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Merritt Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5529 Emerald Ave

Mountain Iron MN, 55768, Saint Louis County

Phone: 218-735-8271

Ranking:

(890 out of 1,269, bottom 30%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Mountain Iron-Buhl 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:	21		20		21		20		21		21		21
Total Students:	273		276		301		291		287		287		312
Prekindergarten:	13	4.8%	12	4.3%	13	4.3%	9	3.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11	3.5%
Kindergarten:	38	13.9%	32	11.6%	55	18.3%	47	16.2%	44	15.3%	44	15.3%	53	17.0%
Grade 1:	32	11.7%	48	17.4%	37	12.3%	36	12.4%	38	13.2%	41	14.3%	43	13.8%
Grade 2:	48	17.6%	36	13.0%	39	13.0%	36	12.4%	45	15.7%	42	14.6%	41	13.1%
Grade 3:	35	12.8%	40	14.5%	35	11.6%	51	17.5%	40	13.9%	39	13.6%	41	13.1%
Grade 4:	36	13.2%	31	11.2%	48	15.9%	39	13.4%	40	13.9%	39	13.6%	38	12.2%
Grade 5:	28	10.3%	42	15.2%	37	12.3%	36	12.4%	39	13.6%	38	13.2%	46	14.7%
Grade 6:	43	15.8%	35	12.7%	37	12.3%	37	12.7%	41	14.3%	44	15.3%	39	12.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	150	54.9%	144	52.2%	155	51.5%	148	50.9%	152	53.0%	148	51.6%	158	50.6%
Female:	123	45.1%	132	47.8%	146	48.5%	143	49.1%	127	44.3%	131	45.6%	150	48.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	1.1%	3	1.1%	4	1.3%	5	1.7%	12	4.2%	6	2.1%	7	2.2%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	2	0.7%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	3	1.1%	2	0.7%	5	1.7%	6	2.1%	3	1.0%	2	0.7%	3	1.0%
Black:	4	1.5%	2	0.7%	3	1.0%	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	1	0.3%	2	0.6%
White:	248	90.8%	252	91.3%	270	89.7%	255	87.6%	268	93.4%	277	96.5%	300	96.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	2	0.7%	2	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	5.1%	15	5.4%	16	5.3%	20	6.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	90	33.0%	106	38.4%	111	36.9%	122	41.9%	117	40.8%	117	40.8%	116	37.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	39	14.3%	33	12.0%	34	11.3%	28	9.6%	31	10.8%	21	7.3%	31	9.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.16		13.64		14.06		14.36		13.94		13.90		14.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.5%	77.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	85.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.9%	74.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	86.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	83.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	83.8%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	72.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	72.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	76.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	83.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	83.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	81%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	72.9%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	39%	39%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	40.5%	40.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	53.8%	53.8%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.8%	65.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	69.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.7%	72.7%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66%	66%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	61.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.5%	66.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	15.7%	15.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	37.2%	37.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	54.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	52.8%	52.8%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.1%	69.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	73.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	68.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	77.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	70.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	90.3%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.2%	91.2%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	38.9%	38.9%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.3%	30.3%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.5%	66.5%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	79.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	36.1%	36.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	40%	40%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60.5%	60.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	76.2%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.8%	63.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.7%	65.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	81.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	78.6%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	83.7%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.3%	76.2%
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56.3%	56.3%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	85.7%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	69.2%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.9%	63.9%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.2%	68.2%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.5%	62.5%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.1%	53.1%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	29%	29%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.1%	47.1%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	39%	39%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	58.1%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	59.6%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.7%	56.7%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	42.8%	42.8%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43.8%	43.8%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.3%	81.3%	59.3%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	63.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	36.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	15.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	84.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$46,411.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,926.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,752.0

* Merritt 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.