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Murphy Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

822 Ne 5th Ave

Grand Rapids MN, 55744, Itasca County

Phone: 218-327-5880

Ranking:

(752 out of 1,269, bottom 41%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Grand Rapids 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:	21		22		21		21		21		19		20
Total Students:	370		390		378		373		366		343		397
Kindergarten:	69	18.6%	93	23.8%	66	17.5%	72	19.3%	75	20.5%	77	22.4%	76	19.1%
Grade 1:	89	24.1%	54	13.8%	78	20.6%	77	20.6%	76	20.8%	71	20.7%	72	18.1%
Grade 2:	55	14.9%	75	19.2%	78	20.6%	74	19.8%	71	19.4%	75	21.9%	75	18.9%
Grade 3:	75	20.3%	83	21.3%	72	19.0%	81	21.7%	68	18.6%	68	19.8%	52	13.1%
Grade 4:	82	22.2%	85	21.8%	84	22.2%	69	18.5%	76	20.8%	52	15.2%	58	14.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	157	42.4%	174	44.6%	175	46.3%	192	51.5%	196	53.6%	196	57.1%	225	56.7%
Female:	213	57.6%	216	55.4%	203	53.7%	181	48.5%	162	44.3%	139	40.5%	168	42.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	11	3.0%	16	4.1%	13	3.4%	14	3.8%	20	5.5%	21	6.1%	13	3.3%
Asian:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	3	0.8%
Hispanic:	10	2.7%	5	1.3%	3	0.8%	4	1.1%	4	1.1%	1	0.3%	3	0.8%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.8%	4	1.1%	7	1.9%	5	1.5%	5	1.3%
White:	326	88.1%	350	89.7%	345	91.3%	339	90.9%	334	91.3%	315	91.8%	373	94.0%
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:	22	5.9%	18	4.6%	14	3.7%	12	3.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	158	42.7%	160	41.0%	134	35.4%	149	39.9%	142	38.8%	113	32.9%	121	30.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	27	7.3%	43	11.0%	56	14.8%	39	10.5%	48	13.1%	43	12.5%	58	14.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.31		17.82		17.77		17.51		17.10		18.10		19.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.4%	69.2%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	61.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	76.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.4%	79.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	78%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	75.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	74.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76.8%	80.8%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.6%	74.6%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.4%	77.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.5%	77.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	75.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.6%	85.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.1%	83.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	79.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.8%	78.1%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	77.6%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	88.7%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74.9%	70.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67.9%	66.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71.4%	66.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	73.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70.2%	75.8%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	74.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	67.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	77%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.4%	76.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	73%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	76.6%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.5%	72.7%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78.3%	80.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	73.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73.5%	77.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.1%	66.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50.8%	65.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	55%	63.5%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	83.3%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	79.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	75.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	78.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.8%	72%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	69.5%	N/A
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82%	67.9%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	84.7%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.5%	77.8%	N/A
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.1%	60.3%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	86.7%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	72.5%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55.1%	56.1%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	36.9%	53.8%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.3%	68%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.9%	74.3%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51.8%	60.7%	54%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	88.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	23.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	0.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	100.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$57,797.0
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:	$57,797.0

* Murphy Elementary Primary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.