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Independence Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

701 Minnesota Ave

Big Lake MN, 55309, Sherburne County

Phone: 763-262-2537

Ranking:

(572 out of 1,269, top 45%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Big Lake 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:	44		46		49		52		49		48		50
Total Students:	859		850		892		967		997		978		999
Kindergarten:	138	16.1%	124	14.6%	145	16.3%	169	17.5%	169	17.0%	178	18.2%	169	16.9%
Grade 1:	130	15.1%	139	16.4%	158	17.7%	162	16.8%	170	17.1%	167	17.1%	157	15.7%
Grade 2:	140	16.3%	152	17.9%	150	16.8%	167	17.3%	162	16.2%	150	15.3%	176	17.6%
Grade 3:	152	17.7%	151	17.8%	156	17.5%	152	15.7%	149	14.9%	174	17.8%	173	17.3%
Grade 4:	156	18.2%	148	17.4%	147	16.5%	147	15.2%	178	17.9%	172	17.6%	138	13.8%
Grade 5:	143	16.6%	136	16.0%	136	15.2%	170	17.6%	169	17.0%	136	13.9%	165	16.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	417	48.5%	405	47.6%	438	49.1%	460	47.6%	491	49.2%	479	49.0%	489	48.9%
Female:	442	51.5%	445	52.4%	454	50.9%	507	52.4%	498	49.9%	491	50.2%	506	50.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	5	0.6%	5	0.5%	6	0.6%	8	0.8%	13	1.3%
Asian:	13	1.5%	14	1.6%	15	1.7%	18	1.9%	19	1.9%	15	1.5%	15	1.5%
Hispanic:	28	3.3%	37	4.4%	33	3.7%	41	4.2%	36	3.6%	41	4.2%	39	3.9%
Black:	15	1.7%	12	1.4%	15	1.7%	28	2.9%	41	4.1%	47	4.8%	45	4.5%
White:	761	88.6%	754	88.7%	792	88.8%	847	87.6%	895	89.8%	867	88.7%	887	88.8%
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:	41	4.8%	31	3.6%	32	3.6%	28	2.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	172	20.0%	183	21.5%	206	23.1%	213	22.0%	220	22.1%	159	16.3%	160	16.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	73	8.5%	72	8.5%	59	6.6%	89	9.2%	78	7.8%	89	9.1%	57	5.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.33		18.42		18.14		18.75		20.56		20.20		19.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78.7%	78.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	85.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	80.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.5%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	78.2%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.7%	71.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.1%	80.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	84.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	82.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.2%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	78.4%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.9%	77.6%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73.4%	73.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	78.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	84.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76.3%	80%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.6%	80.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.4%	78.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.5%	77.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	76%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	79.8%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	77.4%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	85.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	89.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	58.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	70.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.8%	73.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72.8%	68%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.1%	80.1%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	81.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	75.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	79.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	74.4%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	77.8%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	88.9%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45.5%	43.3%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41.3%	39.9%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.5%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	81.2%	N/A
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.8%	66.9%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.3%	76.6%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.9%	67%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47.3%	46.8%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.1%	69.9%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	82.9%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.1%	73.5%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.9%	51.6%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.7%	48.5%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.4%	75.7%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68%	64.6%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	60.1%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	62%	59.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	51.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	49.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	33.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	66.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,995.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,444.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,770.0

* Independence Elementary Primary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.