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Douglas R Welch High School

Serves grades 6 - 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
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
83
Classroom Teachers
2

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Michigan

8

(10 is best)

Better than 70.7% of all MI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

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

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
50%
41%
50%
52%
50%
30%
    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
36
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 6 0 0.0%
Grade 7 0 0.0%
Grade 8 0 0.0%
Grade 9 3 3.6%
Grade 10 10 12.0%
Grade 11 23 27.7%
Grade 12 47 56.6%
Total 83 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 80.0% 85.8% 67.0%
Black 1.3% 1.2% 19.1%
Hispanic 17.5% 12.8% 9.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.1% 3.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.3% 0.3% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 78.3% 60.8% 51.6%
Free lunch eligible 73.5% 53.7% 47.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.8% 7.1% 3.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 23,608 10,034,113
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 178.4 178
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.0% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.2% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.2% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.8% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 13.9% 17.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,540 4,009,253
Single Parent Households With Children 10.8% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.2% 91.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 10.5% 31.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 4.1% 16.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.2% 16.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 21.6% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.3% 17.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.5% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.6% 11.6%
$15,000 or less 9.7% 9.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,620 $18,755,000 53.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $331 $938,000 2.7%
Staff $309 $875,000 2.5%
General Administration $187 $529,000 1.5%
School Administration $739 $2,093,000 6.0%
Operation $828 $2,345,000 6.7%
Transportation $504 $1,428,000 4.1%
Other $474 $1,344,000 3.9%
Total Support $3,372 $9,552,000 27.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,317 $6,565,000 18.8%
Total Expenditures $12,309 $34,872,000 100.0%
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%