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Discovery Junior High Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

510 North Mckay Ave

Alexandria MN, 56308, Douglas County

Phone: 320-762-7900

Ranking:

(148 out of 1,269, top 12%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 9

School District: Alexandria 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:	51		51		53		57		58		60		61
Total Students:	944		913		903		850		875		892		907
Grade 7:	306	32.4%	307	33.6%	323	35.8%	280	32.9%	272	31.1%	287	32.2%	301	33.2%
Grade 8:	322	34.1%	314	34.4%	291	32.2%	266	31.3%	286	32.7%	303	34.0%	274	30.2%
Grade 9:	316	33.5%	292	32.0%	289	32.0%	304	35.8%	317	36.2%	300	33.6%	330	36.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	462	48.9%	456	49.9%	457	50.6%	423	49.8%	425	48.6%	436	48.9%	464	51.2%
Female:	482	51.1%	457	50.1%	446	49.4%	427	50.2%	442	50.5%	448	50.2%	439	48.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.3%	5	0.5%	7	0.8%	8	0.9%	5	0.6%	7	0.8%	4	0.4%
Asian:	5	0.5%	3	0.3%	7	0.8%	7	0.8%	8	0.9%	11	1.2%	12	1.3%
Hispanic:	11	1.2%	7	0.8%	14	1.6%	10	1.2%	7	0.8%	3	0.3%	7	0.8%
Black:	14	1.5%	18	2.0%	13	1.4%	12	1.4%	14	1.6%	17	1.9%	16	1.8%
White:	904	95.8%	877	96.1%	859	95.1%	812	95.5%	841	96.1%	854	95.7%	868	95.7%
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:	7	0.7%	3	0.3%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	223	23.6%	204	22.3%	199	22.0%	157	18.5%	142	16.2%	138	15.5%	129	14.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	81	8.6%	79	8.7%	75	8.3%	79	9.3%	73	8.3%	77	8.6%	77	8.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.63		17.98		17.02		14.84		15.11		14.90		14.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	86.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	86.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	75.2%	75.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74.9%	74.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72.6%	72.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	69.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.3%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.1%	86.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.1%	85.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.9%	69.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.3%	66.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	70.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	67.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.4%	75.4%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.2%	74.2%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.1%	78.1%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76.2%	76.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	71.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59.3%	59.3%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.9%	75.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	70.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.1%	75.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	69.6%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.5%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.2%	77.2%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	55.8%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.1%	49.1%	44.4%
MCA-II GRAD
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	95.1%	95.1%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	94.3%	94.3%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	97.5%	97.5%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.2%	90.2%	87.8%
MCA-III
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.3%	57.3%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75.6%	75.6%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.5%	77.5%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.4%	64.4%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.9%	66.9%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.3%	72.3%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.7%	62.7%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	51.6%	43.8%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	29.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	70.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	20.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	10.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	89.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$54,745.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,354.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$57,173.0

* Discovery Junior High 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.