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Cass Lake-Bena Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

15314 State 371 Nw

Cass Lake MN, 56633, Cass County

Phone: 218-335-7851

Ranking:

(1,153 out of 1,269, bottom 9%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8

School District: Cass Lake-Bena Schools Public Schools

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

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:	31		28		31		28		28		32		28
Total Students:	326		319		304		319		284		273		290
Grade 5:	81	24.8%	93	29.2%	88	28.9%	99	31.0%	73	25.7%	73	26.7%	68	23.4%
Grade 6:	83	25.5%	82	25.7%	88	28.9%	74	23.2%	77	27.1%	69	25.3%	73	25.2%
Grade 7:	77	23.6%	80	25.1%	67	22.0%	70	21.9%	78	27.5%	69	25.3%	69	23.8%
Grade 8:	85	26.1%	64	20.1%	61	20.1%	76	23.8%	56	19.7%	62	22.7%	80	27.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	167	51.2%	177	55.5%	164	53.9%	165	51.7%	149	52.5%	149	54.6%	150	51.7%
Female:	159	48.8%	142	44.5%	140	46.1%	154	48.3%	127	44.7%	116	42.5%	136	46.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	295	90.5%	301	94.4%	279	91.8%	287	90.0%	259	91.2%	246	90.1%	259	89.3%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	2	0.7%	2	0.7%
Hispanic:	8	2.5%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Black:	0	0.0%	4	1.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	1	0.3%
White:	15	4.6%	10	3.1%	18	5.9%	22	6.9%	24	8.5%	24	8.8%	28	9.7%
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:	8	2.5%	2	0.6%	5	1.6%	8	2.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	272	83.4%	250	78.4%	225	74.0%	241	75.5%	201	70.8%	191	70.0%	209	72.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	13	4.0%	16	5.0%	23	7.6%	18	5.6%	28	9.9%	27	9.9%	36	12.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.56		11.39		9.78		11.37		10.22		8.70		10.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	67.3%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	55.5%	55.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	44.2%	44.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	47.6%	47.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	51.5%	51.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.7%	58.7%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.4%	57.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	68.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59%	59%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	69.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.3%	57.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.7%	72.7%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.9%	53.9%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	65.2%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	18.8%	18.8%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	17.7%	17.7%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.8%	61.8%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	69.5%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	45.1%	45.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	43.4%	43.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	62.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57.7%	57.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65.3%	65.3%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45.6%	45.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.1%	64.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.3%	53.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.8%	56.8%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.8%	47.8%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	46%	46%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	32.1%	30%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	52.6%	49.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	21.1%	20.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	34.9%	33.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	38.2%	38.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	46.2%	43.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	51.4%	47.3%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.2%	55.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.3%	61.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	39.6%	38.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	38.5%	36.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	41.2%	41.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.1%	44.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	44.9%	42.7%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.8%	49.2%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	44.2%	42.9%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	34.8%	29.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	25%	22%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	46.4%	43.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	39.3%	36%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	30.6%	28.4%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59%	53.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	32.1%	27%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.1%	52.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50%	45.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50.8%	48.6%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.8%	46.8%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54%	47.3%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.2%	10%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	4.5%	4.2%	44.4%
MCA-III
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	20.5%	20.5%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.1%	40.5%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	25.6%	25.6%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28.4%	28.4%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.4%	32.4%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	27.3%	27%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	29.2%	29.2%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	27.7%	27.7%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	26.7%	24.6%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	27.9%	27.1%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	12.2%	12%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	23.6%	23%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	16.6%	15.1%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23%	19.7%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	19.7%	17.7%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	26.8%	23.4%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	12.3%	11.1%	43.8%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	100.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	0.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	88.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,854.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,617.0

* Cass Lake-Bena Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.