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West Central Area Schools

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West Central Area Schools is located in west Minnesota. West Central Area Schools has 443.02 square miles of land area and 20.64 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total West Central Area Schools population is 5,055. West Central Area Schools median household income is $50,152 in 2010-2014. West Central Area Schools median house value is $100,500 in 2010-2014. On average, West Central Area Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (47 out of 321, top 15%) Elementary/Middle School: (92 out of 332, top 28%)* Rank: #62
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	5,055 (2010-2014), rank #185
Population Growth	-1.63% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	10.90/sq mi, rank #272
Median Household Income:	$50,152 at 2010-2014—19.10% increase since 2005-2009, rank #209
Median House Price:	$100,500 at 2010-2014—-0.59% increase since 2005-2009, rank #259
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	443.02 sq mi, rank #30
Water Area:	20.64 sq mi (4.45%), rank #39
State:	Minnesota
County:	Stevens County, Pope County, Otter Tail County, Grant County, Douglas County
City:	Kensington, Morris, Donnelly, Cyrus, Farwell, Dalton, Fergus Falls, Wendell, Elbow Lake, Barrett, Herman, Hoffman, Norcross, Nashua, Ashby, Brandon, Evansville
Zip:	56343, 56267, 56235, 56323, 56327, 56324, 56537, 56590, 56531, 56311, 56248, 56339, 56274, 56565, 56309, 56315, 56326
Area:	Alexandria, MN;Fergus Falls, MN;Wahpeton, ND-MN

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West Central Area Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

301 County Rd 2

Barrett MN, 56311, Grant County

Phone: 320-528-2650

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	750	723	738	728	726	778	802
English Language Learner Students:	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Total Teachers:	53.82	51.92	50.04	48.98	48.39	56.10	57.40
Prekindergarten:	0.92	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.70	0.90
Kindergarten:	4.56	3.29	4.56	4.50	2.35	4.40	4.40
Elementary:	25.93	24.68	20.89	20.85	22.21	23.70	24.40
Secondary:	18.90	19.89	20.97	20.12	22.21	25.20	27.40
Ungraded:	3.51	3.38	2.94	2.83	0.94	2.10	0.30
Total Other Staff:	51.17	53.77	52.02	51.80	49.66	52.20	52.90
Instructional Aides:	16.66	17.05	14.93	13.37	11.80	13.70	14.40
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.00	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.10	0.10
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.95	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.67	1.90	1.90
Library/Media Support:	0.50	0.45	1.13	1.11	0.56	0.50	0.30
District Administrators:	2.50	2.00	1.50	1.50	2.63	3.00	3.30
District Administrative Support:	2.00	2.80	2.80	2.80	3.00	3.00	3.00
School Administrators:	2.54	2.52	3.02	3.02	1.66	2.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	3.48	3.60	3.60	3.60	3.40	3.40	3.40
Student Support Services:	9.96	10.32	11.21	11.34	11.03	9.50	9.40
Other Support Services:	10.59	12.98	11.78	13.01	12.85	14.10	14.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.94	13.93	14.75	14.86	15.00	13.87	13.97

Schools

Wca 5-6 Elementary	Grade 5 to Grade 6	301 County Rd 2, Barrett MN 56311
West Central Area N. El.	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	411 1st St Se, Elbow Lake MN 56531
West Central Area S. El.	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	31 North Central, Kensington MN 56343
West Central Area Sec.	Grade 7 to Grade 12	301 County Rd 2, Barrett MN 56311

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	67.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.3%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	84.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	83.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	44.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	58.6%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	61.6%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	31.4%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	36.9%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.4%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77.1%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.1%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59.7%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.2%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.1%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	51.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.7%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.3%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	53.3%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	74.1%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.6%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	94.8%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.7%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.9%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.1%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.2%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	100%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	98.4%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	85.1%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	96.1%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	58.8%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.9%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.2%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52.2%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43.4%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	53.2%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57.1%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.4%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.7%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	42.6%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.8%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.6%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.1%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	35.4%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.3%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48.9%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.3%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.8%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	44.9%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.1%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	43.1%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$8,551,000	$11,587		$8,682,000	$11,926		$8,397,000	$11,566
Federal:	$325,000	$440	3.8%	$509,000	$699	5.9%	$922,000	$1,270	11.0%
State:	$5,673,000	$7,687	66.3%	$5,510,000	$7,569	63.5%	$5,360,000	$7,383	63.8%
Local:	$2,553,000	$3,459	29.9%	$2,663,000	$3,658	30.7%	$2,115,000	$2,913	25.2%
Total Expenditures:	$7,834,000	$10,615		$7,459,000	$10,246		$7,307,000	$10,065
Total Current Expenditures:	$7,139,000	$9,673		$6,764,000	$9,291		$6,615,000	$9,112
Instructional Expenditures:	$4,155,000	$5,630	58.2%	$3,855,000	$5,295	57.0%	$3,875,000	$5,337	58.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$370,000	$501	5.2%	$349,000	$479	5.2%	$330,000	$455	5.0%
Administration:	$800,000	$1,084	11.2%	$832,000	$1,143	12.3%	$786,000	$1,083	11.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,814,000	$2,458	25.4%	$1,728,000	$2,374	25.5%	$1,624,000	$2,237	24.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$287,000	$389		$276,000	$379		$214,000	$295
Construction:	$73,000	$99		$86,000	$118		$112,000	$154
Total Other:	$241,000	$327		$215,000	$295		$189,000	$260
Interest on Debt:	$62,000	$84		$117,000	$161		$114,000	$157

Total Salary:	$4,320,000	$5,854		$4,134,000	$5,679		$4,040,000	$5,565
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,027,000	$4,102	70.1%	$2,837,000	$3,897	68.6%	$2,812,000	$3,873	69.6%
Other Salary:	$1,293,000	$1,752	29.9%	$1,297,000	$1,782	31.4%	$1,228,000	$1,691	30.4%
Total Benefit:	$1,051,000	$1,424		$981,000	$1,348		$981,000	$1,351
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$702,000	$951	66.8%	$637,000	$875	64.9%	$639,000	$880	65.1%
Other Benefit:	$349,000	$473	33.2%	$344,000	$473	35.1%	$342,000	$471	34.9%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	52.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	47.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	19.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	8.7%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	15.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	37.0%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	21.7%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	17.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,415.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,152.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$39,527.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$44,717.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$46,735.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$45,530.0

* West Central Area Schools was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.