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Discovery Community Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

700 South 7th St

Waite Park MN, 56387, Stearns County

Phone: 320-251-7770

Ranking:

(1,159 out of 1,269, bottom 9%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: St. Cloud Public School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

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:	42		41		41		46		51		54		49
Total Students:	520		440		451		464		551		613		653
Kindergarten:	98	18.8%	90	20.5%	101	22.4%	79	17.0%	92	16.7%	96	15.7%	85	13.0%
Grade 1:	85	16.3%	79	18.0%	77	17.1%	83	17.9%	89	16.2%	65	10.6%	87	13.3%
Grade 2:	80	15.4%	71	16.1%	81	18.0%	79	17.0%	72	13.1%	85	13.9%	101	15.5%
Grade 3:	77	14.8%	82	18.6%	71	15.7%	67	14.4%	75	13.6%	102	16.6%	98	15.0%
Grade 4:	100	19.2%	69	15.7%	53	11.8%	79	17.0%	83	15.1%	91	14.8%	104	15.9%
Grade 5:	80	15.4%	49	11.1%	68	15.1%	77	16.6%	78	14.2%	96	15.7%	88	13.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	285	54.8%	252	57.3%	253	56.1%	239	51.5%	291	52.8%	318	51.9%	334	51.1%
Female:	235	45.2%	188	42.7%	198	43.9%	225	48.5%	252	45.7%	287	46.8%	315	48.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	4	0.9%	1	0.2%	4	0.9%	8	1.5%	3	0.5%	11	1.7%
Asian:	29	5.6%	30	6.8%	35	7.8%	37	8.0%	49	8.9%	56	9.1%	61	9.3%
Hispanic:	91	17.5%	92	20.9%	80	17.7%	76	16.4%	76	13.8%	74	12.1%	70	10.7%
Black:	189	36.3%	108	24.5%	112	24.8%	91	19.6%	111	20.1%	108	17.6%	114	17.5%
White:	176	33.8%	175	39.8%	200	44.3%	226	48.7%	307	55.7%	372	60.7%	397	60.8%
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:	33	6.3%	31	7.0%	23	5.1%	30	6.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	412	79.2%	329	74.8%	303	67.2%	304	65.5%	365	66.2%	351	57.3%	356	54.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	7.3%	36	8.2%	42	9.3%	49	10.6%	42	7.6%	61	10.0%	76	11.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.48		10.70		10.95		10.06		10.81		11.40		13.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	59.1%	61.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	53%	72%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65.3%	76.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68.9%	77.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	54.4%	77.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	83.5%	82.8%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	62.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60.4%	73.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.7%	78.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.1%	73.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50.5%	67.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.7%	68.2%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	69.6%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.6%	74.4%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	48%	61.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	50.7%	67%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	58.5%	69.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72.8%	76.2%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.2%	73.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	41.2%	62.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52.1%	63.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51.2%	64.8%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.3%	65.1%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.3%	64.2%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	73.6%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	71.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	81.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	37.4%	55.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	38.4%	58.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	47.8%	62.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	37.8%	62%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	75.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	71.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.6%	78.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	70.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	64.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.3%	63.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.9%	64.4%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	71%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65%	72.4%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	16.5%	35%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	25.7%	36.5%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	63.7%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	72.8%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	75.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	46%	58.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	42.5%	62.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	43.9%	56.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	68%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.4%	71.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50.5%	60.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.4%	59.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.7%	64.3%	71.7%
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	49.2%	62.5%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.9%	74%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42.1%	60.2%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	24.1%	41.3%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.5%	59.8%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53.8%	68.4%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53.3%	60.3%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	27.4%	38.5%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32.4%	44.4%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.3%	53%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32.7%	44.1%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.8%	49.9%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40.3%	46.2%	59.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	32.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	67.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	20.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	79.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$50,449.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,247.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,603.0

* Discovery Community Elementary Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.