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Mountain Iron-Buhl School District

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Mountain Iron-Buhl School District is located in northeast Minnesota. Mountain Iron-Buhl School District has 133.87 square miles of land area and 5.19 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Mountain Iron-Buhl School District population is 4,500. Mountain Iron-Buhl School District median household income is $47,843 in 2010-2014. Mountain Iron-Buhl School District median house value is $105,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Mountain Iron-Buhl School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (265 out of 321, bottom 17%) Elementary/Middle School: (279 out of 332, bottom 16%)* Rank: #292
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	4,500 (2010-2014), rank #202
Population Growth	2.60% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	32.36/sq mi, rank #146
Median Household Income:	$47,843 at 2010-2014—7.82% increase since 2005-2009, rank #243
Median House Price:	$105,500 at 2010-2014—5.92% increase since 2005-2009, rank #250
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	133.87 sq mi, rank #217
Water Area:	5.19 sq mi (3.73%), rank #133
State:	Minnesota
County:	Saint Louis County
City:	Britt, Angora, Mountain Iron, Buhl, Kinney
Zip:	55710, 55703, 55768, 55751, 55734, 55792, 55713, 55758
Area:	Duluth, MN-WI

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Mountain Iron-Buhl School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

5720 Marble Ave

Mountain Iron MN, 55768, Saint Louis County

Phone: 218-735-8271

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	514	519	551	527	564	589	630
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	47.80	47.57	50.67	49.52	47.23	50.90	50.70
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.03	1.00	1.20
Kindergarten:	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary:	18.69	17.84	18.18	16.37	16.85	17.00	17.80
Secondary:	25.97	26.73	28.49	29.15	26.35	30.90	29.70
Ungraded:	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Other Staff:	47.56	44.64	48.32	43.91	41.64	42.50	40.90
Instructional Aides:	19.60	19.53	21.29	16.62	15.46	13.60	14.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.91	0.84	0.87	1.04	0.84	0.90	0.70
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.83	0.83	0.83	0.83	1.00	0.70	1.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	1.50	1.50	1.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	2.50	2.57	2.50	2.50	1.50	2.50	2.50
School Administrative Support:	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	6.00	5.50
Student Support Services:	4.12	3.47	4.13	3.97	3.59	4.10	2.40
Other Support Services:	11.60	9.40	10.70	9.95	10.25	11.20	10.80
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.75	10.91	10.87	10.64	11.94	11.57	12.43

Schools

Merritt Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	5529 Emerald Ave, Mountain Iron MN 55768
Mesabi Academy School	Grade 5 to Grade 12	200 Wanless St, Buhl MN 55713
Mountain Iron-Buhl Secondary	Grade 7 to Grade 12	5720 Marble Ave, Mountain Iron MN 55768

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	59%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	64.2%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.4%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	79.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	69.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	16.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	23%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	13.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	13.8%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	21.4%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	23.3%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	26.9%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	39%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	40.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	53.8%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.7%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	15.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	37.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	52.8%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.2%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	38.9%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.3%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.5%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	36.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	40%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.3%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	51.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	20.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	44.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	35.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	50%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.9%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.3%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	30.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	15.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	29.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	41.3%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	42.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	26.6%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22.5%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	35%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	41.4%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.7%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.4%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	24.1%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	26.2%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.3%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	97.2%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	92.9%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	89.7%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	78.8%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68.4%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56.3%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.9%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.2%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.5%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.1%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	29%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.1%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	39%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.7%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	42.8%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43.8%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.3%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	43.9%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.6%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	46.6%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.7%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	37.5%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.5%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	43.5%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	57.1%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$8,618,000	$15,641		$8,819,000	$16,734		$8,428,000	$14,943
Federal:	$686,000	$1,245	8.0%	$957,000	$1,816	10.9%	$1,149,000	$2,037	13.6%
State:	$5,420,000	$9,837	62.9%	$5,001,000	$9,490	56.7%	$4,440,000	$7,872	52.7%
Local:	$2,512,000	$4,559	29.1%	$2,861,000	$5,429	32.4%	$2,839,000	$5,034	33.7%
Total Expenditures:	$8,102,000	$14,704		$7,993,000	$15,167		$8,169,000	$14,484
Total Current Expenditures:	$7,402,000	$13,434		$7,274,000	$13,803		$7,140,000	$12,660
Instructional Expenditures:	$5,051,000	$9,167	68.2%	$4,738,000	$8,991	65.1%	$4,916,000	$8,716	68.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$183,000	$332	2.5%	$173,000	$328	2.4%	$246,000	$436	3.4%
Administration:	$927,000	$1,682	12.5%	$1,144,000	$2,171	15.7%	$802,000	$1,422	11.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,241,000	$2,252	16.8%	$1,219,000	$2,313	16.8%	$1,176,000	$2,085	16.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$198,000	$359		$313,000	$594		$469,000	$832
Construction:	$135,000	$245		$243,000	$461		$247,000	$438
Total Other:	$104,000	$189		$105,000	$199		$119,000	$211
Interest on Debt:	$122,000	$221		$134,000	$254		$147,000	$261

Total Salary:	$4,324,000	$7,848		$4,478,000	$8,497		$4,333,000	$7,683
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,142,000	$5,702	72.7%	$3,202,000	$6,076	71.5%	$2,976,000	$5,277	68.7%
Other Salary:	$1,182,000	$2,145	27.3%	$1,276,000	$2,421	28.5%	$1,357,000	$2,406	31.3%
Total Benefit:	$1,588,000	$2,882		$1,476,000	$2,801		$1,496,000	$2,652
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,089,000	$1,976	68.6%	$810,000	$1,537	54.9%	$1,180,000	$2,092	78.9%
Other Benefit:	$499,000	$906	31.4%	$666,000	$1,264	45.1%	$316,000	$560	21.1%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	70.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	29.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	26.8%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	29.3%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	19.5%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	9.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	14.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,289.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,144.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$42,252.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$48,001.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$55,047.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$53,009.0

* Mountain Iron-Buhl School District was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.