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Fairmont Area School District

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Fairmont Area School District is located in south Minnesota. Fairmont Area School District has 164.68 square miles of land area and 9.13 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Fairmont Area School District population is 12,676. Fairmont Area School District median household income is $52,992 in 2010-2014. Fairmont Area School District median house value is $115,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Fairmont Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (42 out of 321, top 13%) Elementary/Middle School: (212 out of 332, bottom 36%)* Rank: #128
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	12,676 (2010-2014), rank #85
Population Growth	2.66% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	72.93/sq mi, rank #92
Median Household Income:	$52,992 at 2010-2014—30.58% increase since 2005-2009, rank #167
Median House Price:	$115,400 at 2010-2014—15.52% increase since 2005-2009, rank #225
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	164.68 sq mi, rank #175
Water Area:	9.13 sq mi (5.25%), rank #86
State:	Minnesota
County:	Martin County
City:	Ceylon, Fairmont, Truman, Granada, Welcome, Northrop, Sherburn, Dunnell
Zip:	56121, 56031, 56088, 56039, 56181, 56075, 56171, 56127
Area:	Fairmont, MN

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Fairmont Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

714 Victoria St

Fairmont MN, 56031, Martin County

Phone: 507-238-4234

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,749	1,770	1,803	1,745	1,752	1,801	1,798
English Language Learner Students:	64	66	53	60	61	71	81
Total Teachers:	99.78	100.20	100.11	107.62	109.06	112.20	115.90
Prekindergarten:	2.37	1.46	1.19	0.67	1.70	1.60	0.40
Kindergarten:	6.00	8.00	7.00	6.53	6.20	5.20	6.20
Elementary:	49.68	50.11	47.24	50.57	50.11	54.10	53.70
Secondary:	40.57	40.00	43.48	49.24	50.81	51.00	54.20
Ungraded:	1.16	0.63	1.20	0.61	0.24	0.30	1.40
Total Other Staff:	79.18	77.20	76.22	94.42	95.64	95.30	96.60
Instructional Aides:	14.35	14.58	15.43	16.91	17.79	17.70	18.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.83	4.10	3.37	2.85	2.85	3.40	3.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	2.68	2.68	2.68	2.68	1.60	1.60	1.60
District Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.00	5.00	4.83	5.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	4.00	3.00	3.00	2.53	1.58	2.00	6.30
School Administrators:	6.50	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	10.55	10.25	9.45	10.40	11.40	11.40	11.40
Student Support Services:	17.64	15.96	13.58	14.54	16.32	16.40	13.70
Other Support Services:	17.63	17.63	19.71	31.51	31.27	29.80	30.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.53	17.66	18.01	16.21	16.06	16.05	15.51

Schools

Fairmont Elementary School		Prekindergarten to Grade 6	714 Victoria St, Fairmont MN 56031
Fairmont Jr./sr. High School		Grade 6 to Grade 12	900 Johnson St, Fairmont MN 56031

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.4%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78.4%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.8%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	78%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	84%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	47.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	51.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	49.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	44.6%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	62.6%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	53.8%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.6%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73.1%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.7%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.1%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.7%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.5%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	58.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	75.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	68%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.3%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.9%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.7%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	21%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	29.8%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.6%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65.3%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.5%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.4%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.2%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	75.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	52.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72.6%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.4%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.1%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.1%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	58.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.5%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.3%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	53.9%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	54.6%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.5%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.4%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.4%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.6%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.5%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.1%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.8%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	95.2%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	92.6%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	96.2%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	96.6%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.8%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.2%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.1%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.5%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.4%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.7%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	45.4%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.1%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.2%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.6%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	34.4%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50.4%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46.3%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.8%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	43.6%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	38.1%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	34.3%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	42%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.5%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.6%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.3%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	48.8%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$21,685,000	$12,027		$22,016,000	$12,617		$20,193,000	$11,526
Federal:	$1,509,000	$837	7.0%	$1,713,000	$982	7.8%	$2,298,000	$1,312	11.4%
State:	$14,285,000	$7,923	65.9%	$13,529,000	$7,753	61.5%	$12,818,000	$7,316	63.5%
Local:	$5,891,000	$3,267	27.2%	$6,774,000	$3,882	30.8%	$5,077,000	$2,898	25.1%
Total Expenditures:	$26,357,000	$14,618		$41,035,000	$23,516		$30,928,000	$17,653
Total Current Expenditures:	$16,433,000	$9,114		$17,066,000	$9,780		$17,357,000	$9,907
Instructional Expenditures:	$10,539,000	$5,845	64.1%	$10,935,000	$6,266	64.1%	$11,245,000	$6,418	64.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$780,000	$433	4.7%	$1,103,000	$632	6.5%	$986,000	$563	5.7%
Administration:	$1,048,000	$581	6.4%	$1,116,000	$640	6.5%	$1,313,000	$749	7.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,066,000	$2,255	24.7%	$3,912,000	$2,242	22.9%	$3,813,000	$2,176	22.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$4,758,000	$2,639		$19,623,000	$11,245		$9,702,000	$5,538
Construction:	$3,800,000	$2,108		$18,853,000	$10,804		$9,278,000	$5,296
Total Other:	$544,000	$302		$517,000	$296		$498,000	$284
Interest on Debt:	$2,405,000	$1,334		$1,502,000	$861		$898,000	$513

Total Salary:	$8,402,000	$4,660		$8,994,000	$5,154		$9,259,000	$5,285
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,142,000	$3,407	73.1%	$6,174,000	$3,538	68.6%	$6,389,000	$3,647	69.0%
Other Salary:	$2,260,000	$1,253	26.9%	$2,820,000	$1,616	31.4%	$2,870,000	$1,638	31.0%
Total Benefit:	$2,680,000	$1,486		$2,680,000	$1,536		$2,704,000	$1,543
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,813,000	$1,006	67.6%	$1,748,000	$1,002	65.2%	$1,789,000	$1,021	66.2%
Other Benefit:	$867,000	$481	32.4%	$932,000	$534	34.8%	$915,000	$522	33.8%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	56.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	43.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	8.7%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	22.3%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	33.0%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	20.4%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	15.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,917.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,718.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$42,251.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$49,215.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$56,662.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$55,691.0

* Fairmont Area 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.