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Detroit Lakes Public School District

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Detroit Lakes Public School District is located in west Minnesota. Detroit Lakes Public School District has 279.87 square miles of land area and 45.08 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Detroit Lakes Public School District population is 17,099. Detroit Lakes Public School District median household income is $51,935 in 2010-2014. Detroit Lakes Public School District median house value is $175,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Detroit Lakes Public School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (180 out of 321, bottom 44%) Elementary/Middle School: (88 out of 332, top 27%)* Rank: #135
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	15
Population	17,099 (2010-2014), rank #73
Population Growth	5.31% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	52.62/sq mi, rank #109
Median Household Income:	$51,935 at 2010-2014—12.04% increase since 2005-2009, rank #185
Median House Price:	$175,200 at 2010-2014—9.84% increase since 2005-2009, rank #87
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	279.87 sq mi, rank #85
Water Area:	45.08 sq mi (13.87%), rank #20
State:	Minnesota
County:	Otter Tail County, Becker County
City:	Detroit Lakes, Vergas, Ogema, Callaway, Rochert, Ponsford, Richwood, Audubon, Frazee
Zip:	56501, 56587, 56569, 56521, 56578, 56575, 56577, 56511, 56544
Area:	Fergus Falls, MN

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Detroit Lakes Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

702 Lake Ave

Detroit Lakes MN, 56501, Becker County

Phone: 218-847-9271

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,922	2,946	2,887	2,866	2,835	2,786	2,744
English Language Learner Students:	7	13	9	10	2	9	2
Total Teachers:	201.88	198.19	193.27	193.82	190.53	187.30	186.50
Prekindergarten:	7.69	7.34	9.26	9.16	9.23	9.20	7.10
Kindergarten:	11.46	12.40	11.00	11.00	9.00	10.00	10.00
Elementary:	84.01	86.17	82.94	81.84	83.59	75.10	72.20
Secondary:	94.56	88.84	86.97	88.88	85.87	90.30	94.80
Ungraded:	4.16	3.44	3.10	2.94	2.84	2.70	2.40
Total Other Staff:	220.72	215.29	211.90	207.76	200.59	194.70	183.90
Instructional Aides:	80.98	76.54	74.42	78.07	72.59	71.20	61.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	7.57	8.07	5.70	4.47	4.67	2.20	1.70
Total Guidance Counselors:	7.00	7.00	6.50	6.43	6.00	6.50	6.30
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	5.50	5.43	5.00	5.50	5.30
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	5.76	6.28	5.23	4.73	4.74	4.80	3.50
District Administrators:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.60	7.60	7.60
District Administrative Support:	12.65	12.12	11.51	10.26	9.66	9.70	9.40
School Administrators:	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
School Administrative Support:	12.53	12.25	12.50	13.49	13.46	12.90	13.00
Student Support Services:	33.80	32.26	34.87	31.10	29.69	26.90	28.00
Other Support Services:	46.43	45.77	46.17	43.21	44.18	43.90	42.80
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.47	14.86	14.94	14.79	14.88	14.87	14.71

Schools

Detroit Lakes Alternative Prog.	Grade 9 to Grade 12	826 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes MN 56501
Detroit Lakes Area Learning Center	Grade 9 to Grade 12	826 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes MN 56501
Detroit Lakes Middle	Grade 5 to Grade 8	510 11th Ave, Detroit Lakes MN 56501
Detroit Lakes Middle Alc	Grade 6 to Grade 8	500 11th Ave, Detroit Lakes MN 56501
Detroit Lakes Senior High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1301 Roosevelt Ave, Detroit Lakes MN 56501
Drake Residential Treatment Center	Grade 6 to Grade 12	702 Lake Ave, Detroit Lakes MN 56501
Lincoln Early Childhood Ed. Center	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	204 East Willlow, Detroit Lakes MN 56501
Roosevelt Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	510 11th Ave, Detroit Lakes MN 56501
Rossman Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1221 Rossman Ave, Detroit Lakes MN 56501
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Alc	Grade 6 to Grade 9	301 4th St, Walker MN 56484

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	47.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	57.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.6%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78.8%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	65%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	71.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	21%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	34%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	28%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	42.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	41.6%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	54.4%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	44.7%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.5%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.2%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.1%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.4%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.3%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.2%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.8%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.6%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	50.7%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.7%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.2%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	52.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	56.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	44.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68.7%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.3%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.7%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	46.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	52.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	53.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	48.9%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.5%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.8%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.7%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	49.5%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	36.8%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.4%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.5%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.3%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.3%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.1%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.2%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.7%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	89.3%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	88.6%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	93.9%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.0%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.8%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.6%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.4%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52.6%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.7%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40.6%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.2%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.7%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	46.4%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.7%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.5%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.7%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.5%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.5%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	61.9%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$31,909,000	$11,053		$30,714,000	$10,717		$29,652,000	$10,459
Federal:	$2,676,000	$927	8.4%	$2,173,000	$758	7.1%	$3,929,000	$1,386	13.3%
State:	$23,426,000	$8,114	73.4%	$21,576,000	$7,528	70.2%	$20,506,000	$7,233	69.2%
Local:	$5,807,000	$2,011	18.2%	$6,965,000	$2,430	22.7%	$5,217,000	$1,840	17.6%
Total Expenditures:	$30,313,000	$10,500		$29,642,000	$10,343		$28,639,000	$10,102
Total Current Expenditures:	$27,775,000	$9,621		$27,413,000	$9,565		$26,173,000	$9,232
Instructional Expenditures:	$18,436,000	$6,386	66.4%	$18,243,000	$6,365	66.5%	$17,382,000	$6,131	66.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,893,000	$656	6.8%	$2,006,000	$700	7.3%	$1,856,000	$655	7.1%
Administration:	$2,665,000	$923	9.6%	$2,494,000	$870	9.1%	$2,381,000	$840	9.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,781,000	$1,656	17.2%	$4,670,000	$1,629	17.0%	$4,554,000	$1,606	17.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,601,000	$555		$1,227,000	$428		$1,399,000	$493
Construction:	$759,000	$263		$667,000	$233		$857,000	$302
Total Other:	$659,000	$228		$691,000	$241		$676,000	$238
Interest on Debt:	$175,000	$61		$171,000	$60		$207,000	$73

Total Salary:	$18,277,000	$6,331		$17,697,000	$6,175		$17,159,000	$6,053
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$13,505,000	$4,678	73.9%	$12,977,000	$4,528	73.3%	$12,642,000	$4,459	73.7%
Other Salary:	$4,772,000	$1,653	26.1%	$4,720,000	$1,647	26.7%	$4,517,000	$1,593	26.3%
Total Benefit:	$4,870,000	$1,687		$4,814,000	$1,680		$4,514,000	$1,592
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,588,000	$1,243	73.7%	$3,554,000	$1,240	73.8%	$3,314,000	$1,169	73.4%
Other Benefit:	$1,282,000	$444	26.3%	$1,260,000	$440	26.2%	$1,200,000	$423	26.6%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	73.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	26.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	8.9%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	16.6%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	33.1%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	27.4%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	14.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,968.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$29,026.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$40,350.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$49,251.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$53,448.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$55,282.0

* Detroit Lakes Public 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.