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Lake Superior Public School District

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Lake Superior Public School District is located in northeast Minnesota. Lake Superior Public School District has 2,401.88 square miles of land area and 892.86 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Lake Superior Public School District population is 13,179. Lake Superior Public School District median household income is $49,914 in 2010-2014. Lake Superior Public School District median house value is $162,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Lake Superior Public School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (147 out of 321, top 46%) Elementary/Middle School: (189 out of 332, bottom 43%)* Rank: #175
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	13,179 (2010-2014), rank #81
Population Growth	-1.36% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	4.00/sq mi, rank #317
Median Household Income:	$49,914 at 2010-2014—6.03% increase since 2005-2009, rank #212
Median House Price:	$162,800 at 2010-2014—8.75% increase since 2005-2009, rank #130
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	2,401.88 sq mi, rank #2
Water Area:	892.86 sq mi (27.10%), rank #2
State:	Minnesota
County:	Saint Louis County, Lake County
City:	Duluth, Two Harbors, Brimson, Makinen, Isabella, Finland, Ely, Silver Bay, Knife River, Beaver Bay
Zip:	55803, 55616, 55602, 55763, 55804, 55607, 55603, 55731, 55614, 55609, 55601
Area:	Duluth, MN-WI

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Lake Superior Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1640 Hwy 2

Two Harbors MN, 55616, Lake County

Phone: 218-834-8216

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,403	1,405	1,412	1,395	1,428	1,442	1,515
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	92.01	93.46	91.93	94.81	93.57	93.60	90.10
Prekindergarten:	1.50	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.60	1.60
Kindergarten:	5.00	6.13	4.33	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary:	37.00	34.40	34.39	36.55	36.11	36.10	35.10
Secondary:	47.54	50.21	50.50	51.73	50.96	51.40	48.90
Ungraded:	0.97	0.72	0.71	0.53	0.50	0.50	0.50
Total Other Staff:	87.52	91.33	96.16	91.17	96.89	96.70	95.90
Instructional Aides:	21.90	24.37	27.19	22.89	24.10	21.30	21.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.90	0.90	1.04	0.94	0.97	0.80	0.80
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
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:	3.16	3.16	3.16	3.68	3.41	3.40	3.00
District Administrators:	2.70	2.90	2.45	2.25	2.50	2.50	2.60
District Administrative Support:	4.90	4.90	3.90	3.95	3.95	4.00	3.90
School Administrators:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	5.20	5.00	5.40	5.71	5.70	5.70	5.70
Student Support Services:	16.84	16.84	16.04	15.01	15.30	17.80	16.80
Other Support Services:	23.92	25.26	28.98	28.74	32.96	33.20	33.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.25	15.03	15.36	14.71	15.26	15.41	16.81

Schools

Kelley Secondary	Grade 7 to Grade 12	137 Banks Blvd, Silver Bay MN 55614
Minnehaha Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	421 7th St, Two Harbors MN 55616
Two Harbors Secondary	Grade 6 to Grade 12	1640 Hwy 2, Two Harbors MN 55616
William Kelley Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	135 Banks Blvd, Silver Bay MN 55614

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.7%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.8%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	73.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	77.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	35.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	42.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	36.9%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	43.2%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40.6%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	49.5%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.2%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.4%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	52.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	75.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.7%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	60.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	48.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.6%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40.9%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	31.8%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	74.8%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	47.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	75%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.4%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.1%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	81.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53.8%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.5%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.4%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.8%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	48.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	49.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.3%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.9%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.7%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	60.2%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	56.1%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.3%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.1%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.9%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.6%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.8%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58.4%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.4%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.1%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	85%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	92.6%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	87.6%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	55.6%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.3%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.7%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.1%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63.5%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67.2%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50.6%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.2%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.8%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50.6%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	35.5%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59.1%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.3%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.9%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.1%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.3%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	41%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	45.6%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	54.5%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.3%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.7%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	44.6%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.6%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	48.1%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$19,397,000	$13,737		$20,026,000	$14,356		$19,399,000	$13,585
Federal:	$837,000	$593	4.3%	$1,112,000	$797	5.6%	$1,852,000	$1,297	9.5%
State:	$11,211,000	$7,940	57.8%	$11,062,000	$7,930	55.2%	$10,421,000	$7,298	53.7%
Local:	$7,349,000	$5,205	37.9%	$7,852,000	$5,629	39.2%	$7,126,000	$4,990	36.7%
Total Expenditures:	$16,856,000	$11,938		$16,952,000	$12,152		$18,322,000	$12,831
Total Current Expenditures:	$14,030,000	$9,936		$13,580,000	$9,735		$13,650,000	$9,559
Instructional Expenditures:	$9,373,000	$6,638	66.8%	$9,039,000	$6,480	66.6%	$8,895,000	$6,229	65.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$727,000	$515	5.2%	$714,000	$512	5.3%	$725,000	$508	5.3%
Administration:	$1,439,000	$1,019	10.3%	$1,355,000	$971	10.0%	$1,447,000	$1,013	10.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,491,000	$1,764	17.8%	$2,472,000	$1,772	18.2%	$2,583,000	$1,809	18.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$483,000	$342		$934,000	$670		$2,286,000	$1,601
Construction:	$323,000	$229		$244,000	$175		$1,980,000	$1,387
Total Other:	$598,000	$424		$659,000	$472		$585,000	$410
Interest on Debt:	$1,435,000	$1,016		$1,558,000	$1,117		$1,581,000	$1,107

Total Salary:	$9,289,000	$6,579		$9,071,000	$6,503		$9,222,000	$6,458
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,501,000	$4,604	70.0%	$6,313,000	$4,525	69.6%	$6,399,000	$4,481	69.4%
Other Salary:	$2,788,000	$1,975	30.0%	$2,758,000	$1,977	30.4%	$2,823,000	$1,977	30.6%
Total Benefit:	$3,078,000	$2,180		$3,013,000	$2,160		$2,871,000	$2,011
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,057,000	$1,457	66.8%	$2,015,000	$1,444	66.9%	$1,923,000	$1,347	67.0%
Other Benefit:	$1,021,000	$723	33.2%	$998,000	$715	33.1%	$948,000	$664	33.0%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	58.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	41.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	5.0%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	15.0%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	46.3%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	18.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	15.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$53,329.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$43,167.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$50,560.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$53,563.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$54,702.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$57,049.0

* Lake Superior 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.