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Cherry Secondary High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3943 Tamminen Rd

Iron MN, 55751, Saint Louis County

Phone: 218-258-8991

Ranking:

High School:

(326 out of 414, bottom 21%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(1,018 out of 1,269, bottom 20%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: St. Louis 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:	11		13		12		11		10		11		11
Total Students:	196		184		174		151		137		153		174
Grade 7:	33	16.8%	23	12.5%	28	16.1%	34	22.5%	15	10.9%	28	18.3%	23	13.2%
Grade 8:	28	14.3%	37	20.1%	37	21.3%	18	11.9%	28	20.4%	22	14.4%	27	15.5%
Grade 9:	37	18.9%	42	22.8%	19	10.9%	27	17.9%	21	15.3%	25	16.3%	29	16.7%
Grade 10:	42	21.4%	23	12.5%	31	17.8%	22	14.6%	25	18.2%	26	17.0%	27	15.5%
Grade 11:	22	11.2%	32	17.4%	28	16.1%	27	17.9%	23	16.8%	26	17.0%	27	15.5%
Grade 12:	34	17.3%	27	14.7%	31	17.8%	23	15.2%	25	18.2%	26	17.0%	41	23.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	100	51.0%	88	47.8%	88	50.6%	82	54.3%	68	49.6%	75	49.0%	79	45.4%
Female:	96	49.0%	96	52.2%	86	49.4%	69	45.7%	61	44.5%	70	45.8%	91	52.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	2.0%	4	2.2%	5	2.9%	6	4.0%	5	3.6%	7	4.6%	8	4.6%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	3	1.5%	2	1.1%	1	0.6%	1	0.7%	1	0.7%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%
Black:	3	1.5%	3	1.6%	3	1.7%	1	0.7%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
White:	186	94.9%	172	93.5%	164	94.3%	141	93.4%	130	94.9%	145	94.8%	166	95.4%
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:	0	0.0%	3	1.6%	1	0.6%	2	1.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	69	35.2%	61	33.2%	46	26.4%	35	23.2%	33	24.1%	28	18.3%	34	19.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	17	8.7%	19	10.3%	23	13.2%	25	16.6%	19	13.9%	16	10.5%	17	9.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.38		14.15		14.40		13.71		13.88		13.90		15.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.2%	72.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.5%	84.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65.6%	62.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.6%	57.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	62.9%	66.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.8%	73.3%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81%	63%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	63.3%	65.6%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	80.5%	76.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	78.4%	69%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	31.1%	14.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	8.1%	13.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	7.7%	11.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	14.3%	19.9%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	20%	24%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27.2%	21.3%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	29.4%	52.4%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55.8%	55.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.6%	65%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	33.2%	41.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	39.1%	46.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65.2%	47.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	43.8%	54.6%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.4%	61.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.1%	68.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.4%	63.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.8%	57.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	50.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.3%	63.9%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.9%	66.4%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	61.1%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	37.4%	37.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	28%	37.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	28%	41.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	46.4%	35.1%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	56.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	40%	47.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	44%	54.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.6%	56.3%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	46.2%	60%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.3%	71.5%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	32.2%	28.4%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50%	38.4%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	40.9%	46.9%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	54.5%	47.7%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75%	77.3%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81%	65.1%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.3%	72.8%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	37%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	24%	33.1%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40.9%	33.3%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.5%	43.4%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.5%	92.9%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	92.9%	90.1%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	95%	90.4%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.2%	91.7%	87.8%
MCA-III
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	36.4%	57.3%	62.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.4%	35.3%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	55.4%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34.6%	42.7%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	26.9%	37.5%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	13.3%	32.4%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	57.2%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	27.3%	33.1%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	41.1%	36%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.2%	26.8%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	26.1%	40%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

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

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:	80.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$53,409.0
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:	$57,134.0

* Cherry Secondary High School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.