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Bessemer Area School District

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Bessemer Area School District is located in northwest Michigan. Bessemer Area School District has 119.20 square miles of land area and 1.56 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Bessemer Area School District population is 3,146. Bessemer Area School District median household income is $33,365 in 2010-2014. Bessemer Area School District median house value is $52,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Bessemer Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (231 out of 510, top 45%) Elementary/Middle School: (113 out of 516, top 22%)* Rank: #196
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	3,146 (2010-2014), rank #467
Population Growth	3.79% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	26.05/sq mi, rank #456
Median Household Income:	$33,365 at 2010-2014—-2.46% increase since 2005-2009, rank #519
Median House Price:	$52,000 at 2010-2014—-7.14% increase since 2005-2009, rank #537
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	119.20 sq mi, rank #148
Water Area:	1.56 sq mi (1.29%), rank #253
State:	Michigan
County:	Gogebic County
City:	Bessemer, Ironwood, Marenisco, Wakefield, Ramsay
Zip:	49911, 49938, 49947, 49968, 49959

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Bessemer Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

301 East Sellar St

Bessemer MI, 49911, Gogebic County

Phone: 906-667-0802

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	447	435	454	471	460	474	475
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA
Total Teachers:	25.34	26.25	27.68	29.59	32.28	31.20	31.20
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50
Kindergarten:	1.50	1.00	2.50	1.50	1.00	1.50	1.50
Elementary:	10.60	11.60	11.60	12.60	14.28	11.70	12.10
Secondary:	10.24	10.80	10.23	11.99	13.50	14.50	14.10
Ungraded:	3.00	2.85	2.85	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Total Other Staff:	16.25	16.68	17.53	17.33	18.93	21.30	20.40
Instructional Aides:	3.25	3.50	4.35	4.00	4.75	6.50	5.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
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:	1.00	1.00	0.95	0.95	0.95	2.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.00	NA
School Administrative Support:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Student Support Services:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.50
Other Support Services:	9.00	9.18	9.18	9.33	10.18	9.40	9.70
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.64	16.57	16.40	15.92	14.25	15.19	15.22

Schools

A.D. Johnston Jr/Sr High School		Grade 7 to Grade 12	100 West Lead St, Bessemer MI 49911
Washington School		Prekindergarten to Grade 6	301 East Sellar St, Bessemer MI 49911

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	42.5%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	53.5%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	68.4%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	75.6%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	82.1%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	73.8%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	55.3%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	57.5%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.6%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.4%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	96.3%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.9%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51.7%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	97.6%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.4%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.3%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.3%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	67.9%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	69.6%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	70.4%	61.1%
2006	Listening	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	62.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.8%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.2%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	22.9%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	40%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95.7%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.7%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.4%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	76.1%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	37.8%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	42.9%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	37.5%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	52.4%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	61.5%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	97.8%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	97.4%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.3%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35.7%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.7%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95.2%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.3%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.3%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	100%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96.3%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	100%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	97.4%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.2%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.2%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92.3%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	14.3%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	25.8%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.1%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.4%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	92.1%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	100%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.4%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.6%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	96%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.3%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.1%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.6%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	80%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	100%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	34.6%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	36.6%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	85%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	73.3%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	84.2%	75.7%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.5%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.3%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	95.3%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	84.4%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	92.3%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.5%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.7%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.2%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.2%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.7%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.2%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.5%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	73.3%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	56.8%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89.5%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	86%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	34.6%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	60%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.8%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87.2%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	8%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	35.7%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.9%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.8%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.2%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88.1%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.2%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	3.4%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	24.1%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	58.5%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83.3%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	86.4%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	89.6%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	40%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	12.9%	28.6%
MME Test
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	48.6%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	55.3%	52.1%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	43.2%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	47.4%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	52.4%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	61%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	54.5%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	42%	29%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.9%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.3%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	72%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.1%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60%	54%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	56.8%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	68.4%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.9%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	60%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40.9%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	93.9%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	73%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	97.4%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	83.3%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	90%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	40.9%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	49%	39%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	35.1%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	47.4%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	28.6%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	42%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	50%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	59%	49%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$4,076,000	$8,978		$4,232,000	$8,985		$4,253,000	$9,246
Federal:	$319,000	$703	7.8%	$410,000	$870	9.7%	$575,000	$1,250	13.5%
State:	$2,852,000	$6,282	70.0%	$2,882,000	$6,119	68.1%	$2,665,000	$5,793	62.7%
Local:	$905,000	$1,993	22.2%	$940,000	$1,996	22.2%	$1,013,000	$2,202	23.8%
Total Expenditures:	$3,969,000	$8,742		$4,246,000	$9,015		$4,254,000	$9,248
Total Current Expenditures:	$3,870,000	$8,524		$4,190,000	$8,896		$4,177,000	$9,080
Instructional Expenditures:	$2,602,000	$5,731	67.2%	$2,843,000	$6,036	67.9%	$2,863,000	$6,224	68.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$97,000	$214	2.5%	$103,000	$219	2.5%	$104,000	$226	2.5%
Administration:	$447,000	$985	11.6%	$499,000	$1,059	11.9%	$457,000	$993	10.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$724,000	$1,595	18.7%	$745,000	$1,582	17.8%	$753,000	$1,637	18.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$21,000	$46
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$99,000	$218		$56,000	$119		$56,000	$122

Total Salary:	$2,098,000	$4,621		$2,278,000	$4,837		$2,357,000	$5,124
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$1,578,000	$3,476	75.2%	$1,747,000	$3,709	76.7%	$1,790,000	$3,891	75.9%
Other Salary:	$520,000	$1,145	24.8%	$531,000	$1,127	23.3%	$567,000	$1,233	24.1%
Total Benefit:	$1,315,000	$2,896		$1,393,000	$2,958		$1,289,000	$2,802
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$939,000	$2,068	71.4%	$999,000	$2,121	71.7%	$934,000	$2,030	72.5%
Other Benefit:	$376,000	$828	28.6%	$394,000	$837	28.3%	$355,000	$772	27.5%

* Bessemer Area School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.