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Amberly Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
6637 Amberly St
Portage, MI 49024
Phone
(269) 323-5900
District
PORTAGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
KALAMAZOO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
553
Classroom Teachers
31

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

8

(10 is best)

Better than 73.2% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Amberly Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
60%
47%
62%
47%
57%
48%
60%
47%
62%
47%
57%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
50%
45%
47%
47%
52%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
55%
41%
57%
47%
52%
36%
55%
41%
57%
47%
52%
36%
    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
18
18
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 105 19.0%
Grade 1 93 16.8%
Grade 2 87 15.7%
Grade 3 92 16.6%
Grade 4 82 14.8%
Grade 5 94 17.0%
Total 553 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 72.2% 77.9% 68.1%
Black 13.7% 6.4% 18.5%
Hispanic 8.8% 7.5% 8.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.1% 7.9% 3.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 34.9% 24.4% 49.5%
Free lunch eligible 33.1% 22.0% 45.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.8% 2.5% 4.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 56,732 10,050,811
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,330.9 178
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.0% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.2% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.0% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.2% 26.8%
65 OR OLDER 15.7% 17.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 22,436 3,976,729
Single Parent Households With Children 7.5% 8.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.6% 91.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 50.0% 30.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.3% 13.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.2% 15.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.7% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.4% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.2% 17.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.6% 12.8%
$15,000 or less 6.5% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,748 $59,092,236 40.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $764 $6,690,348 4.5%
Staff $561 $4,912,677 3.3%
General Administration $78 $683,046 0.5%
School Administration $592 $5,184,144 3.5%
Operation $958 $8,389,206 5.7%
Transportation $373 $3,266,361 2.2%
Other $384 $3,362,688 2.3%
Total Support $3,711 $32,497,227 22.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,357 $55,668,249 37.8%
Total Expenditures $16,816 $147,257,712 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,205 $10,310,713,785 46.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,035 $1,481,619,454 6.7%
Staff $655 $937,721,317 4.3%
General Administration $272 $389,008,274 1.8%
School Administration $709 $1,014,481,339 4.6%
Operation $1,125 $1,610,220,864 7.3%
Transportation $535 $764,937,789 3.5%
Other $632 $904,691,642 4.1%
Total Support $4,963 $7,102,600,550 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,239 $4,634,968,968 21.0%
Total Expenditures $15,408 $22,048,331,531 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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