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Dakota Meadows Junior High Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1900 Howard Dr

Mankato MN, 56001, Blue Earth County

Phone: 507-387-5077

Ranking:

(192 out of 1,317, top 15%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Mankato Public School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	33		33		32
Total Students:	579		561		535
Grade 7:	307	53.0%	272	48.5%	276	51.6%
Grade 8:	272	47.0%	289	51.5%	259	48.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	288	49.7%	263	46.9%	256	47.9%
Female:	283	48.9%	290	51.7%	275	51.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.7%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander:	15	2.6%	15	2.7%	10	1.9%
Hispanic:	20	3.5%	17	3.0%	11	2.1%
Black	22	3.8%	23	4.1%	26	4.9%
White:	518	89.5%	504	89.8%	486	90.8%
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	104	18.0%	78	13.9%	89	16.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	52	9.0%	55	9.8%	40	7.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.70		17.20		16.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74.9%	72.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	84%	76.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	64.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	68.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74.7%	73.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	70.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	72.2%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.4%	78.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.1%	78.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.6%	73.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.9%	65.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	69.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.1%	64.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.9%	68.6%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.4%	74.5%	69.6%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	54.6%	53.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	52.1%	57.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	58.7%	61.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	65.7%	65.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	65%	62.7%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	63.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.5%	67.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.6%	68.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	72.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.1%	70.5%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	68.7%	68.1%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.6%	47.4%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.9%	39.2%	44.4%
MCA-III
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	65.2%	51.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.9%	61.9%	53.2%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	48.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	51.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	20.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	79.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,216.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,326.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,317.0

* Dakota Meadows Junior High Middle 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.