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Worthington Public School District

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Worthington Public School District is located in south Minnesota. Worthington Public School District has 259.55 square miles of land area and 4.51 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Worthington Public School District population is 15,904. Worthington Public School District median household income is $49,515 in 2010-2014. Worthington Public School District median house value is $114,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Worthington Public School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (293 out of 321, bottom 9%) Elementary/Middle School: (321 out of 332, bottom 3%)* Rank: #323
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	8
Population	15,904 (2010-2014), rank #74
Population Growth	12.77% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	60.23/sq mi, rank #102
Median Household Income:	$49,515 at 2010-2014—19.78% increase since 2005-2009, rank #222
Median House Price:	$114,100 at 2010-2014—17.51% increase since 2005-2009, rank #228
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	259.55 sq mi, rank #96
Water Area:	4.51 sq mi (1.71%), rank #149
State:	Minnesota
County:	Nobles County
City:	Worthington, Wilmont, Rushmore, Reading, Fulda, Bigelow, Brewster
Zip:	56187, 56185, 56168, 56165, 56131, 56117, 56119
Area:	Worthington, MN

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Worthington Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1117 Marine Ave

Worthington MN, 56187, Nobles County

Phone: 507-372-2172

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,818	2,738	2,630	2,525	2,421	2,318	2,259
English Language Learner Students:	540	339	452	424	297	271	235
Total Teachers:	205.82	195.68	190.30	182.39	168.70	166.80	163.90
Prekindergarten:	4.50	4.00	4.50	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Kindergarten:	12.05	11.05	12.05	9.05	9.00	9.00	9.00
Elementary:	94.23	87.93	84.07	86.18	73.94	72.40	72.00
Secondary:	90.37	89.70	86.68	80.16	77.61	79.40	77.80
Ungraded:	4.67	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.15	2.00	1.10
Total Other Staff:	228.50	214.12	215.47	212.00	190.68	192.00	186.70
Instructional Aides:	106.32	98.41	98.09	92.05	79.72	83.90	80.30
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	6.00	7.00	5.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	0.93	5.30	6.23	6.23	6.23	7.20	8.80
District Administrators:	5.00	3.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	10.15	7.75	7.75	8.25	7.75	7.50	8.70
School Administrators:	9.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	17.23	14.57	15.46	16.46	14.41	14.90	14.90
Student Support Services:	25.55	28.36	31.52	32.26	30.22	28.90	26.40
Other Support Services:	42.32	36.73	34.42	35.75	32.35	31.60	29.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.69	13.99	13.82	13.84	14.35	13.90	13.78

Schools

Early Childhood	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	117 11th Ave, Worthington MN 56187
Prairie Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	1700 1st Ave Sw, Worthington MN 56187
West Academy	Grade 5 to Grade 12	117 11th Ave, Worthington MN 56187
Worthington 518 (Virtual Instruct	Kindergarten to Grade 12	117 11th Ave, Worthington MN 56187
Worthington Alc Night	Grade 7 to Grade 12	117 11th Ave, Worthington MN 56187
Worthington Area Learning Center	Grade 7 to Grade 12	117 11th Ave, Worthington MN 56187
Worthington Middle	Grade 5 to Grade 8	1401 Crailsheim Rd, Worthington MN 56187
Worthington Senior High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1211 Clary St, Worthington MN 56187

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	57.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	54.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	62.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	50.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	59.5%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	59.4%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	67.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	71.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	19.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	32.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	26%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.1%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30.1%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	36.5%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	50.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	50.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68.6%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	49.2%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.5%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.6%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	68.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	61.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	60%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55.4%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.1%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.2%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70.1%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	53%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	56.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	49.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	42.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	44.6%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.6%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28.3%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	27.1%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.2%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	42.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	35%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	40.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	42.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	36.9%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	51.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	38.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48.3%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.7%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.7%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	41.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	46.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	39.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	38.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	40.7%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	46.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	45.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	46.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50.3%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.1%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.8%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	47.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	40.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	55%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	51.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	44.3%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	38.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.2%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50.3%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22.1%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	28.4%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	30.6%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	34.9%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.7%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	62.9%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	62.4%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.5%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.7%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.4%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	74.5%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	77.9%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	76.1%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	59.6%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	48.6%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54.7%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	57.7%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.7%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47.4%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.1%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	30.5%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	24.4%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.5%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.2%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49.8%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	26%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	26%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	28.5%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	37.6%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	30.8%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	42.7%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	30.1%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	34.5%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.8%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.8%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.5%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	35.9%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	27.6%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	22.4%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$33,189,000	$12,619		$33,049,000	$13,089		$29,884,000	$12,344
Federal:	$2,859,000	$1,087	8.6%	$4,200,000	$1,663	12.7%	$3,950,000	$1,632	13.2%
State:	$25,001,000	$9,506	75.3%	$22,504,000	$8,912	68.1%	$21,155,000	$8,738	70.8%
Local:	$5,329,000	$2,026	16.1%	$6,345,000	$2,513	19.2%	$4,779,000	$1,974	16.0%
Total Expenditures:	$32,859,000	$12,494		$33,927,000	$13,436		$33,144,000	$13,690
Total Current Expenditures:	$27,079,000	$10,296		$25,383,000	$10,053		$23,147,000	$9,561
Instructional Expenditures:	$18,324,000	$6,967	67.7%	$17,422,000	$6,900	68.6%	$15,583,000	$6,437	67.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,506,000	$953	9.3%	$2,200,000	$871	8.7%	$2,173,000	$898	9.4%
Administration:	$1,668,000	$634	6.2%	$1,587,000	$629	6.3%	$1,486,000	$614	6.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,581,000	$1,742	16.9%	$4,174,000	$1,653	16.4%	$3,905,000	$1,613	16.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,750,000	$1,046		$5,273,000	$2,088		$7,552,000	$3,119
Construction:	$2,111,000	$803		$4,481,000	$1,775		$6,859,000	$2,833
Total Other:	$1,470,000	$559		$1,654,000	$655		$1,305,000	$539
Interest on Debt:	$1,082,000	$411		$1,181,000	$468		$686,000	$283

Total Salary:	$18,099,000	$6,882		$17,330,000	$6,863		$15,637,000	$6,459
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$13,545,000	$5,150	74.8%	$12,941,000	$5,125	74.7%	$11,597,000	$4,790	74.2%
Other Salary:	$4,554,000	$1,732	25.2%	$4,389,000	$1,738	25.3%	$4,040,000	$1,669	25.8%
Total Benefit:	$4,720,000	$1,795		$4,414,000	$1,748		$3,975,000	$1,642
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,481,000	$1,324	73.8%	$3,322,000	$1,316	75.3%	$2,923,000	$1,207	73.5%
Other Benefit:	$1,239,000	$471	26.3%	$1,092,000	$432	24.7%	$1,052,000	$435	26.5%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	53.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	46.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	13.5%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	17.7%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	39.7%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	22.0%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	7.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,110.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,921.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$41,031.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$46,204.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$48,353.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$48,187.0

* Worthington Public School District was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.