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Climax Secondary High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

111 East Broadway

Climax MN, 56523, Polk County

Phone: 218-857-2395

Ranking:

High School:

(281 out of 414, bottom 32%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(1,064 out of 1,269, bottom 16%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Climax Public School District

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:	8		9		8		10		10		10		10
Total Students:	94		83		66		65		74		84		75
Grade 7:	18	19.1%	18	21.7%	10	15.2%	10	15.4%	7	9.5%	9	10.7%	11	14.7%
Grade 8:	16	17.0%	12	14.5%	11	16.7%	7	10.8%	9	12.2%	14	16.7%	11	14.7%
Grade 9:	20	21.3%	11	13.3%	9	13.6%	10	15.4%	13	17.6%	15	17.9%	18	24.0%
Grade 10:	16	17.0%	13	15.7%	10	15.2%	11	16.9%	11	14.9%	20	23.8%	14	18.7%
Grade 11:	14	14.9%	12	14.5%	14	21.2%	11	16.9%	20	27.0%	16	19.0%	10	13.3%
Grade 12:	10	10.6%	17	20.5%	12	18.2%	16	24.6%	14	18.9%	10	11.9%	11	14.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	43	45.7%	40	48.2%	29	43.9%	29	44.6%	33	44.6%	38	45.2%	33	44.0%
Female:	51	54.3%	43	51.8%	37	56.1%	36	55.4%	33	44.6%	38	45.2%	38	50.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	4.3%	0	0.0%	1	1.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	25	26.6%	24	28.9%	19	28.8%	14	21.5%	15	20.3%	11	13.1%	13	17.3%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
White:	63	67.0%	59	71.1%	46	69.7%	51	78.5%	59	79.7%	73	86.9%	62	82.7%
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:	2	2.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	47	50.0%	49	59.0%	34	51.5%	34	52.3%	39	52.7%	47	56.0%	31	41.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	12	12.8%	5	6.0%	11	16.7%	5	7.7%	11	14.9%	3	3.6%	12	16.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.34		9.21		8.08		6.72		7.76		8.80		7.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.6%	85.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	53.3%	53.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	35.3%	35.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	54.6%	54.6%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	75.3%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	61.4%	61.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	9%	9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	18.2%	18.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	53.9%	53.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	26.6%	26.6%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.5%	37.5%	42.5%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54.3%	54.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	78.4%	78.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	26.6%	26.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53.9%	53.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.4%	54.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.2%	64.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.3%	53.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	69.6%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	46.7%	46.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	33.3%	33.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	46.2%	46.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	66.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	46.7%	46.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	33.4%	33.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	72.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	45.5%	45.5%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	90.9%	90.9%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	54.5%	54.5%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	78.7%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	40%	40%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	43.8%	57.7%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	90.6%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.9%	90.9%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	100.0%	100.0%	87.8%
MCA-III
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	23.6%	23.6%	62.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	20%	20%	51.7%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	43.8%	43.8%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.3%	53.3%	54%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	20%	20%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	9.1%	9.1%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33.3%	33.3%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	18.8%	18.8%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	85.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	57.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	42.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$33,282.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$29,669.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$38,100.0

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