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Hill City Public School District

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Hill City Public School District is located close to the center of Minnesota. Hill City Public School District has 255.09 square miles of land area and 4.39 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Hill City Public School District population is 1,420. Hill City Public School District median household income is $40,750 in 2010-2014. Hill City Public School District median house value is $117,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Hill City Public School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (290 out of 321, bottom 10%) Elementary/Middle School: (259 out of 332, bottom 22%)* Rank: #293
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	1,420 (2010-2014), rank #300
Population Growth	-22.40% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	5.47/sq mi, rank #305
Median Household Income:	$40,750 at 2010-2014—21.41% increase since 2005-2009, rank #307
Median House Price:	$117,000 at 2010-2014—-6.70% increase since 2005-2009, rank #221
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	255.09 sq mi, rank #99
Water Area:	4.39 sq mi (1.69%), rank #152
State:	Minnesota
County:	Aitkin County
City:	Jacobson, Palisade, Swatara, Hill City
Zip:	55752, 56469, 55785, 55748
Area:	Brainerd, MN

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Hill City Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

500 Ione Ave

Hill City MN, 55748, Aitkin County

Phone: 218-697-2394

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	291	289	293	302	294	301	318
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	26.82	25.13	25.41	26.04	27.21	28.00	28.50
Prekindergarten:	1.23	1.10	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.90	0.90
Kindergarten:	1.45	1.38	1.14	2.20	2.00	1.00	1.00
Elementary:	10.11	10.18	10.36	9.39	10.42	11.40	11.40
Secondary:	13.35	12.06	12.70	12.96	13.46	14.20	14.70
Ungraded:	0.68	0.41	0.41	0.69	0.53	0.50	0.50
Total Other Staff:	21.71	21.47	21.50	21.16	22.91	23.40	23.20
Instructional Aides:	6.39	6.25	6.28	5.38	5.43	4.70	5.90
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.10	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.50	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.20	0.20
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.50	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.80	0.80
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.03	0.20	0.03	0.07	0.07	0.10	0.10
Library/Media Support:	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.60	0.80
District Administrators:	1.58	1.61	1.61	1.50	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	2.88	2.88	2.43	2.43	2.55	2.60	2.00
School Administrators:	0.84	0.77	1.00	1.00	1.33	1.30	1.30
School Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Student Support Services:	3.45	3.69	3.66	4.69	4.12	4.50	3.60
Other Support Services:	5.04	5.04	5.49	5.09	6.34	6.50	6.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.85	11.50	11.53	11.60	10.80	10.75	11.16

Schools

Hill City Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	500 Ione Ave, Hill City MN 55748
Hill City Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	500 Ione Ave, Hill City MN 55748
Hill City Senior High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	500 Ione Ave, Hill City MN 55748

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	64.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	94.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	55.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	38.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	64.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	63.6%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	57.9%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	68.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	58.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	10%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	23.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	15.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	24%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	56.3%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	11.1%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	33.4%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	57.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	40.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	41%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.9%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	55.5%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.6%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	42.1%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	57%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	44.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.4%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	24%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	46.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	95.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	78.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	94.7%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	30.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.9%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.6%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.3%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	79.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	51.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	42.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	46.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	36.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	40.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.7%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	34.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	29%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	36.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	36.8%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	36.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	42.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	47.4%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.9%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.3%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	22.2%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	28%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	63.6%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68.4%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	66.7%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	88.9%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	80%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	75.0%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	62.1%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	31.6%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.3%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.8%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.7%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52.7%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.8%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.9%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	15%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.6%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	26.4%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	36.9%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	31.6%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	34.7%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	55%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	27.8%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.9%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	17.6%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	35.3%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.7%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.6%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.1%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45.5%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22.7%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	36.9%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$4,398,000	$15,010		$4,392,000	$14,543		$4,130,000	$14,048
Federal:	$336,000	$1,147	7.6%	$368,000	$1,219	8.4%	$543,000	$1,847	13.1%
State:	$2,922,000	$9,973	66.4%	$2,906,000	$9,623	66.2%	$2,660,000	$9,048	64.4%
Local:	$1,140,000	$3,891	25.9%	$1,118,000	$3,702	25.5%	$927,000	$3,153	22.4%
Total Expenditures:	$3,898,000	$13,304		$3,906,000	$12,934		$4,592,000	$15,619
Total Current Expenditures:	$3,435,000	$11,724		$3,424,000	$11,338		$3,467,000	$11,793
Instructional Expenditures:	$2,150,000	$7,338	62.6%	$2,162,000	$7,159	63.1%	$2,212,000	$7,524	63.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$229,000	$782	6.7%	$208,000	$689	6.1%	$130,000	$442	3.7%
Administration:	$379,000	$1,294	11.0%	$380,000	$1,258	11.1%	$493,000	$1,677	14.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$677,000	$2,311	19.7%	$674,000	$2,232	19.7%	$632,000	$2,150	18.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$149,000	$509		$143,000	$474		$785,000	$2,670
Construction:	$93,000	$317		$87,000	$288		$675,000	$2,296
Total Other:	$141,000	$481		$142,000	$470		$118,000	$401
Interest on Debt:	$71,000	$242		$85,000	$281		$98,000	$333

Total Salary:	$2,217,000	$7,567		$2,209,000	$7,315		$2,325,000	$7,908
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$1,551,000	$5,294	70.0%	$1,554,000	$5,146	70.3%	$1,645,000	$5,595	70.8%
Other Salary:	$666,000	$2,273	30.0%	$655,000	$2,169	29.7%	$680,000	$2,313	29.2%
Total Benefit:	$498,000	$1,700		$498,000	$1,649		$511,000	$1,738
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$361,000	$1,232	72.5%	$368,000	$1,219	73.9%	$362,000	$1,231	70.8%
Other Benefit:	$137,000	$468	27.5%	$130,000	$430	26.1%	$149,000	$507	29.2%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	81.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	19.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	14.3%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	NA
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	47.6%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	19.0%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

Mean Base Salary:	$44,877.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$27,649.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$46,897.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$50,836.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

* Hill City 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.