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Cottage Grove Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

9775 Indian Blvd South

Cottage Grove MN, 55016, Washington County

Phone: 651-768-6800

Ranking:

(175 out of 1,269, top 14%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: South Washington County 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:	71		71		67		63		64		66		63
Total Students:	1,160		1,171		1,123		1,094		1,041		1,207		1,081
Grade 6:	385	33.2%	391	33.4%	373	33.2%	405	37.0%	340	32.7%	107	8.9%	NA	NA
Grade 7:	393	33.9%	385	32.9%	406	36.2%	344	31.4%	334	32.1%	367	30.4%	356	32.9%
Grade 8:	382	32.9%	395	33.7%	344	30.6%	345	31.5%	367	35.3%	359	29.7%	385	35.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	589	50.8%	596	50.9%	556	49.5%	560	51.2%	531	51.0%	606	50.2%	528	48.8%
Female:	571	49.2%	575	49.1%	567	50.5%	534	48.8%	502	48.2%	593	49.1%	549	50.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	8	0.7%	12	1.0%	10	0.9%	9	0.8%	8	0.8%	13	1.1%	11	1.0%
Asian:	111	9.6%	88	7.5%	93	8.3%	80	7.3%	82	7.9%	101	8.4%	89	8.2%
Hispanic:	82	7.1%	84	7.2%	79	7.0%	70	6.4%	51	4.9%	53	4.4%	63	5.8%
Black:	93	8.0%	98	8.4%	80	7.1%	79	7.2%	75	7.2%	83	6.9%	67	6.2%
White:	831	71.6%	858	73.3%	835	74.4%	840	76.8%	825	79.3%	957	79.3%	851	78.7%
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:	35	3.0%	31	2.6%	26	2.3%	16	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	194	16.7%	195	16.7%	189	16.8%	146	13.3%	114	11.0%	118	9.8%	119	11.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	72	6.2%	65	5.6%	63	5.6%	50	4.6%	68	6.5%	73	6.0%	67	6.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.40		16.56		16.87		17.31		16.27		18.20		17.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71.5%	72.9%	68.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.4%	76.5%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	81.3%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.8%	81.8%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70.2%	71%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	86.2%	82.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72.1%	65.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66%	71.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62.2%	65.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63.4%	70.8%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.1%	73%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	74.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.9%	77.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	73.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.3%	71.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	74.8%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.5%	78.1%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.2%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	66.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	68.7%	68.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	66.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	66.3%	70.1%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	73.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.8%	77%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.2%	73.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	80.6%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	82%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	82.6%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.2%	64.2%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	59.3%	44.4%
MCA-III
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.9%	56.6%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.5%	67.8%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	67.4%	66.6%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.3%	65.1%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59%	60.1%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.6%	64.5%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	70.5%	70.1%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	64%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.6%	65.2%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	69.3%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75%	74.5%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.5%	68%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.8%	56.5%	43.8%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	34.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	65.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	26.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	73.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$53,678.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,228.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$60,844.0

* Cottage Grove Middle School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.