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Lester Prairie Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

131 Hickory St North

Lester Prairie MN, 55354, Mcleod County

Phone: 320-395-3011

Ranking:

(787 out of 1,269, bottom 38%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Lester Prairie 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:	16		16		15		15		16		16		15
Total Students:	225		211		218		213		211		237		238
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	1.4%	3	1.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	2.9%
Kindergarten:	35	15.6%	33	15.6%	37	17.0%	31	14.6%	30	14.2%	42	17.7%	30	12.6%
Grade 1:	34	15.1%	36	17.1%	32	14.7%	28	13.1%	35	16.6%	27	11.4%	32	13.4%
Grade 2:	40	17.8%	30	14.2%	28	12.8%	33	15.5%	20	9.5%	32	13.5%	40	16.8%
Grade 3:	26	11.6%	30	14.2%	34	15.6%	22	10.3%	31	14.7%	39	16.5%	36	15.1%
Grade 4:	29	12.9%	33	15.6%	27	12.4%	28	13.1%	33	15.6%	38	16.0%	32	13.4%
Grade 5:	35	15.6%	24	11.4%	25	11.5%	33	15.5%	35	16.6%	26	11.0%	29	12.2%
Grade 6:	26	11.6%	25	11.8%	32	14.7%	35	16.4%	27	12.8%	33	13.9%	32	13.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	120	53.3%	116	55.0%	116	53.2%	109	51.2%	101	47.9%	118	49.8%	131	55.0%
Female:	105	46.7%	95	45.0%	102	46.8%	104	48.8%	102	48.3%	111	46.8%	103	43.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	1.3%	2	0.8%
Hispanic:	35	15.6%	32	15.2%	36	16.5%	33	15.5%	31	14.7%	30	12.7%	29	12.2%
Black:	2	0.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.8%
White:	186	82.7%	176	83.4%	178	81.7%	180	84.5%	180	85.3%	204	86.1%	205	86.1%
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:	2	0.9%	3	1.4%	4	1.8%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	53	23.6%	64	30.3%	41	18.8%	51	23.9%	41	19.4%	45	19.0%	42	17.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	21	9.3%	14	6.6%	13	6.0%	16	7.5%	34	16.1%	23	9.7%	24	10.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.80		13.46		14.14		13.80		13.38		14.90		16.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.7%	77.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70.3%	70.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	76.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	99.9%	99.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67.5%	67.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76.9%	76.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	83.8%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.5%	66.5%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	78.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	76.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.6%	91.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	72.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.9%	76.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.7%	68.7%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	84%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	65.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	92.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	72.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70.3%	70.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	88.3%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.5%	73.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	72.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.4%	76.4%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	85.2%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	78.4%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.9%	74.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	82.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54.7%	54.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	44.4%	44.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	58.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	44.4%	44.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64.7%	64.7%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.5%	78.5%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	67.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	79.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.4%	87.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	73.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.5%	55.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	76.5%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	82.4%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	25.7%	25.7%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35.3%	35.3%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	67.5%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	65.4%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	79.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	46.9%	46.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	54.6%	54.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	53.2%	53.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60.6%	60.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63.3%	63.3%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.5%	67.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.7%	72.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.6%	57.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.5%	65.5%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.3%	76.2%
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	68%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	94.1%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	75.8%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.5%	65.5%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.9%	62.9%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	81.5%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.1%	75.1%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	29.4%	29.4%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56%	56%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52%	52%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.9%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40%	40%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44.4%	44.4%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.7%	69.7%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	34.6%	34.6%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	38.4%	38.4%	59.3%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	75.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	25.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	22.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	0.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	100.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$46,757.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,757.0

* Lester Prairie Elementary Primary 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.