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Brandon Public School District

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Brandon Public School District is located close to the center of Minnesota. Brandon Public School District has 83.03 square miles of land area and 10.25 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Brandon Public School District population is 1,835. Brandon Public School District median household income is $52,679 in 2008-2012. Brandon Public School District median house value is $202,800 in 2008-2012. On average, Brandon Public School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (37 out of 321, top 12%) Elementary/Middle School: (31 out of 332, top 9%)* Rank: #30
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Population	1,835 (2010), rank #291
Population Growth	6.62% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	19.67/sq mi, rank #204
Median Household Income:	$52,679 at 2008-2012—7.73% increase since 2005-2009, rank #148
Median House Price:	$202,800 at 2008-2012—8.33% increase since 2005-2009, rank #64
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	83.03 sq mi, rank #275
Water Area:	10.25 sq mi (10.99%), rank #78
State:	Minnesota
County:	Otter Tail County, Douglas County
City:	Brandon, Farwell, Kensington, Garfield, Evansville, Millerville, Parkers Prairie
Zip:	56315, 56327, 56343, 56332, 56326, 56361
Area:	Fergus Falls, MN;Alexandria, MN

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Brandon Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

206 West 3rd St

Brandon MN, 56315, Douglas County

Phone: 320-524-2263

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	NA	279	285	277	284	295	299
English Language Learner Students:	NA	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	NA	18.95	17.14	18.88	19.18	20.50	21.70
Prekindergarten:	NA	1.14	1.04	0.77	1.04	1.40	1.10
Kindergarten:	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.40
Elementary:	NA	7.72	8.16	8.53	8.96	9.00	8.60
Secondary:	NA	8.96	6.81	8.45	8.18	9.10	9.90
Ungraded:	NA	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.70
Total Other Staff:	0.00	12.05	12.95	11.75	12.95	13.70	14.60
Instructional Aides:	NA	3.34	3.47	3.60	3.60	2.60	3.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.20
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.20
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Library/Media Support:	NA	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.50	0.50
District Administrators:	NA	0.94	0.94	0.91	1.05	1.20	1.20
District Administrative Support:	NA	1.76	1.76	1.76	1.76	2.20	2.20
School Administrators:	NA	1.24	1.24	1.24	1.20	1.50	1.50
School Administrative Support:	NA	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Student Support Services:	NA	0.27	1.17	0.87	0.97	1.60	1.40
Other Support Services:	NA	3.92	3.92	2.92	3.92	3.90	4.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	NA	14.72	16.63	14.67	14.81	14.39	13.78

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	96.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	94.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.2%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.8%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	73%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	88%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	43.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	42.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	75%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	99.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.2%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.4%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	100%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	95%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	93.4%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.1%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.6%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.9%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.6%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	58.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	84.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	95.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	89.5%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89.5%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.2%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	100%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	93%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	58.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	88.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	67.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	63.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	60.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	53%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.8%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	23.8%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	31.6%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78.9%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.8%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.3%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.9%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.8%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	100%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	93.8%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	100%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	97.1%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	58.6%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.4%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66.6%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.4%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.7%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75%	59.8%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.6%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.5%	58.6%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70%	62%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	44.8%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$3,038,000	$10,660		$3,051,000	$11,014		$2,782,000	$9,796
Federal:	$214,000	$751	7.0%	$271,000	$978	8.9%	$398,000	$1,401	14.3%
State:	$2,014,000	$7,067	66.3%	$1,806,000	$6,520	59.2%	$1,788,000	$6,296	64.3%
Local:	$810,000	$2,842	26.7%	$974,000	$3,516	31.9%	$596,000	$2,099	21.4%
Total Expenditures:	$3,124,000	$10,961		$2,929,000	$10,574		$2,992,000	$10,535
Total Current Expenditures:	$2,541,000	$8,916		$2,475,000	$8,935		$2,545,000	$8,961
Instructional Expenditures:	$1,716,000	$6,021	67.5%	$1,680,000	$6,065	67.9%	$1,710,000	$6,021	67.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$57,000	$200	2.2%	$46,000	$166	1.9%	$62,000	$218	2.4%
Administration:	$231,000	$811	9.1%	$243,000	$877	9.8%	$240,000	$845	9.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$537,000	$1,884	21.1%	$506,000	$1,827	20.4%	$533,000	$1,877	20.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$265,000	$930		$191,000	$690		$171,000	$602
Construction:	$56,000	$196		$62,000	$224		$31,000	$109
Total Other:	$114,000	$400		$95,000	$343		$93,000	$327
Interest on Debt:	$10,000	$35		$9,000	$32		$7,000	$25

Total Salary:	$1,415,000	$4,965		$1,370,000	$4,946		$1,419,000	$4,996
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$1,123,000	$3,940	79.4%	$1,085,000	$3,917	79.2%	$1,135,000	$3,996	80.0%
Other Salary:	$292,000	$1,025	20.6%	$285,000	$1,029	20.8%	$284,000	$1,000	20.0%
Total Benefit:	$394,000	$1,382		$430,000	$1,552		$372,000	$1,310
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$328,000	$1,151	83.2%	$362,000	$1,307	84.2%	$306,000	$1,077	82.3%
Other Benefit:	$66,000	$232	16.8%	$68,000	$245	15.8%	$66,000	$232	17.7%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	76.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	23.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	20.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	0.0%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	23.1%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	NA
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	53.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

Mean Base Salary:	$46,725.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$38,594.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$50,465.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

* Brandon Public School District was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.