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North Branch Public Schools

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North Branch Public Schools is located in southeast Minnesota. North Branch Public Schools has 170.40 square miles of land area and 5.74 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total North Branch Public Schools population is 19,977. North Branch Public Schools median household income is $67,993 in 2010-2014. North Branch Public Schools median house value is $175,000 in 2010-2014. On average, North Branch Public Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (196 out of 321, bottom 39%) Elementary/Middle School: (117 out of 332, top 35%)* Rank: #161
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	7
Population	19,977 (2010-2014), rank #60
Population Growth	5.42% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	113.42/sq mi, rank #71
Median Household Income:	$67,993 at 2010-2014—4.50% increase since 2005-2009, rank #53
Median House Price:	$175,000 at 2010-2014—-19.54% increase since 2005-2009, rank #88
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	170.40 sq mi, rank #170
Water Area:	5.74 sq mi (3.26%), rank #123
State:	Minnesota
County:	Isanti County, Chisago County
City:	Stacy, North Branch, Wyoming, Lindstrom, Harris, Chisago City, Taylors Falls, Center City
Zip:	55079, 55056, 55045, 55032, 55013, 55084, 55012
Area:	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

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North Branch Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

38705 Grand Ave

North Branch MN, 55056, Chisago County

Phone: 651-674-1000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,159	3,216	3,258	3,446	3,648	3,795	3,876
English Language Learner Students:	30	31	32	39	39	55	58
Total Teachers:	157.33	156.56	166.25	175.18	175.78	189.20	204.60
Prekindergarten:	3.60	5.07	5.03	5.83	6.41	6.00	6.10
Kindergarten:	9.20	6.64	5.40	5.27	8.17	7.70	7.00
Elementary:	70.63	70.96	70.86	75.43	75.55	80.20	90.30
Secondary:	73.16	73.69	82.27	87.09	83.76	89.00	98.90
Ungraded:	0.74	0.20	2.69	1.56	1.89	6.30	2.30
Total Other Staff:	168.87	181.04	192.90	177.09	188.82	190.40	211.50
Instructional Aides:	38.93	39.57	37.56	29.87	30.20	31.30	35.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	5.53	6.00	8.49	6.17	7.17	5.50	5.80
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	5.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	1.80	3.45	2.60	1.60	2.85	2.40	2.80
District Administrators:	4.25	4.00	6.32	4.99	6.49	6.00	6.50
District Administrative Support:	13.13	18.25	18.50	13.15	15.00	16.00	15.00
School Administrators:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.50	7.00	7.00
School Administrative Support:	13.40	11.88	12.78	12.78	12.45	12.50	20.10
Student Support Services:	34.49	31.74	41.91	44.52	45.11	46.40	50.90
Other Support Services:	44.34	53.15	53.74	53.01	58.05	56.30	59.20
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.08	20.54	19.60	19.67	20.75	20.06	18.94

Schools

Brooker Learning Center	Grade 6 to Grade 12	38432 Lincoln Tr, North Branch MN 55056
Distance Learning Program	Kindergarten to Grade 12	38705 Grand Ave, North Branch MN 55056
North Branch Lab School Alc	Grade 7 to Grade 12	38705 Grand Ave, North Branch MN 55056
North Branch Middle	Grade 5 to Grade 8	38431 Lincoln Tr, North Branch MN 55056
North Branch Primary Elementary	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	38705 Grand Ave, North Branch MN 55056
North Branch Senior High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	38175 Grand Ave, North Branch MN 55056
Sunrise River Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 4	37775 Grand Ave, North Branch MN 55056

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	50.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	52.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	63.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.5%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.5%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.3%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	65.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	64%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	18.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	23.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	28.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	46%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	47.2%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	41.5%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	61.7%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.2%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.7%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.7%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	55.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.1%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50.5%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	53.3%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	56.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	64.5%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.9%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	58.8%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.7%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.9%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.1%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	39.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	57.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.2%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.5%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.2%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.4%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43.8%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	58.8%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	53.5%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.5%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.6%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.9%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.9%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.4%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.1%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	77.9%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	96.4%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	93.8%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	93.6%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	87.6%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.7%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.7%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.7%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.9%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.1%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.4%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.8%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.9%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.2%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.7%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	49.1%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.6%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.6%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.7%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	40.5%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.2%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.3%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.8%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.3%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.5%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.7%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.9%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35.3%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	55.1%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$36,442,000	$11,185		$37,088,000	$10,763		$36,915,000	$10,119
Federal:	$1,754,000	$538	4.8%	$1,197,000	$347	3.2%	$3,674,000	$1,007	10.0%
State:	$25,515,000	$7,831	70.0%	$25,884,000	$7,511	69.8%	$24,494,000	$6,714	66.4%
Local:	$9,173,000	$2,816	25.2%	$10,007,000	$2,904	27.0%	$8,747,000	$2,398	23.7%
Total Expenditures:	$33,668,000	$10,334		$34,481,000	$10,006		$40,193,000	$11,018
Total Current Expenditures:	$28,120,000	$8,631		$28,742,000	$8,341		$33,966,000	$9,311
Instructional Expenditures:	$16,974,000	$5,210	60.4%	$17,434,000	$5,059	60.7%	$21,230,000	$5,820	62.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,260,000	$694	8.0%	$1,765,000	$512	6.1%	$2,046,000	$561	6.0%
Administration:	$2,766,000	$849	9.8%	$2,839,000	$824	9.9%	$3,340,000	$916	9.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,120,000	$1,878	21.8%	$6,704,000	$1,945	23.3%	$7,350,000	$2,015	21.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,511,000	$464		$1,915,000	$556		$2,055,000	$563
Construction:	$500,000	$153		$1,168,000	$339		$1,042,000	$286
Total Other:	$1,098,000	$337		$1,122,000	$326		$1,274,000	$349
Interest on Debt:	$1,692,000	$519		$1,638,000	$475		$1,841,000	$505

Total Salary:	$17,538,000	$5,383		$18,022,000	$5,230		$18,164,000	$4,979
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$11,798,000	$3,621	67.3%	$12,296,000	$3,568	68.2%	$12,076,000	$3,310	66.5%
Other Salary:	$5,740,000	$1,762	32.7%	$5,726,000	$1,662	31.8%	$6,088,000	$1,669	33.5%
Total Benefit:	$5,356,000	$1,644		$5,279,000	$1,532		$9,908,000	$2,716
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,229,000	$991	60.3%	$3,319,000	$963	62.9%	$6,533,000	$1,791	65.9%
Other Benefit:	$2,127,000	$653	39.7%	$1,960,000	$569	37.1%	$3,375,000	$925	34.1%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	39.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	61.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	15.7%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	22.1%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	30.8%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	20.9%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	10.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,892.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,521.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$40,859.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$50,185.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$56,541.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$58,749.0

* North Branch Public Schools was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.