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West Central Area N. El. Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

411 1st St Se

Elbow Lake MN, 56531, Grant County

Phone: 218-685-4477

Ranking:

(849 out of 1,269, bottom 33%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: West Central Area Schools

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:	13		13		12		12		11		17		18
Total Students:	155		162		160		160		142		216		226
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	3	1.9%	3	1.9%	7	4.4%	4	2.8%	3	1.4%	1	0.4%
Kindergarten:	38	24.5%	30	18.5%	37	23.1%	37	23.1%	22	15.5%	35	16.2%	37	16.4%
Grade 1:	31	20.0%	37	22.8%	30	18.8%	21	13.1%	38	26.8%	35	16.2%	23	10.2%
Grade 2:	36	23.2%	30	18.5%	23	14.4%	38	23.8%	31	21.8%	22	10.2%	27	11.9%
Grade 3:	28	18.1%	24	14.8%	39	24.4%	33	20.6%	25	17.6%	25	11.6%	34	15.0%
Grade 4:	22	14.2%	38	23.5%	28	17.5%	24	15.0%	22	15.5%	34	15.7%	36	15.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	74	47.7%	79	48.8%	79	49.4%	83	51.9%	64	45.1%	110	50.9%	117	51.8%
Female:	81	52.3%	83	51.2%	81	50.6%	77	48.1%	70	49.3%	98	45.4%	105	46.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	2	0.9%	2	0.9%
Hispanic:	2	1.3%	5	3.1%	6	3.8%	4	2.5%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	1.3%	3	1.9%	5	3.5%	5	2.3%	8	3.5%
White:	145	93.5%	152	93.8%	150	93.8%	147	91.9%	136	95.8%	207	95.8%	216	95.6%
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:	8	5.2%	5	3.1%	2	1.3%	6	3.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	40	25.8%	59	36.4%	60	37.5%	58	36.3%	46	32.4%	70	32.4%	73	32.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	17	11.0%	16	9.9%	14	8.8%	11	6.9%	13	9.2%	34	15.7%	32	14.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.29		12.55		13.89		13.85		12.76		12.90		12.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62.4%	70.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	81.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	80.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	83.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	75%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70.6%	76.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.4%	85.8%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	76.5%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	86%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	89.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.3%	76%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.8%	82.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	85.1%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	83.7%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.7%	81.5%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79.4%	73.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	61.8%	65.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	60.8%	80.4%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	86.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	76.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	88.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	87%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.1%	76.6%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	85.7%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	78%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94.5%	80.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	87.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	61.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	66.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	58%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82%	82.6%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	71.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	83.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.4%	82.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.9%	87.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	68%	N/A
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.1%	51.4%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81%	74.5%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	35.2%	58%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	56.6%	71.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68.6%	71.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60.5%	65.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.6%	71.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	84.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.2%	82.8%	N/A
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56.7%	70.9%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.6%	74.2%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58.3%	52.2%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	33.4%	43.4%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	53.2%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.5%	78%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	41.7%	57.1%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	38.9%	44.4%	54%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	64.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	35.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	20.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	88.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,833.0
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:	$44,146.0

* West Central Area N. El. 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.