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Mountain Lake Public Schools

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Mountain Lake Public Schools is located in south Minnesota. Mountain Lake Public Schools has 138.33 square miles of land area and 1.14 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Mountain Lake Public Schools population is 3,024. Mountain Lake Public Schools median household income is $50,236 in 2010-2014. Mountain Lake Public Schools median house value is $70,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Mountain Lake Public Schools is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (195 out of 321, bottom 39%) Elementary/Middle School: (185 out of 332, bottom 44%)* Rank: #208
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	3,024 (2010-2014), rank #242
Population Growth	2.06% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	21.68/sq mi, rank #180
Median Household Income:	$50,236 at 2010-2014—13.67% increase since 2005-2009, rank #207
Median House Price:	$70,900 at 2010-2014—-14.16% increase since 2005-2009, rank #319
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	138.33 sq mi, rank #209
Water Area:	1.14 sq mi (0.82%), rank #243
State:	Minnesota
County:	Watonwan County, Jackson County, Cottonwood County
City:	Butterfield, Mountain Lake, Odin, Bingham Lake, Windom
Zip:	56120, 56159, 56160, 56118, 56101

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Mountain Lake Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

450 12th St

Mountain Lake MN, 56159, Cottonwood County

Phone: 507-427-2325

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	494	491	476	476	477	489	496
English Language Learner Students:	44	51	47	44	50	38	68
Total Teachers:	38.98	37.20	39.03	39.44	40.84	40.60	39.30
Prekindergarten:	1.43	0.90	0.50	1.26	1.50	1.50	1.30
Kindergarten:	2.34	2.54	3.18	2.84	2.34	2.30	1.30
Elementary:	18.68	16.68	18.47	19.13	19.38	19.00	18.50
Secondary:	16.43	16.98	16.78	16.21	17.45	17.60	18.10
Ungraded:	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.00	0.17	0.20	0.10
Total Other Staff:	41.16	42.10	42.12	44.14	43.12	46.00	43.20
Instructional Aides:	9.54	8.86	9.32	9.66	10.14	13.10	12.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.34	0.67	0.67	0.67	0.50	0.20	1.60
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.67	0.66	0.43	0.87	0.87	0.90	0.70
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.67	0.13	0.13	0.87	0.87	0.30	0.70
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.53	0.30	0.00	0.00	0.60	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.20	0.67	0.83	1.00	0.86	0.80	0.80
Library/Media Support:	0.75	0.86	0.78	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80
District Administrators:	2.75	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.90	2.90
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.25	1.25	1.20	1.20	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
School Administrative Support:	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.70	2.70
Student Support Services:	12.49	13.21	12.94	13.97	12.53	12.60	10.50
Other Support Services:	8.92	8.92	8.90	8.97	9.22	9.00	9.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.67	13.20	12.20	12.07	11.68	12.04	12.62

Schools

Mountain Lake Elementary		Prekindergarten to Grade 6	450 12th St, Mountain Lake MN 56159
Mountain Lake Secondary		Grade 7 to Grade 12	450 12th St, Mountain Lake MN 56159

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	46.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	62.8%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.2%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	56.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	33.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	22.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	7.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	53.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	42.9%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	28.5%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	58.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.3%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.8%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.3%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.9%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	97.3%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	40%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.2%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.8%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.9%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	43.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57.1%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	42.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.1%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.5%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.4%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	47.2%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	82%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	48.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53.2%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	39.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	43.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.6%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.9%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.6%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	62.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	58.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	35.1%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.9%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50.1%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.5%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	31.6%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	31.2%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	48.6%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	66.6%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65.7%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.6%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.9%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	85.4%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	81.8%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	76.9%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	60%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	100%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.5%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	43.9%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53.8%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	41.4%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.8%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	35%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.3%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36.1%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	33.4%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	25%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41.1%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.9%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	52.9%	53%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$5,966,000	$12,534		$6,133,000	$12,884		$6,181,000	$12,958
Federal:	$338,000	$710	5.7%	$483,000	$1,015	7.9%	$782,000	$1,639	12.7%
State:	$4,147,000	$8,712	69.5%	$4,030,000	$8,466	65.7%	$4,050,000	$8,491	65.5%
Local:	$1,481,000	$3,111	24.8%	$1,620,000	$3,403	26.4%	$1,349,000	$2,828	21.8%
Total Expenditures:	$6,074,000	$12,761		$5,958,000	$12,517		$6,171,000	$12,937
Total Current Expenditures:	$5,346,000	$11,231		$5,127,000	$10,771		$5,114,000	$10,721
Instructional Expenditures:	$3,296,000	$6,924	61.7%	$3,164,000	$6,647	61.7%	$3,240,000	$6,792	63.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$339,000	$712	6.3%	$345,000	$725	6.7%	$357,000	$748	7.0%
Administration:	$769,000	$1,616	14.4%	$711,000	$1,494	13.9%	$636,000	$1,333	12.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$942,000	$1,979	17.6%	$907,000	$1,905	17.7%	$881,000	$1,847	17.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$218,000	$458		$222,000	$466		$383,000	$803
Construction:	$83,000	$174		$45,000	$95		$183,000	$384
Total Other:	$320,000	$672		$313,000	$658		$312,000	$654
Interest on Debt:	$6,000	$13		$0	$0		$0	$0

Total Salary:	$3,434,000	$7,214		$3,318,000	$6,971		$3,273,000	$6,862
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,250,000	$4,727	65.5%	$2,166,000	$4,550	65.3%	$2,189,000	$4,589	66.9%
Other Salary:	$1,184,000	$2,487	34.5%	$1,152,000	$2,420	34.7%	$1,084,000	$2,273	33.1%
Total Benefit:	$855,000	$1,796		$837,000	$1,758		$830,000	$1,740
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$544,000	$1,143	63.6%	$530,000	$1,113	63.3%	$531,000	$1,113	64.0%
Other Benefit:	$311,000	$653	36.4%	$307,000	$645	36.7%	$299,000	$627	36.0%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	100.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	0.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	18.2%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	31.8%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	27.3%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	NA
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	13.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,540.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$16,368.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$37,707.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$44,042.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$51,200.0

* Mountain Lake Public Schools was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.