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Lester Prairie Secondary High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

131 Hickory St North

Lester Prairie MN, 55354, Mcleod County

Phone: 320-395-2521

Ranking:

High School:

(163 out of 414, top 39%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(860 out of 1,269, bottom 32%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

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:	13		13		13		13		13		14		15
Total Students:	193		199		190		175		184		198		216
Grade 7:	28	14.5%	34	17.1%	34	17.9%	26	14.9%	29	15.8%	28	14.1%	33	15.3%
Grade 8:	36	18.7%	33	16.6%	26	13.7%	30	17.1%	31	16.8%	31	15.7%	33	15.3%
Grade 9:	33	17.1%	27	13.6%	35	18.4%	29	16.6%	32	17.4%	32	16.2%	26	12.0%
Grade 10:	26	13.5%	36	18.1%	31	16.3%	32	18.3%	30	16.3%	25	12.6%	43	19.9%
Grade 11:	37	19.2%	34	17.1%	30	15.8%	33	18.9%	23	12.5%	42	21.2%	43	19.9%
Grade 12:	33	17.1%	35	17.6%	34	17.9%	25	14.3%	39	21.2%	40	20.2%	38	17.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	107	55.4%	104	52.3%	98	51.6%	98	56.0%	102	55.4%	105	53.0%	112	51.9%
Female:	86	44.6%	95	47.7%	92	48.4%	77	44.0%	74	40.2%	85	42.9%	100	46.3%
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:	2	1.0%	4	2.0%	3	1.6%	3	1.7%	3	1.6%	2	1.0%	1	0.5%
Hispanic:	23	11.9%	19	9.5%	14	7.4%	13	7.4%	9	4.9%	15	7.6%	16	7.4%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	6	2.8%
White:	167	86.5%	175	87.9%	171	90.0%	158	90.3%	172	93.5%	180	90.9%	193	89.4%
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:	1	0.5%	1	0.5%	2	1.1%	1	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	46	23.8%	50	25.1%	27	14.2%	29	16.6%	24	13.0%	32	16.2%	28	13.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	20	10.4%	16	8.0%	15	7.9%	15	8.6%	25	13.6%	20	10.1%	26	12.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.69		15.78		14.75		13.83		13.96		13.90		14.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.2%	77.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.8%	90.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.8%	73.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.7%	86.7%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.8%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	72.9%	72.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	60.4%	60.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	24.3%	24.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	18.2%	18.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	32.5%	32.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	47.5%	47.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	60.6%	60.6%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	35.7%	35.7%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	48.5%	48.5%	52.4%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77.5%	77.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	51.8%	51.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	44.1%	44.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.7%	60.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	48.2%	48.2%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56%	56%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.5%	55.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.1%	61.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53%	53%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	79.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.2%	55.2%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.3%	70.3%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.8%	58.8%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	40.4%	40.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	43.3%	43.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	35.5%	35.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	51.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56.3%	56.3%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	59.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.5%	64.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	77.4%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.8%	70.8%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43.8%	43.8%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.2%	45.2%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	46.7%	46.7%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	50%	50%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.3%	93.3%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78.8%	78.8%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.7%	86.7%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.6%	63.6%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.3%	39.3%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.6%	63.6%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	93.8%	93.8%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	96.8%	96.8%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	97.1%	97.1%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	100.0%	100.0%	87.8%
MCA-III
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.6%	62.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.8%	51.8%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.8%	55.8%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.6%	57.6%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	51.6%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	62.5%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33.3%	33.3%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	27.3%	27.3%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.2%	18.2%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	37.8%	37.8%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	91.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,181.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,627.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,032.0

* Lester Prairie Secondary High School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.