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Norman County West School District

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Norman County West School District is located in northwest Minnesota. Norman County West School District has 197.59 square miles of land area and 1.20 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Norman County West School District population is 1,456. Norman County West School District median household income is $48,500 in 2010-2014. Norman County West School District median house value is $89,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Norman County West School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (119 out of 321, top 37%) Elementary/Middle School: (116 out of 332, top 35%)* Rank: #117
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	1,456 (2010-2014), rank #298
Population Growth	-3.26% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	7.32/sq mi, rank #295
Median Household Income:	$48,500 at 2010-2014—17.37% increase since 2005-2009, rank #233
Median House Price:	$89,300 at 2010-2014—7.98% increase since 2005-2009, rank #291
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	197.59 sq mi, rank #145
Water Area:	1.20 sq mi (0.60%), rank #238
State:	Minnesota
County:	Norman County, Clay County
City:	Halstad, Shelly, Perley, Hendrum, Ada, Georgetown
Zip:	56548, 56581, 56574, 56550, 56510, 56546
Area:	Fargo, ND-MN

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Norman County West School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

320 East Main St

Hendrum MN, 56550, Norman County

Phone: 218-861-5800

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	298	290	282	269	271	285	289
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	8	6	6	7	10
Total Teachers:	22.15	22.00	21.71	21.27	22.81	24.00	24.10
Prekindergarten:	0.64	0.43	0.53	0.37	0.60	0.60	0.50
Kindergarten:	1.00	1.50	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.10	2.20
Elementary:	10.07	9.64	9.61	9.61	10.16	10.10	9.50
Secondary:	10.17	10.16	10.27	9.89	10.78	12.20	11.80
Ungraded:	0.27	0.27	0.30	0.40	0.27	0.00	0.10
Total Other Staff:	34.72	37.71	36.89	32.92	34.36	35.20	31.90
Instructional Aides:	14.23	16.75	16.77	13.01	14.31	14.70	11.90
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.17	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Library/Media Support:	0.15	0.15	0.00	0.00	0.43	0.40	0.40
District Administrators:	0.67	1.42	2.08	2.08	2.08	1.80	1.50
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	1.83	0.83	0.67	0.67	0.67	0.50	0.60
School Administrative Support:	1.80	1.80	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Student Support Services:	5.45	5.93	4.75	4.82	3.49	3.70	3.40
Other Support Services:	9.59	9.83	9.62	9.17	10.38	11.10	11.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.45	13.18	12.99	12.65	11.88	11.88	11.99

Schools

Norman County West Elementary		Prekindergarten to Grade 6	320 East Main St, Hendrum MN 56550
Norman County West Secondary		Grade 7 to Grade 12	225 2nd Ave East, Halstad MN 56548

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	72.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	58.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	61.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.7%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	100%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.7%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	75.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	80.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	9.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	23.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	29.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	52.6%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	46.7%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	78.6%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65.2%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.5%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	62.4%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	100%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	36.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.1%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95.3%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	20.7%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.4%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	55%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.7%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.3%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54.2%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	40.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	47.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61.6%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	40.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.2%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.7%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.7%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	26%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	35.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	38.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	47.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.5%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.9%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	45.5%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	47.4%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.7%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	100%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.3%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.9%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.3%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	85.7%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	100%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	76.5%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	92.9%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	95.0%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.4%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.9%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.9%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50.1%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.6%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.9%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	55.6%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.8%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.8%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.1%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50.1%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	37.5%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.7%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	38.1%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	40%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$3,767,000	$13,358		$3,851,000	$14,316		$3,765,000	$13,893
Federal:	$213,000	$755	5.7%	$320,000	$1,190	8.3%	$487,000	$1,797	12.9%
State:	$2,587,000	$9,174	68.7%	$2,527,000	$9,394	65.6%	$2,420,000	$8,930	64.3%
Local:	$967,000	$3,429	25.7%	$1,004,000	$3,732	26.1%	$858,000	$3,166	22.8%
Total Expenditures:	$3,547,000	$12,578		$3,436,000	$12,773		$3,402,000	$12,554
Total Current Expenditures:	$3,234,000	$11,468		$3,126,000	$11,621		$3,076,000	$11,351
Instructional Expenditures:	$1,852,000	$6,567	57.3%	$1,823,000	$6,777	58.3%	$1,875,000	$6,919	61.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$140,000	$496	4.3%	$125,000	$465	4.0%	$120,000	$443	3.9%
Administration:	$296,000	$1,050	9.2%	$310,000	$1,152	9.9%	$300,000	$1,107	9.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$946,000	$3,355	29.3%	$868,000	$3,227	27.8%	$781,000	$2,882	25.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$168,000	$596		$172,000	$639		$183,000	$675
Construction:	$50,000	$177		$25,000	$93		$35,000	$129
Total Other:	$45,000	$160		$44,000	$164		$42,000	$155
Interest on Debt:	$11,000	$39		$14,000	$52		$23,000	$85

Total Salary:	$2,025,000	$7,181		$1,942,000	$7,219		$1,955,000	$7,214
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$1,378,000	$4,887	68.0%	$1,347,000	$5,007	69.4%	$1,359,000	$5,015	69.5%
Other Salary:	$647,000	$2,294	32.0%	$595,000	$2,212	30.6%	$596,000	$2,199	30.5%
Total Benefit:	$436,000	$1,546		$414,000	$1,539		$430,000	$1,587
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$310,000	$1,099	71.1%	$293,000	$1,089	70.8%	$322,000	$1,188	74.9%
Other Benefit:	$126,000	$447	28.9%	$121,000	$450	29.2%	$108,000	$399	25.1%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	84.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	15.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	24.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	0.0%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	NA
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	31.6%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	47.4%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	15.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,253.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$42,143.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$41,896.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$45,601.0

* Norman County West 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.