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Pelican Rapids Secondary High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

310 South Broadway

Pelican Rapids MN, 56572, Otter Tail County

Phone: 218-863-5910

Ranking:

High School:

(298 out of 414, bottom 28%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(948 out of 1,269, bottom 25%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Pelican Rapids 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		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	29		27		27		27		28		33
Total Students:	396		415		438		469		476		520
Grade 7:	66	16.7%	60	14.5%	57	13.0%	83	17.7%	74	15.5%	74	14.2%
Grade 8:	67	16.9%	52	12.5%	85	19.4%	76	16.2%	80	16.8%	82	15.8%
Grade 9:	58	14.6%	82	19.8%	72	16.4%	79	16.8%	77	16.2%	89	17.1%
Grade 10:	76	19.2%	78	18.8%	80	18.3%	73	15.6%	78	16.4%	101	19.4%
Grade 11:	70	17.7%	78	18.8%	71	16.2%	74	15.8%	82	17.2%	86	16.5%
Grade 12:	59	14.9%	65	15.7%	73	16.7%	84	17.9%	85	17.9%	88	16.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	195	49.2%	212	51.1%	214	48.9%	243	51.8%	252	52.9%	273	52.5%
Female:	201	50.8%	203	48.9%	224	51.1%	226	48.2%	216	45.4%	243	46.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	1.5%	2	0.5%	5	1.1%	5	1.1%	4	0.8%	0	0.0%
Asian:	8	2.0%	7	1.7%	12	2.7%	15	3.2%	15	3.2%	17	3.3%
Hispanic:	112	28.3%	99	23.9%	110	25.1%	120	25.6%	101	21.2%	105	20.2%
Black:	20	5.1%	21	5.1%	15	3.4%	25	5.3%	27	5.7%	32	6.2%
White:	249	62.9%	286	68.9%	296	67.6%	304	64.8%	329	69.1%	366	70.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	114	28.8%	139	33.5%	134	30.6%	148	31.6%	123	25.8%	129	24.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	32	8.1%	40	9.6%	47	10.7%	44	9.4%	56	11.8%	44	8.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.52		15.17		16.06		17.20		16.97		15.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.2%	85.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.6%	83.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	60.7%	60.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	41.9%	41.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	64.1%	64.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	63.8%	63.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73.9%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.4%	71.4%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	61.6%	61.6%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	58.9%	58.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	74.6%	74.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	33.6%	33.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	32.5%	32.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	26%	26%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50.7%	50.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.1%	37.1%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.3%	37.3%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27.8%	27.8%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	39.4%	38.3%	52.4%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	66.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	79.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	56.5%	56.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	35.2%	35.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63.7%	63.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.8%	60.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54.8%	54.8%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.4%	59.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.3%	67.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	73.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	45.4%	45.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.5%	61.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.1%	61.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.9%	58.9%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.8%	53.8%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.9%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	50.4%	50.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56.1%	56.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	42.8%	42.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	51.3%	51.3%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.5%	52.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.1%	55.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.1%	54.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.9%	58.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	61.3%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.2%	56.2%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	56.8%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43.4%	43.4%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	32.5%	32.5%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	47.3%	47.3%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	44.3%	44.3%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.3%	75.3%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.7%	75.7%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.3%	54.3%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.3%	49.3%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.2%	47.2%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.9%	53.4%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	80.3%	80.3%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	87.8%	87.8%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	83.1%	83.1%	87.8%
MCA-III
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	41.7%	41.7%	62.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	40.5%	40.5%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.4%	59.6%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.4%	49.3%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	39%	33.8%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52%	52%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.1%	38.3%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	42%	38.2%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	47.9%	45.2%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	27.1%	24.5%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	42.3%	41.7%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	64.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	36.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	20.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	12.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	88.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,257.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$27,661.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,201.0

* Pelican Rapids Secondary High School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.