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Heron Lake-Okabena Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

321 Stearns Ave

Heron Lake MN, 56137, Jackson County

Phone: 507-793-2307

Ranking:

(996 out of 1,269, bottom 22%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Heron Lake-Okabena 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:	13		13		12		12		12		13		12
Total Students:	153		153		159		155		143		150		168
Prekindergarten:	6	3.9%	6	3.9%	6	3.8%	6	3.9%	4	2.8%	5	3.3%	4	2.4%
Kindergarten:	23	15.0%	21	13.7%	25	15.7%	18	11.6%	24	16.8%	18	12.0%	36	21.4%
Grade 1:	18	11.8%	24	15.7%	15	9.4%	26	16.8%	18	12.6%	24	16.0%	13	7.7%
Grade 2:	26	17.0%	13	8.5%	24	15.1%	17	11.0%	18	12.6%	12	8.0%	29	17.3%
Grade 3:	13	8.5%	27	17.6%	17	10.7%	19	12.3%	15	10.5%	29	19.3%	20	11.9%
Grade 4:	26	17.0%	17	11.1%	21	13.2%	20	12.9%	25	17.5%	20	13.3%	23	13.7%
Grade 5:	15	9.8%	24	15.7%	21	13.2%	27	17.4%	19	13.3%	21	14.0%	19	11.3%
Grade 6:	26	17.0%	21	13.7%	30	18.9%	22	14.2%	20	14.0%	21	14.0%	24	14.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	83	54.2%	81	52.9%	85	53.5%	84	54.2%	77	53.8%	75	50.0%	86	51.2%
Female:	70	45.8%	72	47.1%	74	46.5%	71	45.8%	58	40.6%	67	44.7%	78	46.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	1.3%	1	0.7%	1	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	22	14.4%	26	17.0%	31	19.5%	32	20.6%	23	16.1%	22	14.7%	28	16.7%
Black:	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	3	1.9%	1	0.7%	0	0.0%	1	0.6%
White:	128	83.7%	125	81.7%	127	79.9%	120	77.4%	118	82.5%	127	84.7%	139	82.7%
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%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	50	32.7%	51	33.3%	47	29.6%	51	32.9%	38	26.6%	31	20.7%	41	24.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	13	8.5%	23	15.0%	15	9.4%	20	12.9%	20	14.0%	12	8.0%	14	8.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.39		11.82		13.57		12.86		11.79		11.80		13.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	49.9%	49.9%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62.4%	62.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93.7%	93.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	45%	45%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	88.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.5%	87.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91.6%	91.6%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43.4%	43.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	54%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.8%	57.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.9%	74.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	60%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	100%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	84.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	86.6%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	77.8%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	76.4%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	52.5%	52.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	52.9%	52.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	56.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72.2%	72.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	95.4%	95.4%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.1%	61.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.8%	58.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	71.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.9%	57.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.7%	63.7%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	63.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	68.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	76.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	62.6%	62.6%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.7%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.7%	90.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	79.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	72.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.6%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.4%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.7%	64.7%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44.4%	44.4%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	49.8%	49.8%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.6%	72.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	45.4%	45.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	52%	52%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61.2%	61.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68.8%	68.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	38.9%	38.9%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.6%	72.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48%	48%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.1%	59.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.2%	72.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.9%	61.9%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	76.2%
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	50%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.6%	70.6%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	53.8%	53.8%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	34.6%	34.6%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	30%	30%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	36.4%	36.4%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	68.8%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	43.8%	43.8%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	33.3%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	20%	20%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	20%	20%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40%	40%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44%	44%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	14.3%	14.3%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	34.5%	34.5%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	26.4%	26.4%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.6%	59.3%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	100.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	0.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	40.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	60.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$36,740.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,528.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$39,549.0

* Heron Lake-Okabena Elementary Primary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.