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Discovery Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

301 Ne 2nd Ave

Buffalo MN, 55313, Wright County

Phone: 763-682-8400

Ranking:

(263 out of 1,269, top 21%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Buffalo 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:	13		13		14		13		14		13		15
Total Students:	256		256		259		266		267		255		248
Kindergarten:	39	15.2%	42	16.4%	39	15.1%	40	15.0%	43	16.1%	40	15.7%	40	16.1%
Grade 1:	44	17.2%	39	15.2%	41	15.8%	49	18.4%	47	17.6%	44	17.3%	40	16.1%
Grade 2:	38	14.8%	44	17.2%	49	18.9%	48	18.0%	47	17.6%	39	15.3%	40	16.1%
Grade 3:	43	16.8%	45	17.6%	47	18.1%	47	17.7%	41	15.4%	47	18.4%	49	19.8%
Grade 4:	46	18.0%	47	18.4%	46	17.8%	41	15.4%	46	17.2%	44	17.3%	42	16.9%
Grade 5:	46	18.0%	39	15.2%	37	14.3%	41	15.4%	43	16.1%	41	16.1%	37	14.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	135	52.7%	124	48.4%	124	47.9%	127	47.7%	124	46.4%	122	47.8%	121	48.8%
Female:	121	47.3%	132	51.6%	135	52.1%	139	52.3%	135	50.6%	125	49.0%	123	49.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	4	1.6%	3	1.2%	2	0.8%	2	0.8%	4	1.5%	4	1.6%	5	2.0%
Hispanic:	8	3.1%	5	2.0%	4	1.5%	3	1.1%	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	3	1.1%	3	1.2%	2	0.8%
White:	238	93.0%	245	95.7%	250	96.5%	256	96.2%	258	96.6%	248	97.3%	241	97.2%
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:	6	2.3%	3	1.2%	2	0.8%	4	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	32	12.5%	24	9.4%	21	8.1%	23	8.6%	23	8.6%	31	12.2%	20	8.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	16	6.3%	25	9.8%	18	6.9%	40	15.0%	29	10.9%	17	6.7%	23	9.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.59		19.25		18.41		20.00		19.78		19.50		17.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92.1%	81.1%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	75.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	83.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	83%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	77.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93.7%	81.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.8%	86.6%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	79%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	76.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.7%	80.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	85.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.1%	76.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	83%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	81.4%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	83%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85.6%	79.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91.6%	80.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	60.9%	76.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	80%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	83.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	80.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	75.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	83.1%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	82.5%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	80%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95.8%	87.4%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95.7%	81.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	100%	84.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76%	68.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	74.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	74.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78.5%	72.8%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95.8%	84.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	83.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	84.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	82.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	79.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.1%	81.6%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.3%	90.6%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.6%	86.5%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	57%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	57.5%	59.1%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79%	76.4%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84%	87.3%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	88%	87.4%	N/A
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.6%	76.1%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	82.1%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.5%	72.9%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.4%	59.8%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.9%	76%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	79%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.3%	77.2%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	55.3%	59.2%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52.6%	68.7%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73%	77.2%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.8%	64.8%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	73.9%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	71%	59.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	30.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	69.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	84.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$52,454.0
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:	$55,916.0

* Discovery Elementary Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.