$1,723,000	$2,192	21.4%
Total Expenditures:	$7,880,000	$10,975		$7,461,000	$9,690		$7,329,000	$9,324
Total Current Expenditures:	$5,617,000	$7,823		$6,259,000	$8,129		$6,291,000	$8,004
Instructional Expenditures:	$3,453,000	$4,809	61.5%	$3,755,000	$4,877	60.0%	$3,792,000	$4,824	60.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$345,000	$481	6.1%	$537,000	$697	8.6%	$579,000	$737	9.2%
Administration:	$704,000	$981	12.5%	$862,000	$1,119	13.8%	$834,000	$1,061	13.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,115,000	$1,553	19.9%	$1,105,000	$1,435	17.7%	$1,086,000	$1,382	17.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,266,000	$1,763		$57,000	$74		$57,000	$73
Construction:	$467,000	$650		$7,000	$9		$0	$0
Total Other:	$10,000	$14		$33,000	$43		$10,000	$13
Interest on Debt:	$456,000	$635		$583,000	$757		$528,000	$672

Total Salary:	$2,903,000	$4,043		$3,266,000	$4,242		$3,372,000	$4,290
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,032,000	$2,830	70.0%	$2,222,000	$2,886	68.0%	$2,303,000	$2,930	68.3%
Other Salary:	$871,000	$1,213	30.0%	$1,044,000	$1,356	32.0%	$1,069,000	$1,360	31.7%
Total Benefit:	$1,489,000	$2,074		$1,637,000	$2,126		$1,539,000	$1,958
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,082,000	$1,507	72.7%	$1,146,000	$1,488	70.0%	$1,069,000	$1,360	69.5%
Other Benefit:	$407,000	$567	27.3%	$491,000	$638	30.0%	$470,000	$598	30.5%

* Merrill Community Schools was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.