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Belle Plaine Public School District

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Belle Plaine Public School District is located in south Minnesota. Belle Plaine Public School District has 105.39 square miles of land area and 1.86 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Belle Plaine Public School District population is 9,017. Belle Plaine Public School District median household income is $72,000 in 2010-2014. Belle Plaine Public School District median house value is $181,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Belle Plaine Public School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (226 out of 321, bottom 30%) Elementary/Middle School: (191 out of 332, bottom 42%)* Rank: #228
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	9,017 (2010-2014), rank #117
Population Growth	-0.42% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	84.08/sq mi, rank #86
Median Household Income:	$72,000 at 2010-2014—-3.31% increase since 2005-2009, rank #45
Median House Price:	$181,100 at 2010-2014—-18.86% increase since 2005-2009, rank #80
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	105.39 sq mi, rank #248
Water Area:	1.86 sq mi (1.73%), rank #215
State:	Minnesota
County:	Sibley County, Scott County, Le Sueur County, Carver County
City:	Henderson, Belle Plaine, Jordan, Cologne, Carver, Norwood Young America
Zip:	56044, 56011, 55352, 55322, 55315, 55368
Area:	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

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Belle Plaine Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

130 South Willow St

Belle Plaine MN, 56011, Scott County

Phone: 952-873-2400

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,622	1,646	1,638	1,610	1,562	1,559	1,553
English Language Learner Students:	15	0	4	4	3	2	12
Total Teachers:	104.75	101.16	98.31	94.46	95.60	95.20	88.70
Prekindergarten:	3.17	3.26	2.26	1.33	1.29	2.80	2.80
Kindergarten:	6.99	6.71	7.75	6.66	7.86	7.60	5.80
Elementary:	52.64	49.78	47.10	43.57	42.68	42.10	39.40
Secondary:	41.53	40.91	40.67	40.07	39.72	41.50	38.60
Ungraded:	0.42	0.50	0.53	2.83	4.05	1.20	2.10
Total Other Staff:	88.68	81.95	75.94	76.80	82.40	76.40	69.20
Instructional Aides:	35.42	32.61	27.73	30.49	33.07	29.60	26.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.83	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	1.80	1.80	1.80	1.80	1.80
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80
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:	1.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	2.88	1.88	3.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.90
District Administrators:	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	5.00	5.00	6.00
District Administrative Support:	1.45	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
School Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	8.00	7.76	7.13	7.38	8.51	8.60	7.00
Student Support Services:	13.44	12.12	11.57	12.40	13.96	12.10	12.10
Other Support Services:	12.66	12.08	12.21	11.23	11.56	10.80	9.30
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.48	16.27	16.66	17.04	16.34	16.38	17.51

Schools

Belle Plaine Junior High	Grade 7 to Grade 8	220 South Market St, Belle Plaine MN 56011
Belle Plaine Senior High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	220 South Market St, Belle Plaine MN 56011
Chatfield Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	330 South Market St, Belle Plaine MN 56011
Oak Crest Elementary	Grade 3 to Grade 6	1101 West Commerce Dr, Belle Plaine MN 56011

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	61.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	49.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.1%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.2%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	70.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	72.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	21.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	19%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	29.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	29.6%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50.4%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	26%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	45.3%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.9%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.8%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	62%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	55.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	53.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	44.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44.8%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	58.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	43.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	79%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.6%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	56%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	39.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	56.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54.7%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.9%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.8%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.5%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	53%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	45.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	63.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	47.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.7%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.3%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.9%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	63.6%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	47.8%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.1%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.8%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	41.7%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.9%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.1%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	97.2%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	94.7%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	94.8%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	97.1%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	63.9%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.9%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.8%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.8%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50.4%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.6%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50.8%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.3%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.9%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61.7%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.9%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.2%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.9%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.6%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.5%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.7%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.9%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	59.4%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$18,606,000	$11,359		$18,473,000	$11,474		$16,925,000	$10,835
Federal:	$822,000	$502	4.4%	$780,000	$484	4.2%	$1,691,000	$1,083	10.0%
State:	$12,003,000	$7,328	64.5%	$11,486,000	$7,134	62.2%	$9,879,000	$6,325	58.4%
Local:	$5,781,000	$3,529	31.1%	$6,207,000	$3,855	33.6%	$5,355,000	$3,428	31.6%
Total Expenditures:	$16,803,000	$10,258		$16,245,000	$10,090		$19,760,000	$12,650
Total Current Expenditures:	$13,447,000	$8,209		$12,951,000	$8,044		$12,959,000	$8,296
Instructional Expenditures:	$8,829,000	$5,390	65.7%	$8,483,000	$5,269	65.5%	$8,611,000	$5,513	66.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$841,000	$513	6.3%	$766,000	$476	5.9%	$744,000	$476	5.7%
Administration:	$1,123,000	$686	8.4%	$1,084,000	$673	8.4%	$1,036,000	$663	8.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,654,000	$1,620	19.7%	$2,618,000	$1,626	20.2%	$2,568,000	$1,644	19.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$652,000	$398		$546,000	$339		$3,968,000	$2,540
Construction:	$145,000	$89		$197,000	$122		$3,078,000	$1,971
Total Other:	$517,000	$316		$527,000	$327		$539,000	$345
Interest on Debt:	$1,748,000	$1,067		$1,812,000	$1,125		$1,769,000	$1,133

Total Salary:	$7,689,000	$4,694		$7,481,000	$4,647		$7,519,000	$4,814
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$5,743,000	$3,506	74.7%	$5,626,000	$3,494	75.2%	$5,660,000	$3,624	75.3%
Other Salary:	$1,946,000	$1,188	25.3%	$1,855,000	$1,152	24.8%	$1,859,000	$1,190	24.7%
Total Benefit:	$2,619,000	$1,599		$2,481,000	$1,541		$2,390,000	$1,530
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,046,000	$1,249	78.1%	$1,925,000	$1,196	77.6%	$1,823,000	$1,167	76.3%
Other Benefit:	$573,000	$350	21.9%	$556,000	$345	22.4%	$567,000	$363	23.7%

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:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	23.2%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	23.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	27.5%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	14.5%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	11.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,214.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,019.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$39,086.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$49,771.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$51,937.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$58,009.0

* Belle Plaine Public School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.