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Brainerd Public School District

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Brainerd Public School District is located close to the center of Minnesota. Brainerd Public School District has 454.79 square miles of land area and 63.07 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Brainerd Public School District population is 42,588. Brainerd Public School District median household income is $45,607 in 2006-2010. Brainerd Public School District median house value is $182,200 in 2006-2010. On average, Brainerd Public School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (95 out of 318, top 30%) Elementary/Middle School: (43 out of 329, top 13%)* Rank: #249
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	13
Population	42,588 (2010), rank #28
Population Growth	-1.93% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	82.24/sq mi, rank #87
Median Household Income:	$45,607 at 2006-2010—0.55% increase since 2005-2009, rank #220
Median House Price:	$182,200 at 2006-2010—0.44% increase since 2005-2009, rank #105
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	454.79 sq mi, rank #28
Water Area:	63.07 sq mi (12.18%), rank #15
State:	Minnesota
County:	Morrison County, Crow Wing County, Cass County
City:	Fort Ripley, Brainerd, Hillman, Pierz, Pequot Lakes, Nisswa, Merrifield, Garrison, Aitkin, Baxter, Deerwood, Lake Shore, East Gull Lake
Zip:	56449, 56401, 56338, 56364, 56468, 56465, 56450, 56431, 56425, 56444, 56472
Area:	Brainerd, MN

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Brainerd Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

804 Oak St

Brainerd MN, 56401, Crow Wing County

Phone: 218-454-6900

Students and Teachers

	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	6,769	6,758	7,060
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	374.56	362.30	407.80
Prekindergarten:	11.77	9.80	9.80
Kindergarten:	22.50	19.30	16.00
Elementary:	166.86	158.10	184.10
Secondary:	171.10	172.80	195.60
Ungraded:	2.33	2.30	2.30
Total Other Staff:	452.67	433.60	453.00
Instructional Aides:	204.75	188.20	184.90
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	8.80	6.80	8.80
Total Guidance Counselors:	8.00	8.00	8.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	8.00	8.00	8.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.87	5.80	7.50
Library/Media Support:	4.50	3.00	5.40
District Administrators:	11.00	11.00	11.00
District Administrative Support:	13.75	16.50	15.70
School Administrators:	13.00	13.50	15.50
School Administrative Support:	34.88	34.50	39.80
Student Support Services:	59.38	55.30	54.80
Other Support Services:	88.74	91.00	101.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.07	18.65	17.31

Schools

Baxter Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	5546 Fairview Rd, Baxter MN 56425
Brainerd Early Childhood Sp. Ed.	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	311 10th Ave Ne, Minneapolis MN 55401
Brainerd Senior High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	702 South 5th St, Brainerd MN 56401
Forestview Middle	Grade 5 to Grade 8	12149 Knollwood Dr, Baxter MN 56425
Garfield Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	1120 10th Ave Ne, Brainerd MN 56401
Harrison Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 4	1515 Oak St, Brainerd MN 56401
Isd 181 Learning Center	Kindergarten to Grade 12	311 10th Ave Ne, Brainerd MN 56401
Lincoln Education Center	Grade 2 to Grade 12	604 South 6th St, Brainerd MN 56401
Lowell Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 4	704 3rd Ave Ne, Brainerd MN 56401
Middle Level Alternative Program	Grade 6 to Grade 9	311 10th Ave Ne, Brainerd MN 56401
Nisswa Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	5533 Co Rd 18, Nisswa MN 56468
Riverside Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	220 3rd St Nw, Brainerd MN 56401

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	64.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	63.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.4%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.2%	75.3%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	71.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	74.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	33.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	33%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	32.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	41.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	48.7%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	54%	48.6%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.3%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.9%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.8%	78.5%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	75.2%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87%	80.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.6%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	64.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63.2%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.8%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.8%	75.1%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	81%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	67%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.1%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	69.6%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	55.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	68.1%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.7%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.5%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	54%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	63.6%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.1%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.7%	78.7%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.8%	59.2%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	94.7%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	95.5%	89.1%
MCA-III Test
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	70.1%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.4%	67.2%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	53.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.7%	50.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.6%	51.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.2%	53.2%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2009			2008			2007
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$83,098,000	$12,296		$83,786,000	$11,868		$77,968,000	$10,906
Federal:	$6,042,000	$894	7.3%	$5,725,000	$811	6.8%	$5,562,000	$778	7.1%
State:	$56,942,000	$8,426	68.5%	$56,885,000	$8,057	67.9%	$51,694,000	$7,231	66.3%
Local:	$20,114,000	$2,976	24.2%	$21,176,000	$2,999	25.3%	$20,712,000	$2,897	26.6%
Total Expenditures:	$99,857,000	$14,776		$78,932,000	$11,180		$76,854,000	$10,750
Total Current Expenditures:	$87,308,000	$12,919		$67,958,000	$9,626		$66,332,000	$9,279
Instructional Expenditures:	$61,788,000	$9,143	70.8%	$45,910,000	$6,503	67.6%	$45,257,000	$6,331	68.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$5,197,000	$769	6.0%	$4,112,000	$582	6.1%	$4,107,000	$574	6.2%
Administration:	$5,194,000	$769	5.9%	$4,581,000	$649	6.7%	$4,563,000	$638	6.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$15,129,000	$2,239	17.3%	$13,355,000	$1,892	19.7%	$12,405,000	$1,735	18.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$4,280,000	$633		$3,802,000	$539		$3,573,000	$500
Construction:	$2,352,000	$348		$1,518,000	$215		$2,135,000	$299
Total Other:	$3,138,000	$464		$2,331,000	$330		$2,030,000	$284
Interest on Debt:	$3,481,000	$515		$3,973,000	$563		$4,061,000	$568

Total Salary:	$40,162,000	$5,943		$41,978,000	$5,946		$41,125,000	$5,753
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$29,940,000	$4,430	74.5%	$30,845,000	$4,369	73.5%	$30,643,000	$4,286	74.5%
Other Salary:	$10,222,000	$1,513	25.5%	$11,133,000	$1,577	26.5%	$10,482,000	$1,466	25.5%
Total Benefit:	$35,948,000	$5,319		$13,957,000	$1,977		$13,513,000	$1,890
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$26,672,000	$3,947	74.2%	$10,000,000	$1,416	71.6%	$9,674,000	$1,353	71.6%
Other Benefit:	$9,276,000	$1,373	25.8%	$3,957,000	$560	28.4%	$3,839,000	$537	28.4%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	29.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	70.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	10.3%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	19.6%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	39.2%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	18.3%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	12.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$51,424.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,534.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$42,402.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$54,201.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$58,602.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$59,358.0

* Brainerd Public School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.