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Aitkin Public School District

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Aitkin Public School District is located close to the center of Minnesota. Aitkin Public School District has 690.56 square miles of land area and 132.32 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Aitkin Public School District population is 9,965. Aitkin Public School District median household income is $44,314 in 2010-2014. Aitkin Public School District median house value is $172,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Aitkin Public School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (146 out of 321, top 45%) Elementary/Middle School: (193 out of 332, bottom 42%)* Rank: #177
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	9,965 (2010-2014), rank #106
Population Growth	3.66% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	12.11/sq mi, rank #257
Median Household Income:	$44,314 at 2010-2014—3.01% increase since 2005-2009, rank #280
Median House Price:	$172,700 at 2010-2014—-10.33% increase since 2005-2009, rank #94
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	690.56 sq mi, rank #15
Water Area:	132.32 sq mi (16.08%), rank #7
State:	Minnesota
County:	Crow Wing County, Aitkin County
City:	Aitkin, Crosby, Emily, Palisade, Isle
Zip:	56431, 56441, 56447, 56469, 56342
Area:	Brainerd, MN

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Aitkin Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

306 2nd St Nw

Aitkin MN, 56431, Aitkin County

Phone: 218-927-2115

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,262	1,289	1,281	1,323	1,302	1,289	1,312
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	1	2	3	2	2
Total Teachers:	81.57	80.20	81.02	77.51	82.30	81.60	80.30
Prekindergarten:	3.54	3.57	3.57	3.63	3.40	3.50	3.40
Kindergarten:	4.00	4.33	4.50	4.50	4.50	3.50	3.30
Elementary:	34.46	35.22	37.06	33.13	36.78	36.70	36.20
Secondary:	39.57	37.08	35.69	36.25	37.62	37.90	37.20
Ungraded:	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20
Total Other Staff:	96.75	96.24	94.95	92.46	96.81	96.00	92.40
Instructional Aides:	36.22	35.82	34.69	31.17	32.75	31.40	29.40
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.03	1.10	1.10	1.03	1.03	0.90	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.34	1.34	1.34	1.34	1.34	1.40	1.40
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.20	0.20
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.17	1.17	1.17	1.17	1.17	1.20	1.20
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:	3.58	4.53	4.23	4.66	4.78	4.80	4.80
District Administrators:	2.50	2.50	3.10	3.10	3.10	3.10	3.10
District Administrative Support:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.60
School Administrators:	2.50	2.74	2.74	2.64	2.64	2.60	2.50
School Administrative Support:	8.05	6.30	7.30	8.05	8.75	8.80	8.00
Student Support Services:	9.28	9.46	8.88	9.95	10.32	10.10	9.70
Other Support Services:	28.25	28.45	27.57	26.52	28.10	28.90	28.90
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.47	16.07	15.81	17.07	15.82	15.80	16.34

Schools

Aitkin Alternative Learning Program	Grade 9 to Grade 12	12 7th St Nw, Aitkin MN 56431
Aitkin Secondary School	Grade 7 to Grade 12	306 2nd St Nw, Aitkin MN 56431
Palisade Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 4	401 South 5th Ave, Palisade MN 56469
Rippleside Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	225 2nd Ave Sw, Aitkin MN 56431

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.8%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.6%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.5%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	73.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	70.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	22.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	22.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	45.2%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	49.4%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	63%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	61.2%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.1%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.1%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.7%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	58.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	75.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.4%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	47.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	55.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	56.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.7%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44.1%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	31.1%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.1%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59.8%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.5%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.7%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70.2%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.7%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.2%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.1%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	60.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	62.3%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.1%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.9%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.5%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	42.2%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	38.7%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.8%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.6%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.6%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.9%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.6%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	77.2%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.2%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	88.2%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	96.4%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	93.5%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65.6%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.9%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68.9%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54.4%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.1%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.2%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.6%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46.2%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.7%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.1%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	52.7%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	47.1%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.2%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.3%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.5%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	58.9%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.5%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	46.3%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.5%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.1%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	25.5%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	49.5%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$12,508,000	$9,764		$13,249,000	$10,014		$12,224,000	$9,389
Federal:	$737,000	$575	5.9%	$986,000	$745	7.4%	$1,650,000	$1,267	13.5%
State:	$9,828,000	$7,672	78.6%	$9,819,000	$7,422	74.1%	$8,543,000	$6,561	69.9%
Local:	$1,943,000	$1,517	15.5%	$2,444,000	$1,847	18.4%	$2,031,000	$1,560	16.6%
Total Expenditures:	$11,883,000	$9,276		$12,225,000	$9,240		$12,045,000	$9,251
Total Current Expenditures:	$10,567,000	$8,249		$11,088,000	$8,381		$10,905,000	$8,376
Instructional Expenditures:	$6,561,000	$5,122	62.1%	$6,941,000	$5,246	62.6%	$6,824,000	$5,241	62.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$675,000	$527	6.4%	$743,000	$562	6.7%	$731,000	$561	6.7%
Administration:	$1,030,000	$804	9.7%	$1,009,000	$763	9.1%	$1,052,000	$808	9.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,301,000	$1,796	21.8%	$2,395,000	$1,810	21.6%	$2,298,000	$1,765	21.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$840,000	$656		$722,000	$546		$722,000	$555
Construction:	$461,000	$360		$316,000	$239		$514,000	$395
Total Other:	$293,000	$229		$266,000	$201		$269,000	$207
Interest on Debt:	$3,000	$2		$6,000	$5		$5,000	$4

Total Salary:	$7,001,000	$5,465		$7,115,000	$5,378		$7,381,000	$5,669
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,697,000	$3,667	67.1%	$4,690,000	$3,545	65.9%	$4,925,000	$3,783	66.7%
Other Salary:	$2,304,000	$1,799	32.9%	$2,425,000	$1,833	34.1%	$2,456,000	$1,886	33.3%
Total Benefit:	$1,849,000	$1,443		$2,212,000	$1,672		$1,844,000	$1,416
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,307,000	$1,020	70.7%	$1,654,000	$1,250	74.8%	$1,295,000	$995	70.2%
Other Benefit:	$542,000	$423	29.3%	$558,000	$422	25.2%	$549,000	$422	29.8%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	77.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	22.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	20.0%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	24.3%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	17.1%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	15.7%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	22.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,387.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,420.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$37,151.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$48,072.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$48,656.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$48,097.0

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