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Alexandria Public School District is located close to the center of Minnesota. Alexandria Public School District has 294.55 square miles of land area and 49.35 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Alexandria Public School District population is 29,151. Alexandria Public School District median household income is $53,066 in 2010-2014. Alexandria Public School District median house value is $199,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Alexandria Public School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (23 out of 321, top 7%) Elementary/Middle School: (34 out of 332, top 10%)* Rank: #27
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	9
Population	29,151 (2010-2014), rank #46
Population Growth	0.83% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	84.77/sq mi, rank #85
Median Household Income:	$53,066 at 2010-2014—18.01% increase since 2005-2009, rank #166
Median House Price:	$199,300 at 2010-2014—11.65% increase since 2005-2009, rank #57
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	294.55 sq mi, rank #74
Water Area:	49.35 sq mi (14.35%), rank #17
State:	Minnesota
County:	Pope County, Douglas County
City:	Alexandria, Miltona, Carlos, Eagle Bend, Osakis, Nelson, Garfield, Farwell, Parkers Prairie, Brandon, Lowry, Glenwood, Kensington, Forada
Zip:	56308, 56354, 56319, 56446, 56360, 56355, 56332, 56327, 56361, 56315, 56349, 56334, 56343
Area:	Alexandria, MN

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Alexandria Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1410 Mckay Ave South

Alexandria MN, 56308, Douglas County

Phone: 320-762-2141

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,936	3,952	3,934	3,902	3,900	3,908	3,980
English Language Learner Students:	10	5	7	9	6	3	9
Total Teachers:	244.50	239.20	260.76	265.82	261.26	259.70	258.70
Prekindergarten:	11.83	10.50	10.42	10.16	8.96	7.90	6.70
Kindergarten:	14.30	14.47	13.34	12.40	14.70	11.80	10.40
Elementary:	114.46	110.95	125.59	126.47	120.64	120.90	119.20
Secondary:	98.55	98.92	106.64	111.50	111.83	114.30	117.00
Ungraded:	5.36	4.36	4.77	5.29	5.13	4.80	5.40
Total Other Staff:	294.81	287.57	297.13	297.63	297.87	293.60	290.80
Instructional Aides:	88.53	89.39	94.62	97.42	95.85	97.80	93.70
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	6.93	6.17	6.20	7.27	7.87	5.00	3.80
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.49	1.85	2.49	1.99	5.00	6.00	6.00
Library/Media Support:	4.73	4.76	4.79	4.71	4.47	3.20	3.20
District Administrators:	6.33	6.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
District Administrative Support:	15.38	13.81	15.44	15.22	11.31	3.60	3.00
School Administrators:	8.99	8.99	8.99	9.99	9.99	10.50	10.00
School Administrative Support:	19.26	19.26	20.24	21.24	23.62	30.10	30.70
Student Support Services:	50.25	44.50	47.05	41.13	42.36	40.20	41.10
Other Support Services:	88.92	88.84	87.31	88.66	87.40	87.20	89.30
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.10	16.52	15.09	14.68	14.93	15.05	15.38

Schools

Carlos Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	20 North Douglas Ave, Carlos MN 56319
Discovery Junior High	Grade 7 to Grade 9	510 North Mckay Ave, Alexandria MN 56308
Early Education Center	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	1410 Mckay Ave South, Alexandria MN 56308
Garfield Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	303 Sanstead St East, Garfield MN 56332
Jefferson Senior High	Grade 10 to Grade 12	1401 Jefferson St, Alexandria MN 56308
Lincoln Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	1120 Lark St, Alexandria MN 56308
Miltona Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	271 Dale St, Miltona MN 56354
Voyager Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	203 County Rd 44, Alexandria MN 56308
Woodland Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	1410 Mckay Ave South, Alexandria MN 56308

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.3%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.9%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.3%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	84%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	82.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	41%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	43.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	41%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	56.2%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	62.8%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	54.6%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79.6%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.9%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.7%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.4%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.7%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.6%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	53.4%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51.2%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.4%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	79.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	76.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	79.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	76.3%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.9%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.9%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	75.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73.3%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.4%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.2%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.1%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	81.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	72.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59.3%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.5%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.1%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	58%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	61.7%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.1%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.6%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.5%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.5%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.9%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.9%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.5%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	95.1%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	94.3%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	97.5%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.2%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.1%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.9%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.8%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.1%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.3%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.4%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.8%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.1%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.2%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.2%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.7%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.3%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.6%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.5%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.4%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.9%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.3%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.7%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	68.5%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$46,010,000	$11,695		$45,893,000	$11,761		$43,754,000	$11,219
Federal:	$3,090,000	$785	6.7%	$4,232,000	$1,085	9.2%	$5,855,000	$1,501	13.4%
State:	$30,630,000	$7,786	66.6%	$29,045,000	$7,444	63.3%	$26,976,000	$6,917	61.7%
Local:	$12,290,000	$3,124	26.7%	$12,616,000	$3,233	27.5%	$10,923,000	$2,801	25.0%
Total Expenditures:	$48,415,000	$12,307		$47,895,000	$12,274		$45,514,000	$11,670
Total Current Expenditures:	$36,910,000	$9,382		$38,457,000	$9,856		$37,225,000	$9,545
Instructional Expenditures:	$25,659,000	$6,522	69.5%	$26,970,000	$6,912	70.1%	$26,058,000	$6,682	70.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,008,000	$510	5.4%	$2,109,000	$540	5.5%	$1,994,000	$511	5.4%
Administration:	$2,621,000	$666	7.1%	$2,782,000	$713	7.2%	$2,812,000	$721	7.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,622,000	$1,683	17.9%	$6,596,000	$1,690	17.2%	$6,361,000	$1,631	17.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$6,815,000	$1,732		$5,124,000	$1,313		$3,888,000	$997
Construction:	$5,952,000	$1,513		$4,173,000	$1,069		$2,250,000	$577
Total Other:	$1,614,000	$410		$1,543,000	$395		$1,445,000	$371
Interest on Debt:	$1,430,000	$363		$1,332,000	$341		$1,351,000	$346

Total Salary:	$25,320,000	$6,436		$25,977,000	$6,657		$25,588,000	$6,561
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$18,612,000	$4,731	73.5%	$19,244,000	$4,932	74.1%	$18,831,000	$4,828	73.6%
Other Salary:	$6,708,000	$1,705	26.5%	$6,733,000	$1,726	25.9%	$6,757,000	$1,733	26.4%
Total Benefit:	$6,306,000	$1,603		$6,577,000	$1,686		$6,102,000	$1,565
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,532,000	$1,152	71.9%	$4,799,000	$1,230	73.0%	$4,378,000	$1,123	71.7%
Other Benefit:	$1,774,000	$451	28.1%	$1,778,000	$456	27.0%	$1,724,000	$442	28.3%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	44.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	56.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	10.6%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	17.4%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	29.5%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	32.4%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	10.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$52,220.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,975.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$43,458.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$53,465.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$58,978.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$61,179.0

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