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Columbia Academy Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

900 49th Ave Ne

Minneapolis MN, 55421, Anoka County

Phone: 763-528-4701

Ranking:

(1,176 out of 1,269, bottom 7%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Columbia Heights 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:	40		38		38		36		37		44		48
Total Students:	661		598		579		605		565		573		607
Grade 6:	252	38.1%	222	37.1%	192	33.2%	216	35.7%	189	33.5%	185	32.3%	195	32.1%
Grade 7:	220	33.3%	191	31.9%	197	34.0%	196	32.4%	195	34.5%	187	32.6%	205	33.8%
Grade 8:	189	28.6%	185	30.9%	190	32.8%	193	31.9%	181	32.0%	201	35.1%	207	34.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	320	48.4%	304	50.8%	281	48.5%	292	48.3%	254	45.0%	279	48.7%	295	48.6%
Female:	341	51.6%	294	49.2%	298	51.5%	313	51.7%	303	53.6%	286	49.9%	308	50.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	11	1.7%	12	2.0%	15	2.6%	15	2.5%	21	3.7%	29	5.1%	22	3.6%
Asian:	37	5.6%	30	5.0%	28	4.8%	37	6.1%	39	6.9%	24	4.2%	26	4.3%
Hispanic:	205	31.0%	176	29.4%	153	26.4%	154	25.5%	141	25.0%	145	25.3%	128	21.1%
Black:	224	33.9%	212	35.5%	197	34.0%	185	30.6%	170	30.1%	183	31.9%	202	33.3%
White:	158	23.9%	150	25.1%	168	29.0%	189	31.2%	194	34.3%	192	33.5%	229	37.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	26	3.9%	16	2.7%	18	3.1%	25	4.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	488	73.8%	420	70.2%	398	68.7%	407	67.3%	367	65.0%	347	60.6%	336	55.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	52	7.9%	48	8.0%	40	6.9%	49	8.1%	44	7.8%	53	9.2%	56	9.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.48		15.62		15.32		16.64		15.27		13.10		12.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	40.5%	40.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	41.8%	41.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	46.1%	46.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	39.9%	39.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	39.4%	39.4%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.2%	61.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	40.4%	40.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.3%	53.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	41.1%	41.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.7%	47.7%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.3%	52.3%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48.8%	46.9%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	49.6%	49.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.7%	60.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	37.9%	37.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	43%	43%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	38.1%	38.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	47.1%	47.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	33.7%	33.7%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.5%	60.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.3%	49.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	42%	42%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	43.6%	43.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	40.6%	40.6%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.3%	51.3%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.6%	50.5%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	40.7%	40.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	46.7%	46.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	44%	44%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	37.9%	37.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	37%	37%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	52.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45.5%	45.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.2%	51.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	43.8%	43.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.2%	54.2%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48%	48%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.5%	50%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	32.4%	32.4%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	18.3%	18.3%	44.4%
MCA-III
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	19.3%	19.3%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.9%	32%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	28.5%	27.5%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	31.1%	30.1%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	25.8%	25.8%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	33.2%	30.9%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	28.9%	26.8%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	24.8%	23.6%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	22.9%	22.9%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.2%	41.4%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41%	38.1%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	32.6%	29.9%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	25.4%	23.5%	43.8%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	48.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	51.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	48.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	51.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,978.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,061.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,552.0

* Columbia Academy 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.