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Plainwell 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
684 102 Nd Ave
Plainwell, MI 49080
Phone
(269) 685-9554
District
Plainwell Community Schools
County
ALLEGAN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
815
Classroom Teachers
42

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

8

(10 is best)

Better than 77.6% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Plainwell High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
53%
41%
65%
52%
41%
30%
53%
41%
65%
52%
41%
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
19
17
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 213 26.1%
Grade 10 239 29.3%
Grade 11 179 22.0%
Grade 12 184 22.6%
Total 815 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 90.6% 91.8% 67.0%
Black 0.6% 1.0% 19.1%
Hispanic 6.4% 6.1% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.1% 0.8% 3.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.2% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 32.3% 41.2% 51.6%
Free lunch eligible 28.6% 34.6% 47.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.7% 6.6% 3.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 15,615 10,034,113
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 236.0 178
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.3% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.0% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.6% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 18.4% 17.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,905 4,009,253
Single Parent Households With Children 6.8% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.7% 91.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.2% 31.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.4% 16.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.4% 16.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 18.2% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.8% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.9% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.1% 11.6%
$15,000 or less 4.1% 9.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,762 $17,736,000 44.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $491 $1,289,000 3.2%
Staff $238 $625,000 1.6%
General Administration $165 $432,000 1.1%
School Administration $643 $1,687,000 4.2%
Operation $1,091 $2,862,000 7.2%
Transportation $229 $601,000 1.5%
Other $510 $1,338,000 3.4%
Total Support $3,368 $8,834,000 22.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,081 $13,328,000 33.4%
Total Expenditures $15,211 $39,898,000 100.0%
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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