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Big Lake Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

601 Minnesota Ave

Big Lake MN, 55309, Sherburne County

Phone: 763-262-2567

Ranking:

(904 out of 1,269, bottom 29%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Big Lake Public School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	38		38		40		41		39		40		44
Total Students:	726		792		826		848		802		819		829
Grade 6:	229	31.5%	242	30.6%	293	35.5%	299	35.3%	266	33.2%	297	36.3%	254	30.6%
Grade 7:	232	32.0%	272	34.3%	290	35.1%	263	31.0%	296	36.9%	246	30.0%	284	34.3%
Grade 8:	265	36.5%	278	35.1%	243	29.4%	286	33.7%	240	29.9%	276	33.7%	291	35.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	341	47.0%	393	49.6%	383	46.4%	410	48.3%	382	47.6%	404	49.3%	426	51.4%
Female:	385	53.0%	399	50.4%	443	53.6%	438	51.7%	412	51.4%	407	49.7%	399	48.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.4%	6	0.8%	9	1.1%	14	1.7%	15	1.9%	9	1.1%	8	1.0%
Asian:	11	1.5%	9	1.1%	10	1.2%	12	1.4%	7	0.9%	10	1.2%	10	1.2%
Hispanic:	29	4.0%	35	4.4%	46	5.6%	45	5.3%	44	5.5%	34	4.2%	30	3.6%
Black:	19	2.6%	16	2.0%	22	2.7%	22	2.6%	24	3.0%	22	2.7%	24	2.9%
White:	651	89.7%	715	90.3%	732	88.6%	750	88.4%	712	88.8%	744	90.8%	757	91.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	13	1.8%	11	1.4%	7	0.8%	5	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	151	20.8%	194	24.5%	177	21.4%	180	21.2%	162	20.2%	133	16.2%	119	14.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	75	10.3%	56	7.1%	71	8.6%	76	9.0%	72	9.0%	76	9.3%	58	7.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.04		20.94		20.86		20.74		20.40		20.40		19.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	53%	53%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57.9%	57.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	66.2%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.4%	65.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.8%	52.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.5%	66.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	66.2%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.6%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.6%	74.6%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	71.3%	71.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69.3%	69.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	56.2%	56.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	56%	56%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54.7%	54.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	67.6%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.9%	74.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.9%	72.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.8%	60.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.4%	54.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.8%	65.8%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.5%	63.5%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	74.1%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	34.8%	34.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	44.6%	44.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	32.6%	32.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	52.4%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	49.9%	49.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	52.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.8%	51.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.9%	57.9%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	61.5%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	69.7%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43.2%	43.2%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.7%	41.7%	44.4%
MCA-III
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	38%	38%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.1%	63.1%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	53.9%	53.9%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.8%	54.8%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	47.4%	47.4%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.2%	56.2%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.7%	52.7%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.8%	56.8%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.7%	50.7%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.4%	65.4%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	56.8%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50.8%	50.8%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.2%	40.2%	43.8%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	32.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	67.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	74.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,502.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,796.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,214.0

* Big Lake Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.