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Moorhead Public School District

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Moorhead Public School District is located in west Minnesota. Moorhead Public School District has 203.31 square miles of land area and 0.01 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Moorhead Public School District population is 44,730. Moorhead Public School District median household income is $54,140 in 2010-2014. Moorhead Public School District median house value is $157,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Moorhead Public School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (105 out of 321, top 33%) Elementary/Middle School: (139 out of 332, top 42%)* Rank: #125
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	11
Population	44,730 (2010-2014), rank #27
Population Growth	12.16% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	220.00/sq mi, rank #49
Median Household Income:	$54,140 at 2010-2014—16.56% increase since 2005-2009, rank #146
Median House Price:	$157,700 at 2010-2014—12.40% increase since 2005-2009, rank #140
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	203.31 sq mi, rank #137
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.01%), rank #324
State:	Minnesota
County:	Clay County
City:	Sabin, Moorhead, Glyndon, Oakport, Felton, Dilworth, Georgetown
Zip:	56580, 56560, 56547, 56536, 56529, 56546
Area:	Fargo, ND-MN

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Moorhead Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

2410 14th St South

Moorhead MN, 56560, Clay County

Phone: 218-284-3300

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	5,820	5,709	5,567	5,489	5,496	5,487	5,410
English Language Learner Students:	411	266	351	377	364	355	350
Total Teachers:	360.39	334.11	323.87	310.84	305.17	326.70	333.40
Prekindergarten:	18.68	13.83	13.50	12.50	11.50	11.00	10.50
Kindergarten:	24.83	17.34	10.00	10.00	8.00	10.50	9.50
Elementary:	159.98	150.19	149.50	144.37	142.69	146.20	154.70
Secondary:	153.90	150.75	148.04	142.64	141.55	156.70	157.20
Ungraded:	3.00	2.00	2.83	1.33	1.43	2.30	1.50
Total Other Staff:	370.58	366.90	355.87	341.79	337.81	353.80	352.30
Instructional Aides:	128.52	127.00	119.80	117.57	120.12	126.20	127.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	12.16	11.83	13.00	13.00	8.17	8.30	8.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	9.50	9.50	10.50	10.00	10.00	11.50	11.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.50	6.50	7.50	7.00	7.00	8.50	8.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.51	5.00	4.67	4.00	5.00	6.00	6.00
Library/Media Support:	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00
District Administrators:	6.00	6.75	7.75	7.75	6.75	6.80	8.40
District Administrative Support:	14.47	16.47	14.64	12.04	12.04	14.00	13.90
School Administrators:	14.50	13.50	10.50	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.00
School Administrative Support:	22.26	20.26	19.26	18.43	20.43	20.90	20.80
Student Support Services:	73.65	71.66	70.19	70.93	69.98	70.80	70.40
Other Support Services:	80.01	79.93	79.56	73.07	70.32	74.30	71.80
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.15	17.09	17.19	17.66	18.01	16.80	16.23

Schools

Clay County Outreach Center	Grade 7 to Grade 12	324 24th St South, Moorhead MN 56560
Clay County Shelter Care	Grade 3 to Grade 12	919 8th Ave North, Moorhead MN 56560
Ellen Hopkins Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	2020 South 11th St, Moorhead MN 56560
Horizon Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	3601 12th Ave South, Moorhead MN 56560
Moorhead High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	2300 4th Ave South, Moorhead MN 56560
Probstfield Center For Education	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	2410 14th St South, Moorhead MN 56560
Probstfield Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	2410 14th St South, Moorhead MN 56560
R. Asp Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	910 North 11th St, Moorhead MN 56560
Rr Area Learning Center	Grade 5 to Grade 12	1100 32nd Ave South, Moorhead MN 56560
S.G.Reinertsen Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1201 40th Ave South, Moorhead MN 56560
West Central Juvenile Center	Grade 4 to Grade 12	919 8th Ave North, Moorhead MN 56560

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72.7%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.4%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	62.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	62.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	46.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	42.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40.5%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50.8%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.5%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50.1%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66.4%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	53.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.3%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.4%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	68.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73.7%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.2%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.1%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	43%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35.8%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65.7%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.9%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.4%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.3%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65.2%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	67.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	71.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.7%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.1%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.7%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	72.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59.7%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.1%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.5%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.6%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.4%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	56.3%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	53.2%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.9%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.9%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.1%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.4%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.5%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.7%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.7%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	91.5%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	92.9%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	92.7%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	86.5%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	55%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.4%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.7%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.1%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.5%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.3%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.1%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.6%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52.3%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.3%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.7%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.9%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.5%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.6%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.1%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.3%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.1%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.8%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.1%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.6%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	46.7%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$68,002,000	$12,215		$66,601,000	$12,134		$61,772,000	$11,239
Federal:	$4,317,000	$775	6.3%	$6,018,000	$1,096	9.0%	$4,743,000	$863	7.7%
State:	$47,567,000	$8,544	69.9%	$44,485,000	$8,104	66.8%	$45,012,000	$8,190	72.9%
Local:	$16,118,000	$2,895	23.7%	$16,098,000	$2,933	24.2%	$12,017,000	$2,186	19.5%
Total Expenditures:	$61,874,000	$11,114		$58,783,000	$10,709		$56,822,000	$10,339
Total Current Expenditures:	$52,157,000	$9,369		$50,361,000	$9,175		$48,518,000	$8,828
Instructional Expenditures:	$35,698,000	$6,412	68.4%	$34,628,000	$6,309	68.8%	$33,444,000	$6,085	68.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,213,000	$577	6.2%	$3,033,000	$553	6.0%	$3,032,000	$552	6.2%
Administration:	$3,435,000	$617	6.6%	$3,391,000	$618	6.7%	$3,363,000	$612	6.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$9,811,000	$1,762	18.8%	$9,309,000	$1,696	18.5%	$8,679,000	$1,579	17.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$3,474,000	$624		$2,441,000	$445		$2,066,000	$376
Construction:	$1,164,000	$209		$861,000	$157		$948,000	$172
Total Other:	$1,823,000	$327		$1,379,000	$251		$1,385,000	$252
Interest on Debt:	$4,074,000	$732		$4,204,000	$766		$4,368,000	$795

Total Salary:	$33,630,000	$6,041		$32,990,000	$6,010		$32,299,000	$5,877
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$25,287,000	$4,542	75.2%	$25,118,000	$4,576	76.1%	$24,418,000	$4,443	75.6%
Other Salary:	$8,343,000	$1,499	24.8%	$7,872,000	$1,434	23.9%	$7,881,000	$1,434	24.4%
Total Benefit:	$9,491,000	$1,705		$8,806,000	$1,604		$8,349,000	$1,519
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$7,819,000	$1,405	82.4%	$7,282,000	$1,327	82.7%	$6,888,000	$1,253	82.5%
Other Benefit:	$1,672,000	$300	17.6%	$1,524,000	$278	17.3%	$1,461,000	$266	17.5%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	45.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	55.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	16.3%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	15.3%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	43.1%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	16.3%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	8.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,605.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,868.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$45,002.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$53,201.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$56,031.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$57,122.0

* Moorhead 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.