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West Central Area Sec. High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

301 County Rd 2

Barrett MN, 56311, Grant County

Phone: 320-528-2520

Ranking:

High School:

(76 out of 414, top 18%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(339 out of 1,269, top 27%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: West Central Area Schools

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:	21		22		23		22		22		25		27
Total Students:	314		315		327		344		355		387		409
Grade 7:	52	16.6%	48	15.2%	50	15.3%	48	14.0%	55	15.5%	59	15.2%	58	14.2%
Grade 8:	47	15.0%	51	16.2%	48	14.7%	55	16.0%	59	16.6%	57	14.7%	60	14.7%
Grade 9:	52	16.6%	52	16.5%	53	16.2%	61	17.7%	54	15.2%	59	15.2%	61	14.9%
Grade 10:	57	18.2%	53	16.8%	59	18.0%	56	16.3%	61	17.2%	62	16.0%	70	17.1%
Grade 11:	51	16.2%	56	17.8%	56	17.1%	63	18.3%	61	17.2%	70	18.1%	84	20.5%
Grade 12:	55	17.5%	55	17.5%	61	18.7%	61	17.7%	65	18.3%	80	20.7%	76	18.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	166	52.9%	164	52.1%	161	49.2%	163	47.4%	162	45.6%	178	46.0%	190	46.5%
Female:	148	47.1%	151	47.9%	166	50.8%	181	52.6%	185	52.1%	201	51.9%	215	52.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	1.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	3	0.8%	3	0.7%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	3	0.8%	5	1.3%	4	1.0%
Hispanic:	4	1.3%	3	1.0%	5	1.5%	8	2.3%	10	2.8%	9	2.3%	8	2.0%
Black:	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	4	1.1%	4	1.0%	3	0.7%
White:	299	95.2%	301	95.6%	312	95.4%	324	94.2%	337	94.9%	366	94.6%	391	95.6%
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	2.2%	9	2.9%	8	2.4%	9	2.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	87	27.7%	82	26.0%	90	27.5%	95	27.6%	81	22.8%	73	18.9%	71	17.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	25	8.0%	35	11.1%	32	9.8%	39	11.3%	38	10.7%	43	11.1%	49	12.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.05		14.64		14.51		15.70		15.93		15.40		15.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.6%	86.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.8%	90.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.6%	74.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	67.6%	67.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.4%	76.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.3%	80.3%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	84.1%	84.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	83.7%	83.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	33.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	44.3%	44.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27.4%	27.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	58.6%	58.6%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	61.6%	61.6%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	53.6%	52.4%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74.8%	74.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	80.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73.7%	73.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69.4%	69.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59.7%	59.7%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	69.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.4%	70.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.9%	81.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.7%	79.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.2%	71.2%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.1%	77.1%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	70.9%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	76.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	77.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	51.7%	51.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	71.2%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64%	64%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	71.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70%	70%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.7%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.4%	85.4%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.3%	53.3%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51%	51%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	53.3%	53.3%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	74.1%	74.1%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.6%	90.6%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	94.8%	94.8%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.7%	70.7%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.9%	56.9%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.1%	73.1%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.2%	73.2%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	100%	100%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	98.4%	98.4%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	85.1%	85.1%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	96.1%	96.1%	87.8%
MCA-III
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	58.8%	58.8%	62.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	35.4%	35.4%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.3%	55.3%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48.9%	48.9%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.3%	55.3%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51%	51%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.8%	70.8%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49%	49%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	44.9%	44.9%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.1%	45.1%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	43.1%	43.1%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	50.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	50.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	95.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,806.0
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:	$44,441.0

* West Central Area Sec. 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.