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East Central School District

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East Central School District is located close to the center of Minnesota. East Central School District has 622.15 square miles of land area and 6.04 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total East Central School District population is 7,014. East Central School District median household income is $44,417 in 2010-2014. East Central School District median house value is $135,500 in 2010-2014. On average, East Central School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (305 out of 321, bottom 5%) Elementary/Middle School: (318 out of 332, bottom 4%)* Rank: #326
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	7,014 (2010-2014), rank #145
Population Growth	-0.30% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	11.17/sq mi, rank #268
Median Household Income:	$44,417 at 2010-2014—14.29% increase since 2005-2009, rank #278
Median House Price:	$135,500 at 2010-2014—-9.36% increase since 2005-2009, rank #191
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	622.15 sq mi, rank #17
Water Area:	6.04 sq mi (0.96%), rank #116
State:	Minnesota
County:	Pine County, Kanabec County, Aitkin County
City:	Sandstone, Hinckley, Askov, Bruno, Kerrick, Willow River, Holyoke, Finlayson
Zip:	55072, 55037, 55704, 55712, 55756, 55795, 55749, 55735
Area:	Duluth, MN-WI

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East Central School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

61085 State Hwy 23

Finlayson MN, 55735, Pine County

Phone: 320-245-2289

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	757	783	782	787	785	777	783
English Language Learner Students:	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	53.64	54.07	64.10	62.01	61.76	59.90	59.90
Prekindergarten:	1.47	1.47	1.47	1.47	1.47	1.50	1.20
Kindergarten:	3.00	3.00	3.34	3.34	3.51	3.20	3.30
Elementary:	24.33	25.33	27.55	26.37	24.88	23.20	22.50
Secondary:	23.71	22.81	30.28	30.50	30.90	30.60	30.90
Ungraded:	1.13	1.46	1.46	0.33	1.00	1.40	2.00
Total Other Staff:	57.61	58.92	58.96	73.09	74.81	68.10	67.90
Instructional Aides:	12.60	12.65	9.05	23.44	24.84	21.30	19.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.98	3.98	3.31	1.17	1.59	0.10	0.10
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.66	2.00	1.80	1.80
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.33	2.00	1.80	1.80
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.99	0.99	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	1.31	1.31	1.31	1.99	1.99	1.20	1.50
District Administrators:	1.72	2.33	2.33	2.12	3.33	4.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	5.31	4.56	6.16	6.12	5.62	5.80	5.80
School Administrators:	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	2.00	1.00
School Administrative Support:	2.00	2.43	3.43	3.83	3.43	3.50	3.30
Student Support Services:	5.52	5.59	6.41	5.45	5.35	5.30	6.60
Other Support Services:	22.17	22.07	23.96	25.32	25.67	22.10	23.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.11	14.48	12.20	12.69	12.71	12.97	13.07

Schools

Crossroads Area Learning Center	Grade 7 to Grade 12	130 Oriole Ave East, Sandstone MN 55072
East Central Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	61085 State Hwy 23, Finlayson MN 55735
East Central Senior Secondary	Grade 7 to Grade 12	61085 State Hwy 23, Finlayson MN 55735

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	49.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	37.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68.1%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	61.3%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.5%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	46.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	63.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	17%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	12.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	23.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	34.5%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	38.6%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27.1%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	36.3%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	58.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	57.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	55.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	61.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.5%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.7%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.4%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.8%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	68.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64.8%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.2%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.6%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.7%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	51.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	30.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	31%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	42.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	46%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.5%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.2%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.2%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	16.4%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	51.6%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.6%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	37.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	40.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	37.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	51.7%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.2%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	33.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	46.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	45.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	49%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.2%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.7%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.5%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	32.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	38.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	46.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	47.7%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	47.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.3%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.3%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.9%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	61.1%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	53.8%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68.2%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.4%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.6%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.9%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	35.6%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.9%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	88.7%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	85.7%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	84.3%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	89.7%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	58.6%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.3%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	57.1%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	42.9%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.7%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.4%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	57.4%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	38.9%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	26%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.1%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	26.8%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.9%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	34.5%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	18.1%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	30.8%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53.3%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.2%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	41.6%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	25.7%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	32.4%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.8%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	31.9%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.4%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	34.1%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	47.3%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$10,832,000	$13,852		$10,672,000	$13,560		$10,811,000	$13,772
Federal:	$1,206,000	$1,542	11.1%	$949,000	$1,206	8.9%	$1,187,000	$1,512	11.0%
State:	$6,788,000	$8,680	62.7%	$6,746,000	$8,572	63.2%	$6,436,000	$8,199	59.5%
Local:	$2,838,000	$3,629	26.2%	$2,977,000	$3,783	27.9%	$3,188,000	$4,061	29.5%
Total Expenditures:	$10,374,000	$13,266		$10,539,000	$13,391		$10,267,000	$13,079
Total Current Expenditures:	$8,435,000	$10,786		$8,624,000	$10,958		$7,997,000	$10,187
Instructional Expenditures:	$5,509,000	$7,045	65.3%	$5,798,000	$7,367	67.2%	$5,312,000	$6,767	66.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$388,000	$496	4.6%	$383,000	$487	4.4%	$344,000	$438	4.3%
Administration:	$906,000	$1,159	10.7%	$678,000	$861	7.9%	$725,000	$924	9.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,632,000	$2,087	19.3%	$1,765,000	$2,243	20.5%	$1,616,000	$2,059	20.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$883,000	$1,129		$1,012,000	$1,286		$1,107,000	$1,410
Construction:	$407,000	$520		$455,000	$578		$538,000	$685
Total Other:	$359,000	$459		$252,000	$320		$266,000	$339
Interest on Debt:	$407,000	$520		$465,000	$591		$673,000	$857

Total Salary:	$5,695,000	$7,283		$5,669,000	$7,203		$5,393,000	$6,870
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,871,000	$4,950	68.0%	$4,132,000	$5,250	72.9%	$3,855,000	$4,911	71.5%
Other Salary:	$1,824,000	$2,332	32.0%	$1,537,000	$1,953	27.1%	$1,538,000	$1,959	28.5%
Total Benefit:	$1,610,000	$2,059		$1,499,000	$1,905		$1,392,000	$1,773
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,160,000	$1,483	72.0%	$1,153,000	$1,465	76.9%	$1,086,000	$1,383	78.0%
Other Benefit:	$450,000	$575	28.0%	$346,000	$440	23.1%	$306,000	$390	22.0%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	54.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	45.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	19.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	8.3%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	12.5%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	39.6%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	25.0%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	14.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,869.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,553.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$41,881.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$48,017.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$51,706.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$53,631.0

* East Central School District was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.