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Armstrong Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8855 Inwood Ave South

Cottage Grove MN, 55016, Washington County

Phone: 651-768-4100

Ranking:

(744 out of 1,269, bottom 41%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: South Washington County School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	32		29		28		31		28		33		32
Total Students:	366		372		386		387		422		452		482
Kindergarten:	56	15.3%	50	13.4%	57	14.8%	51	13.2%	72	17.1%	67	14.8%	67	13.9%
Grade 1:	53	14.5%	61	16.4%	54	14.0%	68	17.6%	75	17.8%	65	14.4%	64	13.3%
Grade 2:	57	15.6%	54	14.5%	74	19.2%	73	18.9%	67	15.9%	59	13.1%	72	14.9%
Grade 3:	55	15.0%	73	19.6%	73	18.9%	61	15.8%	66	15.6%	67	14.8%	67	13.9%
Grade 4:	72	19.7%	71	19.1%	59	15.3%	64	16.5%	68	16.1%	66	14.6%	65	13.5%
Grade 5:	73	19.9%	63	16.9%	69	17.9%	70	18.1%	74	17.5%	64	14.2%	65	13.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	189	51.6%	204	54.8%	189	49.0%	191	49.4%	198	46.9%	217	48.0%	244	50.6%
Female:	177	48.4%	168	45.2%	197	51.0%	196	50.6%	216	51.2%	227	50.2%	234	48.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	5	1.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%
Asian:	20	5.5%	15	4.0%	15	3.9%	22	5.7%	28	6.6%	15	3.3%	16	3.3%
Hispanic:	21	5.7%	29	7.8%	26	6.7%	26	6.7%	21	5.0%	24	5.3%	34	7.1%
Black:	33	9.0%	25	6.7%	22	5.7%	20	5.2%	44	10.4%	30	6.6%	26	5.4%
White:	257	70.2%	275	73.9%	291	75.4%	294	76.0%	324	76.8%	381	84.3%	403	83.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	35	9.6%	27	7.3%	31	8.0%	24	6.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	100	27.3%	79	21.2%	85	22.0%	63	16.3%	45	10.7%	49	10.8%	52	10.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	19	5.2%	31	8.3%	31	8.0%	25	6.5%	31	7.3%	32	7.1%	37	7.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.35		12.63		13.67		12.64		15.31		13.80		15.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69.5%	80.2%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	58.6%	77.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	82.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71.9%	83.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65.2%	87.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	86.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	90.5%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.3%	79.1%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63.7%	77.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.2%	81.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.9%	86.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.3%	85%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	82.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	84%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	87%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.7%	85.3%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	76.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65.5%	75.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	61.9%	79%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	85.6%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	85.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.6%	75.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	78.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	80.4%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.2%	82.6%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	85.7%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	78.8%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	76%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	82.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	58.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	59.5%	68.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	72.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73.3%	78.4%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	80.6%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	79.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	82.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	82.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	79.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	77.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	82.1%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	87.3%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	86.3%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.2%	53.5%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	57.6%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	73.6%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	85.6%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.3%	84%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	67%	68.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	56.6%	65%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63.8%	75.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.2%	79.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.2%	74.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.7%	76.1%	N/A
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.4%	80.2%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54.3%	78.6%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	81.8%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	65%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.4%	75.4%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.8%	80.7%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	83.5%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	42.8%	59.8%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	60.8%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.6%	65%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	72.7%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	71.3%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	73.8%	59.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	29.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	70.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	11.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	88.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$53,966.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,977.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$56,465.0

* Armstrong Elementary Primary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.