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Fosston Secondary High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

301 East 1st St

Fosston MN, 56542, Polk County

Phone: 218-435-1909

Ranking:

High School:

(290 out of 414, bottom 30%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(805 out of 1,269, bottom 37%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Fosston 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:	23		24		24		24		21		21		25
Total Students:	305		310		286		309		316		314		303
Grade 7:	58	19.0%	54	17.4%	33	11.5%	52	16.8%	58	18.4%	55	17.5%	55	18.2%
Grade 8:	55	18.0%	38	12.3%	52	18.2%	56	18.1%	53	16.8%	54	17.2%	40	13.2%
Grade 9:	39	12.8%	51	16.5%	55	19.2%	54	17.5%	58	18.4%	45	14.3%	55	18.2%
Grade 10:	48	15.7%	58	18.7%	55	19.2%	54	17.5%	34	10.8%	56	17.8%	51	16.8%
Grade 11:	54	17.7%	52	16.8%	52	18.2%	35	11.3%	55	17.4%	50	15.9%	50	16.5%
Grade 12:	51	16.7%	57	18.4%	39	13.6%	58	18.8%	58	18.4%	54	17.2%	52	17.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	161	52.8%	155	50.0%	146	51.0%	159	51.5%	156	49.4%	155	49.4%	155	51.2%
Female:	144	47.2%	155	50.0%	140	49.0%	150	48.5%	152	48.1%	151	48.1%	144	47.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	12	3.9%	17	5.5%	19	6.6%	22	7.1%	26	8.2%	23	7.3%	28	9.2%
Asian:	2	0.7%	4	1.3%	3	1.0%	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	4	1.3%	3	1.0%
Hispanic:	1	0.3%	3	1.0%	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%
Black:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	3	1.0%	3	1.0%
White:	285	93.4%	282	91.0%	259	90.6%	284	91.9%	286	90.5%	283	90.1%	268	88.4%
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:	4	1.3%	3	1.0%	3	1.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	87	28.5%	101	32.6%	86	30.1%	88	28.5%	113	35.8%	108	34.4%	105	34.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	23	7.5%	34	11.0%	30	10.5%	24	7.8%	37	11.7%	29	9.2%	42	13.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.41		13.00		11.98		12.71		15.23		14.80		12.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72.4%	72.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65.8%	65.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	48.9%	48.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	67.9%	67.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	61.2%	61.2%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78.7%	78.7%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	70.6%	70.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	68.1%	68.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	15.1%	15.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	16.7%	16.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	32.6%	32.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	25.5%	25.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	32.1%	32.1%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	29.4%	29.4%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	28.9%	28.9%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	52.2%	52.2%	52.4%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	67.8%	67.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74.9%	74.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.3%	60.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	35.7%	35.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	58.5%	58.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57.4%	57.4%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	66.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.3%	60.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.4%	77.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63%	63%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.9%	63.9%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.4%	77.4%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	41.7%	41.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	42.8%	42.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	34.2%	34.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	51.9%	51.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	47.1%	47.1%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45.4%	45.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.9%	58.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.5%	52.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.1%	74.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.4%	78.4%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.9%	67.9%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	74.5%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.9%	54.9%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.7%	40.7%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	44.5%	44.5%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	64.1%	64.1%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.9%	80.9%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.1%	49.1%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.1%	47.1%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.1%	51.1%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73.9%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.9%	90.9%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	96.2%	96.2%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	96.1%	96.1%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.0%	90.0%	87.8%
MCA-III
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	64.7%	64.7%	62.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.1%	52.1%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.7%	64.7%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.6%	59.6%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.9%	62.9%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	31.5%	31.5%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58%	58%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.6%	48.6%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	44.4%	44.4%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41%	41%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	53%	53%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	79.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	16.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	83.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,958.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,604.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,229.0

* Fosston Secondary High School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.