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Bigfork Secondary High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

100 Huskie Blvd

Bigfork MN, 56628, Itasca County

Phone: 218-743-3444

Ranking:

High School:

(340 out of 414, bottom 18%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(1,109 out of 1,269, bottom 13%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Grand Rapids Public 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:	10		10		9		9		9		8		10
Total Students:	117		134		139		142		150		150		153
Grade 7:	13	11.1%	25	18.7%	15	10.8%	17	12.0%	26	17.3%	23	15.3%	25	16.3%
Grade 8:	22	18.8%	15	11.2%	18	12.9%	26	18.3%	21	14.0%	22	14.7%	32	20.9%
Grade 9:	14	12.0%	20	14.9%	28	20.1%	21	14.8%	24	16.0%	33	22.0%	22	14.4%
Grade 10:	18	15.4%	26	19.4%	24	17.3%	27	19.0%	31	20.7%	25	16.7%	29	19.0%
Grade 11:	27	23.1%	25	18.7%	25	18.0%	30	21.1%	25	16.7%	28	18.7%	21	13.7%
Grade 12:	23	19.7%	23	17.2%	29	20.9%	21	14.8%	23	15.3%	19	12.7%	24	15.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	61	52.1%	72	53.7%	70	50.4%	69	48.6%	70	46.7%	72	48.0%	76	49.7%
Female:	56	47.9%	62	46.3%	69	49.6%	73	51.4%	72	48.0%	70	46.7%	73	47.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	8	6.8%	8	6.0%	9	6.5%	7	4.9%	11	7.3%	10	6.7%	10	6.5%
Asian:	3	2.6%	3	2.2%	3	2.2%	4	2.8%	3	2.0%	2	1.3%	2	1.3%
Hispanic:	3	2.6%	3	2.2%	2	1.4%	3	2.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Black:	2	1.7%	2	1.5%	2	1.4%	2	1.4%	1	0.7%	2	1.3%	0	0.0%
White:	97	82.9%	113	84.3%	121	87.1%	124	87.3%	135	90.0%	136	90.7%	141	92.2%
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:	4	3.4%	5	3.7%	2	1.4%	2	1.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	34	29.1%	56	41.8%	49	35.3%	49	34.5%	56	37.3%	59	39.3%	43	28.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	30	25.6%	12	9.0%	24	17.3%	22	15.5%	15	10.0%	10	6.7%	26	17.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.15		13.28		14.72		15.64		16.23		18.30		15.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.8%	87%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.2%	83.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.6%	77.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	33.4%	62.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	39.3%	64.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76%	66.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.9%	76.1%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.3%	70.2%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.6%	76.1%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.6%	76.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	84%	76.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	16.6%	29.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	14.3%	30.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	22.2%	28.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	17.3%	31.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30.4%	29.2%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	36.7%	36.2%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30.8%	34.9%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	13%	48%	52.4%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	71.4%	67.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	78.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	41.6%	57.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	44.8%	57.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	41.7%	65.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55%	64.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	38.5%	62.4%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.5%	74.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.2%	72.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.6%	67%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.6%	63%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.2%	61%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55%	65.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	63.6%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	67.2%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60%	70.3%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	22.2%	58.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	17.4%	52.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	27.2%	40.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	36.4%	58%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	42.8%	51.8%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	44.4%	64.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.1%	54.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.6%	59.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45.4%	62.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	65%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68%	63.5%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	74.7%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.1%	50.5%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	28%	36.3%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	37.5%	48.2%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	53.9%	55.7%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.4%	79%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.1%	73.6%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.8%	79.1%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.2%	43.5%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.3%	47.2%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.2%	49.7%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.2%	61.1%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	91.3%	91.5%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	86.4%	90.1%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	88.9%	89.6%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	100.0%	89.5%	87.8%
MCA-III
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	46.2%	58.5%	62.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.1%	43.3%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	26.7%	56.4%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36.4%	43.6%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.1%	50.2%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36%	34.3%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42.1%	51%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	0%	47.3%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	42.9%	54.4%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	0%	33.5%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	24%	45.2%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	NA
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	60.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	60.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,549.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$59,208.0

* Bigfork Secondary High School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.