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Columbus Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

17345 Notre Dame St

Forest Lake MN, 55025, Washington County

Phone: 651-982-8900

Ranking:

(194 out of 1,269, top 15%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Forest Lake 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:	25		24		24		25		26		26		23
Total Students:	410		443		469		464		470		479		434
Kindergarten:	37	9.0%	48	10.8%	60	12.8%	69	14.9%	59	12.6%	69	14.4%	55	12.7%
Grade 1:	44	10.7%	57	12.9%	73	15.6%	53	11.4%	67	14.3%	57	11.9%	69	15.9%
Grade 2:	61	14.9%	67	15.1%	53	11.3%	73	15.7%	61	13.0%	75	15.7%	58	13.4%
Grade 3:	73	17.8%	57	12.9%	79	16.8%	66	14.2%	74	15.7%	66	13.8%	57	13.1%
Grade 4:	53	12.9%	78	17.6%	67	14.3%	78	16.8%	72	15.3%	68	14.2%	63	14.5%
Grade 5:	77	18.8%	66	14.9%	73	15.6%	62	13.4%	67	14.3%	68	14.2%	73	16.8%
Grade 6:	65	15.9%	70	15.8%	64	13.6%	63	13.6%	70	14.9%	76	15.9%	59	13.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	233	56.8%	239	54.0%	252	53.7%	251	54.1%	259	55.1%	257	53.7%	235	54.1%
Female:	177	43.2%	204	46.0%	217	46.3%	213	45.9%	203	43.2%	214	44.7%	195	44.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	5	1.1%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%
Asian:	21	5.1%	20	4.5%	23	4.9%	21	4.5%	18	3.8%	13	2.7%	18	4.1%
Hispanic:	5	1.2%	4	0.9%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	13	2.8%	10	2.1%	6	1.4%
Black:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	13	2.8%	20	4.2%	8	1.8%
White:	363	88.5%	395	89.2%	420	89.6%	422	90.9%	421	89.6%	435	90.8%	400	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:	20	4.9%	22	5.0%	21	4.5%	13	2.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	59	14.4%	61	13.8%	60	12.8%	63	13.6%	70	14.9%	63	13.2%	32	7.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	41	10.0%	37	8.4%	31	6.6%	31	6.7%	30	6.4%	30	6.3%	22	5.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.66		18.45		19.40		18.79		18.05		18.20		18.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.6%	75.4%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.2%	70%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78.8%	75.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.2%	74.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78.1%	81.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	78.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89.9%	85.7%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.7%	76.8%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.1%	75.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	78.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.8%	84.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	84%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	78.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	79.5%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	82%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	82.4%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86.2%	66.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	67.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	76.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	79.5%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	78.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.3%	79.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	75.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.6%	74.5%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	78.6%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	77%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	83%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	82.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	87%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80.7%	63.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	64.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	71.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	71.5%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	82.3%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	81.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	87%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.6%	85.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	76.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	78.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.3%	83.1%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	83.9%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	82.9%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	53.6%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54.1%	40.9%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	75.5%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	84.1%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83.6%	81.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	92.1%	73%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	85.1%	67.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	87.7%	66.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	82.3%	76.9%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.1%	79.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	73.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.5%	69.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	74.4%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.3%	80.5%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80%	82.1%	76.2%
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.8%	72.3%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.2%	75.7%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.5%	68.7%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60.4%	49.9%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.3%	70.4%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	77.3%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.4%	69.6%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60%	50.6%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	64.3%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.6%	70.5%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.6%	62.2%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	63.6%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	64.5%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65%	57.1%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.8%	68.2%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.4%	64.2%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.2%	60.7%	59.3%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	22.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	77.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	25.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	95.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$59,492.0
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:	$60,897.0

* Columbus Elementary Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.