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Kennedy Secondary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

601 Randolph Ave

Fergus Falls MN, 56537, Otter Tail County

Phone: 218-998-0544

Ranking:

High School:

(131 out of 414, top 32%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(477 out of 1,269, top 38%)*

Type: Regular Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 12

School District: Fergus Falls 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:	70		71		75		77		72		41		48
Total Students:	1,199		1,233		1,252		1,349		1,360		840		878
Grade 6:	148	12.3%	153	12.4%	158	12.6%	182	13.5%	164	12.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 7:	163	13.6%	178	14.4%	200	16.0%	188	13.9%	191	14.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 8:	176	14.7%	205	16.6%	183	14.6%	187	13.9%	188	13.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 9:	209	17.4%	180	14.6%	179	14.3%	192	14.2%	204	15.0%	207	24.6%	249	28.4%
Grade 10:	165	13.8%	175	14.2%	171	13.7%	207	15.3%	192	14.1%	238	28.3%	217	24.7%
Grade 11:	180	15.0%	167	13.5%	182	14.5%	180	13.3%	223	16.4%	209	24.9%	212	24.1%
Grade 12:	158	13.2%	175	14.2%	175	14.0%	213	15.8%	196	14.4%	186	22.1%	200	22.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	608	50.7%	633	51.3%	639	51.0%	694	51.4%	690	50.7%	423	50.4%	443	50.5%
Female:	591	49.3%	600	48.7%	613	49.0%	655	48.6%	662	48.7%	409	48.7%	431	49.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	7	0.6%	8	0.6%	10	0.8%	15	1.1%	15	1.1%	13	1.5%	6	0.7%
Asian:	6	0.5%	6	0.5%	9	0.7%	13	1.0%	16	1.2%	11	1.3%	6	0.7%
Hispanic:	28	2.3%	19	1.5%	23	1.8%	27	2.0%	22	1.6%	9	1.1%	7	0.8%
Black:	31	2.6%	36	2.9%	29	2.3%	34	2.5%	40	2.9%	13	1.5%	9	1.0%
White:	1,100	91.7%	1,139	92.4%	1,161	92.7%	1,248	92.5%	1,267	93.2%	794	94.5%	850	96.8%
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:	27	2.3%	25	2.0%	20	1.6%	12	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	213	17.8%	211	17.1%	196	15.7%	218	16.2%	212	15.6%	115	13.7%	98	11.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	92	7.7%	77	6.2%	88	7.0%	78	5.8%	87	6.4%	47	5.6%	50	5.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.19		17.29		16.78		17.61		18.85		20.50		18.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.4%	81%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93%	91.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75%	73.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.2%	67%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.6%	77.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.5%	73.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77%	72.8%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.7%	74.7%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.8%	71.3%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	81.8%	76.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	80.4%	79.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	34.3%	31.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	32.8%	30.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	34.8%	30.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	56.7%	49.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	39.7%	34.6%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	46.4%	37.3%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	49.1%	39.1%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	51.2%	38.7%	52.4%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65.7%	61%	68.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.9%	70.4%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.6%	81.9%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.8%	78.7%	76.2%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57.3%	55.1%	64.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.1%	63.1%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	73.2%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.2%	71.3%	71.4%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	53.9%	50.2%	58.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.8%	68.6%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	66%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77%	70.7%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	54.7%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	46%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	52.5%	50.7%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	58%	53.2%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.2%	75.7%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83%	78%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.1%	73.4%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55%	51.2%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	62.4%	52.9%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65.1%	52.8%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	51.7%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.4%	88.9%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	93.2%	89.6%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	88.6%	83%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	84.2%	78.2%	87.8%
MCA-III
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	60.5%	53.7%	62.4%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	48%	46.6%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.2%	53.7%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.4%	56.3%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.5%	67.4%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.3%	49.5%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.5%	54.3%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.6%	52%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.9%	49.5%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33.5%	31.3%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	54.7%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.5%	56.7%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.1%	48.7%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.3%	49.8%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	51.9%	44.3%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	47.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	52.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	10.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	90.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,794.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,597.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,705.0

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