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Houston Secondary High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

306 West Elm St

Houston MN, 55943, Houston County

Phone: 507-896-5323

Ranking:

High School:

(64 out of 414, top 15%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(616 out of 1,269, top 49%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Houston 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:	17		16		16		16		16		16		16
Total Students:	190		177		189		204		216		235		211
Grade 7:	34	17.9%	30	16.9%	27	14.3%	32	15.7%	30	13.9%	52	22.1%	31	14.7%
Grade 8:	32	16.8%	29	16.4%	32	16.9%	30	14.7%	49	22.7%	32	13.6%	38	18.0%
Grade 9:	26	13.7%	30	16.9%	33	17.5%	49	24.0%	36	16.7%	32	13.6%	36	17.1%
Grade 10:	32	16.8%	25	14.1%	42	22.2%	32	15.7%	30	13.9%	34	14.5%	40	19.0%
Grade 11:	29	15.3%	39	22.0%	27	14.3%	31	15.2%	33	15.3%	38	16.2%	45	21.3%
Grade 12:	37	19.5%	24	13.6%	28	14.8%	30	14.7%	38	17.6%	47	20.0%	21	10.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	101	53.2%	91	51.4%	93	49.2%	114	55.9%	107	49.5%	109	46.4%	93	44.1%
Female:	89	46.8%	86	48.6%	96	50.8%	90	44.1%	101	46.8%	118	50.2%	114	54.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	1	0.4%	1	0.5%
Asian:	3	1.6%	2	1.1%	1	0.5%	2	1.0%	2	0.9%	3	1.3%	2	0.9%
Hispanic:	1	0.5%	4	2.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%
Black:	1	0.5%	1	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
White:	176	92.6%	162	91.5%	181	95.8%	195	95.6%	212	98.1%	231	98.3%	207	98.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	9	4.7%	8	4.5%	6	3.2%	6	2.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	30	15.8%	30	16.9%	50	26.5%	44	21.6%	47	21.8%	44	18.7%	39	18.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	26	13.7%	11	6.2%	15	7.9%	26	12.7%	20	9.3%	27	11.5%	21	10.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.19		11.34		11.46		13.09		13.57		14.80		13.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	94.3%	90%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93.9%	87.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.2%	83.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.8%	72.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92.5%	75.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.1%	72.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72.8%	75.9%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.1%	76.6%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.9%	71.4%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	80.5%	75.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	88.1%	75.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	29.4%	26.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40.9%	29.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	39.5%	33.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	38.4%	25%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	25.7%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	31.1%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	53.8%	23.4%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	56.7%	28.6%	52.4%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	68.6%	64.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	82.7%	79.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	55.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69.4%	58.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59.4%	52.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66%	57.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	41.9%	53%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	79.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.8%	86%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	69.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.1%	70.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	75.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64%	62.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	45.2%	67.4%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.7%	71.5%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	46.5%	61.2%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	62.8%	48.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	45.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	42.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	65.7%	42.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	39.2%	33.7%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	75.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.9%	71%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.5%	68.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.8%	71.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	67.9%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.1%	63.4%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	72.6%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.2%	44.9%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.6%	43.3%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	62.5%	52.1%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	45.2%	49.7%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.8%	78.7%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.3%	81.3%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.4%	75.6%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.1%	41.9%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.7%	40.5%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.5%	44.4%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.4%	41.9%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	94.4%	91.1%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	93.9%	78.9%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	93.3%	82.6%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	93.1%	81.9%	87.8%
MCA-III
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76%	55.1%	62.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.6%	47.3%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.6%	35.6%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.3%	43.9%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.4%	52.2%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40.6%	36.5%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.7%	42%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	32.2%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	46.2%	45.7%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	15.3%	26.6%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	48%	42.9%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	84.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	NA

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	46.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	53.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,007.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,937.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,354.0

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