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Horizon Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3601 12th Ave South

Moorhead MN, 56560, Clay County

Phone: 218-284-7300

Ranking:

(319 out of 1,269, top 25%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Moorhead 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:	74		72		72		72		69		74		77
Total Students:	1,253		1,271		1,234		1,252		1,157		1,172		1,161
Grade 6:	417	33.3%	441	34.7%	395	32.0%	433	34.6%	390	33.7%	401	34.2%	365	31.4%
Grade 7:	444	35.4%	396	31.2%	417	33.8%	413	33.0%	396	34.2%	367	31.3%	423	36.4%
Grade 8:	392	31.3%	434	34.1%	422	34.2%	406	32.4%	371	32.1%	404	34.5%	373	32.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	645	51.5%	678	53.3%	649	52.6%	656	52.4%	583	50.4%	592	50.5%	615	53.0%
Female:	608	48.5%	593	46.7%	585	47.4%	596	47.6%	566	48.9%	572	48.8%	542	46.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	38	3.0%	31	2.4%	21	1.7%	20	1.6%	23	2.0%	33	2.8%	38	3.3%
Asian:	10	0.8%	11	0.9%	13	1.1%	13	1.0%	19	1.6%	29	2.5%	28	2.4%
Hispanic:	111	8.9%	109	8.6%	110	8.9%	106	8.5%	85	7.3%	87	7.4%	97	8.4%
Black:	39	3.1%	31	2.4%	33	2.7%	44	3.5%	56	4.8%	46	3.9%	32	2.8%
White:	971	77.5%	995	78.3%	985	79.8%	1,021	81.5%	974	84.2%	977	83.4%	966	83.2%
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:	84	6.7%	94	7.4%	72	5.8%	48	3.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	414	33.0%	419	33.0%	373	30.2%	377	30.1%	315	27.2%	274	23.4%	260	22.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	67	5.3%	111	8.7%	90	7.3%	95	7.6%	71	6.1%	74	6.3%	83	7.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.05		17.58		17.08		17.46		16.84		15.90		15.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73.4%	73.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71.7%	70.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77.9%	77.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69.4%	69.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65.7%	65.7%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	81.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.6%	74.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.6%	73.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.2%	74.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.9%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.4%	68.4%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.3%	72.3%	76.2%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	75.9%	75%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68.8%	67.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	75.5%	74.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	77.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	71.6%	71.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	76.9%	64.4%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.1%	71.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	76.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75%	73.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	74.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.8%	70.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.1%	63.7%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.3%	66.1%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.7%	68.7%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	72.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	72.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	70.1%	69%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	60.2%	59.7%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	74.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.2%	69.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	71.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.2%	70.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	67.1%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.2%	64.3%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	70.5%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50%	48.6%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.9%	41.4%	44.4%
MCA-III
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.7%	45.7%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.9%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.9%	58.5%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.2%	54.6%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.2%	54.1%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.3%	66.3%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.8%	63.1%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50.5%	50%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.6%	52%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	63.6%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.1%	61.8%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.9%	54.1%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.4%	47.6%	43.8%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	41.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	58.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	13.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	87.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$50,623.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,552.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,873.0

* Horizon Middle School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.