USA.com / Minnesota / Hennepin County / Hamel, MN / Public Schools / Northwinds Elementary Primary School

Northwinds Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1111 7th Ave Nw

Buffalo MN, 55313, Wright County

Phone: 763-682-8800

Ranking:

(346 out of 1,269, top 27%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Buffalo 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:	32		30		33		31		31		29		31
Total Students:	560		593		636		622		619		579		571
Kindergarten:	81	14.5%	87	14.7%	92	14.5%	106	17.0%	103	16.6%	102	17.6%	90	15.8%
Grade 1:	90	16.1%	96	16.2%	114	17.9%	102	16.4%	100	16.2%	89	15.4%	132	23.1%
Grade 2:	92	16.4%	108	18.2%	93	14.6%	107	17.2%	91	14.7%	125	21.6%	86	15.1%
Grade 3:	97	17.3%	97	16.4%	109	17.1%	83	13.3%	133	21.5%	85	14.7%	92	16.1%
Grade 4:	93	16.6%	109	18.4%	93	14.6%	131	21.1%	98	15.8%	94	16.2%	81	14.2%
Grade 5:	107	19.1%	96	16.2%	135	21.2%	93	15.0%	94	15.2%	84	14.5%	90	15.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	280	50.0%	296	49.9%	320	50.3%	313	50.3%	305	49.3%	284	49.1%	283	49.6%
Female:	280	50.0%	297	50.1%	316	49.7%	309	49.7%	306	49.4%	287	49.6%	284	49.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	5	0.9%	2	0.4%
Asian:	2	0.4%	2	0.3%	4	0.6%	7	1.1%	7	1.1%	3	0.5%	6	1.1%
Hispanic:	0	0.0%	5	0.8%	8	1.3%	7	1.1%	4	0.6%	7	1.2%	6	1.1%
Black:	5	0.9%	10	1.7%	6	0.9%	9	1.4%	14	2.3%	8	1.4%	6	1.1%
White:	537	95.9%	558	94.1%	607	95.4%	588	94.5%	592	95.6%	556	96.0%	551	96.5%
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:	14	2.5%	16	2.7%	9	1.4%	10	1.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	77	13.8%	113	19.1%	114	17.9%	113	18.2%	99	16.0%	83	14.3%	70	12.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	54	9.6%	55	9.3%	59	9.3%	72	11.6%	58	9.4%	51	8.8%	45	7.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.54		19.64		19.41		19.98		19.88		19.70		18.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79.7%	77.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	81.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	86.6%	82.8%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.8%	76.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.6%	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	83%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.6%	81.4%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	83%	80.4%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78.6%	80.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79.7%	76.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79.4%	80%	77%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	80.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	75.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.6%	83.1%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	82.5%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	80%	75.3%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	74.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	74.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	72.8%	68.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	79.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83%	81.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	81.6%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.8%	90.6%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	86.5%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	57%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57.2%	59.1%	46%
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	76.1%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	82.1%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	72.9%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.5%	59.8%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	76%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	79%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.5%	77.2%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66%	59.2%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	68.7%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	77.2%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	64.8%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	73.9%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67.8%	71%	59.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	48.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	52.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	12.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	88.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$52,183.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,237.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,221.0

* Northwinds Elementary Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.