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Austin Public School District

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Austin Public School District is located in south Minnesota. Austin Public School District has 142.99 square miles of land area and 0.29 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Austin Public School District population is 28,414. Austin Public School District median household income is $41,765 in 2010-2014. Austin Public School District median house value is $99,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Austin Public School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (275 out of 321, bottom 14%) Elementary/Middle School: (280 out of 332, bottom 16%)* Rank: #297
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	13
Population	28,414 (2010-2014), rank #48
Population Growth	4.61% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	198.31/sq mi, rank #53
Median Household Income:	$41,765 at 2010-2014—-2.58% increase since 2005-2009, rank #298
Median House Price:	$99,600 at 2010-2014—0.20% increase since 2005-2009, rank #264
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	142.99 sq mi, rank #203
Water Area:	0.29 sq mi (0.20%), rank #284
State:	Minnesota
County:	Mower County, Freeborn County
City:	Austin, Rose Creek, Waltham, Mapleview, Lyle, Lansing, Albert Lea, Glenville, Blooming Prairie
Zip:	55912, 55970, 55982, 55953, 55950, 56007, 56036, 55917
Area:	Austin, MN;Albert Lea, MN

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Austin Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

401 Nw 3rd Ave

Austin MN, 55912, Mower County

Phone: 507-460-1900

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,727	4,590	4,548	4,517	4,460	4,304	4,268
English Language Learner Students:	691	441	626	588	562	458	397
Total Teachers:	313.07	313.81	309.11	305.18	298.44	298.80	281.60
Prekindergarten:	15.43	13.77	14.99	13.49	10.06	10.80	10.20
Kindergarten:	19.33	22.00	23.00	20.00	19.83	21.90	21.50
Elementary:	150.71	143.46	145.91	143.47	138.07	134.80	125.90
Secondary:	123.12	127.64	120.04	122.12	125.38	126.30	120.00
Ungraded:	4.48	6.94	5.17	6.10	5.10	5.00	4.00
Total Other Staff:	344.42	326.28	317.57	316.73	314.03	313.10	310.20
Instructional Aides:	103.12	99.51	97.40	95.11	93.83	95.30	86.80
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	13.34	14.93	9.32	9.30	6.50	8.80	10.60
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.50	4.00	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.50	4.00	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.17	1.50	1.50	1.43	2.17	2.20	2.50
Library/Media Support:	3.35	3.20	3.20	3.20	3.20	3.70	3.70
District Administrators:	9.00	9.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
District Administrative Support:	10.88	12.38	12.63	12.63	10.00	10.00	10.00
School Administrators:	12.00	11.00	10.50	10.00	11.00	11.00	10.20
School Administrative Support:	21.51	19.76	19.76	20.76	24.51	24.40	24.40
Student Support Services:	97.45	88.78	87.74	88.49	85.25	80.70	84.60
Other Support Services:	68.60	63.22	62.52	62.81	64.07	63.00	63.40
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.10	14.63	14.71	14.80	14.94	14.40	15.16

Schools

Austin Area Learning Center	Grade 6 to Grade 12	301 3rd St Nw, Austin MN 55912
Austin Community Learning Center	Prekindergarten to Grade 12	912 1st Ave Ne, Austin MN 55912
Austin Senior High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	301 3rd St Nw, Austin MN 55912
Banfield Elementary	Grade 1 to Grade 4	301 17th St Sw, Austin MN 55912
Ellis Middle	Grade 5 to Grade 8	1700 4th Ave Se, Austin MN 55912
Horizon Program	Kindergarten to Grade 12	301 Nw 3rd St, Austin MN 55912
I.J. Holton Intermediate School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	1800 4th Ave Se, Austin MN 55912
Neveln Elementary	Grade 1 to Grade 4	1918 East Oakland Ave, Austin MN 55912
New Dominion Academy	Kindergarten to Grade 12	1101 28th St Ne, Austin MN 55912
Southgate Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1601 Sw 19th Ave, Austin MN 55912
Sumner Elementary	Grade 1 to Grade 4	805 8th Ave Nw, Austin MN 55912
Woodson Kindergarten Center	Kindergarten to Kindergarten	1601 4th St Se, Austin MN 55912

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	54.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	47.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.2%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	67.3%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	70.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	71.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	19.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	18.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	28.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	38.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.9%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	38.6%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	32.3%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40.1%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62.2%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.1%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.2%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.4%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.4%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	57%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	51.5%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.8%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.4%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41.7%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	53.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	55.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	52.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	51.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59.4%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.6%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.4%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.8%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	58.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	47%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70.7%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.2%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.9%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	55.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	45.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	50.2%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.4%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.9%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35.5%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.4%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	40.5%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	53.8%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.2%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.9%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.2%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.6%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.0%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.8%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	85.9%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	91.3%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	86.1%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	57%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	52.8%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.7%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.7%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50.9%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47.2%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.6%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	40.3%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.5%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.6%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40.6%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	25.1%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.3%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.6%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	42.4%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.4%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.6%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.2%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	43.8%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.1%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.2%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.7%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.8%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33.4%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	43.8%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$54,533,000	$11,991		$54,521,000	$12,070		$52,464,000	$11,763
Federal:	$4,324,000	$951	7.9%	$5,940,000	$1,315	10.9%	$7,166,000	$1,607	13.7%
State:	$40,755,000	$8,961	74.7%	$38,661,000	$8,559	70.9%	$36,328,000	$8,145	69.2%
Local:	$9,454,000	$2,079	17.3%	$9,920,000	$2,196	18.2%	$8,970,000	$2,011	17.1%
Total Expenditures:	$59,902,000	$13,171		$59,197,000	$13,105		$52,754,000	$11,828
Total Current Expenditures:	$47,582,000	$10,462		$45,876,000	$10,156		$44,417,000	$9,959
Instructional Expenditures:	$32,332,000	$7,109	68.0%	$31,165,000	$6,899	67.9%	$29,704,000	$6,660	66.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,143,000	$691	6.6%	$3,131,000	$693	6.8%	$3,088,000	$692	7.0%
Administration:	$4,377,000	$962	9.2%	$4,233,000	$937	9.2%	$4,429,000	$993	10.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,730,000	$1,700	16.2%	$7,347,000	$1,627	16.0%	$7,196,000	$1,613	16.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$9,465,000	$2,081		$10,514,000	$2,328		$5,581,000	$1,251
Construction:	$7,750,000	$1,704		$9,104,000	$2,015		$4,283,000	$960
Total Other:	$1,465,000	$322		$1,416,000	$313		$1,258,000	$282
Interest on Debt:	$301,000	$66		$338,000	$75		$314,000	$70

Total Salary:	$30,036,000	$6,604		$29,191,000	$6,462		$28,432,000	$6,375
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$22,114,000	$4,862	73.6%	$21,383,000	$4,734	73.3%	$20,598,000	$4,618	72.4%
Other Salary:	$7,922,000	$1,742	26.4%	$7,808,000	$1,729	26.7%	$7,834,000	$1,757	27.6%
Total Benefit:	$10,292,000	$2,263		$9,758,000	$2,160		$8,989,000	$2,015
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$7,442,000	$1,636	72.3%	$7,003,000	$1,550	71.8%	$6,395,000	$1,434	71.1%
Other Benefit:	$2,850,000	$627	27.7%	$2,755,000	$610	28.2%	$2,594,000	$582	28.9%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	57.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	42.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	26.6%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	16.7%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	31.8%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	13.7%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	11.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,179.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,978.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$48,689.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$51,352.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$52,714.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$52,935.0

* Austin Public 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.