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Rippleside Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

225 2nd Ave Sw

Aitkin MN, 56431, Aitkin County

Phone: 218-927-4838

Ranking:

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

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Aitkin 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:	41		39		41		37		42		40		39
Total Students:	658		654		636		660		663		631		645
Prekindergarten:	20	3.0%	18	2.8%	29	4.6%	29	4.4%	22	3.3%	17	2.7%	22	3.4%
Kindergarten:	92	14.0%	91	13.9%	74	11.6%	91	13.8%	96	14.5%	95	15.1%	71	11.0%
Grade 1:	89	13.5%	81	12.4%	89	14.0%	99	15.0%	102	15.4%	69	10.9%	87	13.5%
Grade 2:	82	12.5%	92	14.1%	101	15.9%	99	15.0%	71	10.7%	85	13.5%	79	12.2%
Grade 3:	94	14.3%	99	15.1%	102	16.0%	67	10.2%	86	13.0%	82	13.0%	94	14.6%
Grade 4:	99	15.0%	103	15.7%	67	10.5%	87	13.2%	84	12.7%	91	14.4%	106	16.4%
Grade 5:	105	16.0%	75	11.5%	89	14.0%	87	13.2%	95	14.3%	106	16.8%	88	13.6%
Grade 6:	77	11.7%	95	14.5%	85	13.4%	101	15.3%	107	16.1%	86	13.6%	98	15.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	351	53.3%	343	52.4%	327	51.4%	344	52.1%	342	51.6%	332	52.6%	338	52.4%
Female:	307	46.7%	311	47.6%	309	48.6%	316	47.9%	313	47.2%	291	46.1%	303	47.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.6%	5	0.8%	4	0.6%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	5	0.8%	6	0.9%
Asian:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	5	0.8%	6	0.9%
Hispanic:	8	1.2%	12	1.8%	9	1.4%	7	1.1%	6	0.9%	6	1.0%	4	0.6%
Black:	8	1.2%	9	1.4%	10	1.6%	12	1.8%	14	2.1%	15	2.4%	12	1.9%
White:	614	93.3%	609	93.1%	597	93.9%	625	94.7%	637	96.1%	600	95.1%	617	95.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	23	3.5%	17	2.6%	13	2.0%	10	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	244	37.1%	254	38.8%	250	39.3%	232	35.2%	202	30.5%	185	29.3%	172	26.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	66	10.0%	72	11.0%	63	9.9%	65	9.8%	90	13.6%	72	11.4%	82	12.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.18		16.86		15.59		17.87		15.97		15.70		16.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	61.3%	61.2%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69.1%	65.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66.9%	66.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	81.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	68.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	84.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	83.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	79.8%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.5%	68.1%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	78.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.1%	75.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	84.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.9%	69.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	84.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.8%	83.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.6%	73.1%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.3%	79.7%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.5%	78.9%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	75.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	58.3%	58.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74.5%	75.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	72.4%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	78.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.1%	65.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	78.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.2%	80.3%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.8%	63%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	76.4%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	75.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	69.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	61.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	47.4%	47.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	55.8%	55.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	58.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	56.1%	56.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	69.2%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	84.8%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	78.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	72.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.6%	65.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	67.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	58.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	78.2%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.7%	80.7%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	67.4%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44.1%	44.1%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	31.1%	31.1%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	70.8%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.1%	70.1%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	66.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	62.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60.6%	60.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59.8%	59.8%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.8%	64.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.6%	61.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.7%	79.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.5%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	74.4%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.7%	74.7%	76.2%
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	72.9%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.5%	77.9%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.8%	68.9%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.2%	54.4%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	51.1%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.1%	72.2%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.4%	60.6%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.6%	46.2%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.7%	42.7%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	65.2%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.1%	56.1%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44%	44%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.7%	52.7%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47.1%	47.1%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.2%	56.2%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.3%	62.3%	59.3%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	88.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	11.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	17.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	82.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,266.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,700.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,452.0

* Rippleside Elementary Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.