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Fergus Falls Public School District

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Fergus Falls Public School District is located in west Minnesota. Fergus Falls Public School District has 313.01 square miles of land area and 29.07 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Fergus Falls Public School District population is 19,414. Fergus Falls Public School District median household income is $49,225 in 2010-2014. Fergus Falls Public School District median house value is $141,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Fergus Falls Public School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (164 out of 321, bottom 49%) Elementary/Middle School: (141 out of 332, top 42%)* Rank: #158
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	19,414 (2010-2014), rank #64
Population Growth	-3.01% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	56.75/sq mi, rank #106
Median Household Income:	$49,225 at 2010-2014—14.23% increase since 2005-2009, rank #226
Median House Price:	$141,100 at 2010-2014—6.17% increase since 2005-2009, rank #181
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	313.01 sq mi, rank #65
Water Area:	29.07 sq mi (8.50%), rank #35
State:	Minnesota
County:	Wilkin County, Otter Tail County
City:	Rothsay, Campbell, Fergus Falls, Dalton, Underwood, Elizabeth, Erhard
Zip:	56579, 56522, 56537, 56324, 56586, 56533, 56534
Area:	Wahpeton, ND-MN;Fergus Falls, MN

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Fergus Falls Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

601 Randolph Ave

Fergus Falls MN, 56537, Otter Tail County

Phone: 218-998-0544

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,614	2,559	2,459	2,597	2,622	2,609	2,593
English Language Learner Students:	16	7	5	5	9	8	6
Total Teachers:	151.48	150.79	152.07	153.32	149.23	144.20	158.70
Prekindergarten:	4.56	4.80	4.07	3.76	2.07	2.90	2.50
Kindergarten:	9.70	8.03	6.70	5.81	6.54	7.40	7.20
Elementary:	61.20	59.58	61.13	61.18	59.39	57.30	63.90
Secondary:	75.19	77.39	79.45	81.85	79.98	75.30	83.80
Ungraded:	0.83	0.99	0.72	0.72	1.25	1.30	1.30
Total Other Staff:	135.29	139.24	139.18	139.41	135.72	136.10	148.80
Instructional Aides:	39.58	40.50	41.51	41.69	40.23	39.00	43.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.53	2.24	2.34	2.34	2.17	2.00	3.20
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	4.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	4.00	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	5.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	5.30	5.90
District Administrators:	5.50	6.00	7.00	7.50	6.80	6.30	6.30
District Administrative Support:	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.30
School Administrators:	6.65	6.65	5.48	5.48	5.48	5.50	5.50
School Administrative Support:	16.68	15.75	16.50	16.75	15.75	15.80	16.80
Student Support Services:	20.94	25.07	25.32	22.92	22.07	20.40	19.90
Other Support Services:	32.99	32.61	31.61	34.31	32.80	34.80	38.30
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.26	16.97	16.17	16.94	17.57	18.09	16.34

Schools

Adams Elementary	Grade 1 to Grade 2	301 West Bancroft Ave, Fergus Falls MN 56537
Cleveland Elementary	Grade 3 to Grade 5	919 Northern Ave North, Fergus Falls MN 56537
Fergus Falls Area Learning Center	Grade 9 to Grade 12	340 Friberg Ave, Fergus Falls MN 56537
Iq Academy Minnesota	Kindergarten to Grade 12	340 Friberg Ave, Fergus Falls MN 56537
Kennedy Secondary School	Grade 6 to Grade 12	601 Randolph Ave, Fergus Falls MN 56537
Mckinley Elementary	Prekindergarten to Kindergarten	724 Laurel Ave West, Fergus Falls MN 56537

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	91.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	67%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72.8%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.7%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.3%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	76.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	79.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	31.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	49.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	34.6%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.3%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	39.1%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	38.7%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.8%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.5%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.7%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76.6%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	56.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40.4%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	37.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	56.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	54.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	58.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.9%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.7%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	46.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55.1%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.1%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.2%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.3%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	51.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	53%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	48.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	50.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	50.2%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.7%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	50.7%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	53.2%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.7%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.4%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.2%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.9%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.8%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.7%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	88.9%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	89.6%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	83%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	78.2%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	53.7%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.6%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.5%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.6%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.6%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.3%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.1%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55.7%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46.6%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53.7%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.3%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.4%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.5%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.3%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.5%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	31.3%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.7%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.7%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.8%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	44.3%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$30,306,000	$12,325		$30,079,000	$11,582		$30,282,000	$11,549
Federal:	$1,390,000	$565	4.6%	$1,219,000	$469	4.1%	$2,698,000	$1,029	8.9%
State:	$20,030,000	$8,146	66.1%	$18,393,000	$7,082	61.1%	$18,403,000	$7,019	60.8%
Local:	$8,886,000	$3,614	29.3%	$10,467,000	$4,030	34.8%	$9,181,000	$3,502	30.3%
Total Expenditures:	$28,952,000	$11,774		$34,515,000	$13,290		$40,913,000	$15,604
Total Current Expenditures:	$23,225,000	$9,445		$22,539,000	$8,679		$21,708,000	$8,279
Instructional Expenditures:	$15,343,000	$6,240	66.1%	$14,619,000	$5,629	64.9%	$14,183,000	$5,409	65.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,291,000	$525	5.6%	$1,223,000	$471	5.4%	$1,333,000	$508	6.1%
Administration:	$2,094,000	$852	9.0%	$2,219,000	$854	9.8%	$1,989,000	$759	9.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,497,000	$1,829	19.4%	$4,478,000	$1,724	19.9%	$4,203,000	$1,603	19.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,011,000	$818		$8,311,000	$3,200		$15,258,000	$5,819
Construction:	$1,525,000	$620		$7,935,000	$3,055		$15,039,000	$5,736
Total Other:	$1,053,000	$428		$960,000	$370		$874,000	$333
Interest on Debt:	$1,482,000	$603		$1,558,000	$600		$1,637,000	$624

Total Salary:	$12,764,000	$5,191		$12,641,000	$4,868		$12,380,000	$4,722
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,195,000	$3,739	72.0%	$9,013,000	$3,471	71.3%	$8,951,000	$3,414	72.3%
Other Salary:	$3,569,000	$1,451	28.0%	$3,628,000	$1,397	28.7%	$3,429,000	$1,308	27.7%
Total Benefit:	$3,996,000	$1,625		$4,046,000	$1,558		$3,715,000	$1,417
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,263,000	$1,327	81.7%	$3,251,000	$1,252	80.4%	$2,924,000	$1,115	78.7%
Other Benefit:	$733,000	$298	18.3%	$795,000	$306	19.6%	$791,000	$302	21.3%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	42.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	57.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	19.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	7.7%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	15.4%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	35.4%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	21.5%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	20.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,126.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,724.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$37,969.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$46,211.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$52,979.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$54,642.0

* Fergus Falls Public School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.