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Salk Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

11970 Highland Rd

Elk River MN, 55330, Sherburne County

Phone: 763-241-3455

Ranking:

(223 out of 1,269, top 18%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Elk River 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		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	37		36		37		33		33		34		34
Total Students:	761		715		699		716		678		648		651
Grade 6:	261	34.3%	258	36.1%	241	34.5%	257	35.9%	232	34.2%	195	30.1%	232	35.6%
Grade 7:	256	33.6%	231	32.3%	233	33.3%	236	33.0%	212	31.3%	240	37.0%	227	34.9%
Grade 8:	244	32.1%	226	31.6%	225	32.2%	223	31.1%	234	34.5%	213	32.9%	192	29.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	398	52.3%	376	52.6%	354	50.6%	399	55.7%	363	53.5%	349	53.9%	342	52.5%
Female:	363	47.7%	339	47.4%	345	49.4%	317	44.3%	307	45.3%	291	44.9%	305	46.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	5	0.7%	12	1.8%	12	1.9%	5	0.8%
Asian:	33	4.3%	21	2.9%	22	3.1%	28	3.9%	28	4.1%	28	4.3%	20	3.1%
Hispanic:	23	3.0%	21	2.9%	25	3.6%	21	2.9%	15	2.2%	9	1.4%	13	2.0%
Black:	22	2.9%	17	2.4%	16	2.3%	19	2.7%	24	3.5%	21	3.2%	20	3.1%
White:	649	85.3%	625	87.4%	612	87.6%	615	85.9%	599	88.3%	578	89.2%	593	91.1%
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:	33	4.3%	28	3.9%	21	3.0%	28	3.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	95	12.5%	88	12.3%	85	12.2%	110	15.4%	67	9.9%	56	8.6%	45	6.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	57	7.5%	40	5.6%	50	7.2%	51	7.1%	46	6.8%	32	4.9%	37	5.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.56		19.62		18.69		21.68		20.51		19.20		19.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	64.4%	59.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	64%	57.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70%	62%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70.6%	70.1%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69%	68.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.6%	65.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.2%	69.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.4%	70.9%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.1%	75.6%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.2%	79.3%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	71.2%	67.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	87%	80.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	54.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64.7%	62.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	62.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	75.6%	71.1%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.5%	71.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.1%	76.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.8%	59.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	65.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.3%	59%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	68.2%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	71.3%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.4%	79.1%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	62.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	68.7%	55.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	66.4%	65%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	70.1%	65.7%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	63.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.7%	58.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.6%	68.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	72.3%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.5%	65.7%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	76.9%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.8%	56.6%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.4%	52.1%	44.4%
MCA-III
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.7%	54.5%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.5%	67.4%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.5%	60.5%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.3%	59.8%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.8%	61%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.2%	72.2%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.5%	65%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.4%	61.8%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.8%	67.7%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81%	78.6%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	74.8%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	58.1%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.9%	58.9%	43.8%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	69.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	30.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	21.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	78.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$61,211.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,021.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$67,653.0

* Salk Middle School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.