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Battle Lake Public School District

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Battle Lake Public School District is located close to the center of Minnesota. Battle Lake Public School District has 149.35 square miles of land area and 45.01 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Battle Lake Public School District population is 4,138. Battle Lake Public School District median household income is $50,642 in 2010-2014. Battle Lake Public School District median house value is $223,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Battle Lake Public School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (63 out of 321, top 20%) Elementary/Middle School: (20 out of 332, top 6%)* Rank: #38
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	4,138 (2010-2014), rank #211
Population Growth	-0.62% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	21.29/sq mi, rank #183
Median Household Income:	$50,642 at 2010-2014—15.50% increase since 2005-2009, rank #202
Median House Price:	$223,100 at 2010-2014—11.83% increase since 2005-2009, rank #30
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	149.35 sq mi, rank #194
Water Area:	45.01 sq mi (23.16%), rank #21
State:	Minnesota
County:	Otter Tail County
City:	Battle Lake, Vining, Clitherall, Underwood, Richville, Dent, Evansville, Henning
Zip:	56515, 56588, 56524, 56586, 56576, 56528, 56326, 56551
Area:	Fergus Falls, MN

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Battle Lake Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

402 Summit St West

Battle Lake MN, 56515, Otter Tail County

Phone: 218-864-5215

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	448	454	471	487	515	509	522
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total Teachers:	32.38	31.95	33.94	35.30	35.36	36.20	38.00
Prekindergarten:	0.96	0.90	0.77	0.90	0.76	0.60	0.60
Kindergarten:	2.13	1.00	2.14	2.14	2.14	2.10	2.10
Elementary:	12.06	12.92	13.19	13.26	13.24	14.10	13.80
Secondary:	17.10	17.13	17.84	19.00	19.22	18.40	20.50
Ungraded:	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
Total Other Staff:	36.29	35.13	36.92	38.37	38.26	39.00	37.10
Instructional Aides:	11.08	11.10	10.37	10.57	10.00	9.80	6.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.09	0.16	0.20	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.50	1.00	0.80	0.80	1.00	1.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.23	0.50	0.40	0.40	0.50	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.27	0.50	0.40	0.40	0.50	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.50	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.00	0.80
District Administrators:	2.50	2.00	2.50	2.50	2.67	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	0.83	0.50	1.50	1.50	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrative Support:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Student Support Services:	4.28	3.18	3.18	3.51	3.58	3.60	3.60
Other Support Services:	14.60	14.35	15.48	16.40	15.60	16.40	17.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.84	14.21	13.88	13.80	14.56	14.06	13.74

Schools

Battle Lake Elementary		Kindergarten to Grade 6	402 Summit St West, Battle Lake MN 56515
Battle Lake Secondary		Grade 7 to Grade 12	402 Summit St West, Battle Lake MN 56515

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.5%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	91.4%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	76.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	66%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	19.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	22.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	35.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	36.6%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	47.2%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	71.5%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	44%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.6%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	58.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	100%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.1%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	62.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78.3%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97.3%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.1%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	55.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	81%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	93.2%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.1%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.9%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.8%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	56.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	53%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	63.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	57.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.8%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	70.3%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	66.7%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89.2%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	94.3%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.4%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.6%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	82.1%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	100%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	96.8%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	97.4%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	98.1%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88.9%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.3%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.4%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.8%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.5%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67.6%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.5%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69.8%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.4%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.9%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	85%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	71.5%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.5%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.3%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.5%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	93%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.2%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	43.9%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$4,903,000	$10,410		$5,205,000	$10,688		$5,268,000	$10,229
Federal:	$243,000	$516	5.0%	$373,000	$766	7.2%	$665,000	$1,291	12.6%
State:	$3,311,000	$7,030	67.5%	$3,221,000	$6,614	61.9%	$3,185,000	$6,184	60.5%
Local:	$1,349,000	$2,864	27.5%	$1,611,000	$3,308	31.0%	$1,418,000	$2,753	26.9%
Total Expenditures:	$4,759,000	$10,104		$4,945,000	$10,154		$5,300,000	$10,291
Total Current Expenditures:	$4,213,000	$8,945		$4,396,000	$9,027		$4,460,000	$8,660
Instructional Expenditures:	$2,617,000	$5,556	62.1%	$2,718,000	$5,581	61.8%	$2,826,000	$5,487	63.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$227,000	$482	5.4%	$228,000	$468	5.2%	$249,000	$483	5.6%
Administration:	$420,000	$892	10.0%	$409,000	$840	9.3%	$357,000	$693	8.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$949,000	$2,015	22.5%	$1,041,000	$2,138	23.7%	$1,028,000	$1,996	23.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$114,000	$242		$237,000	$487		$412,000	$800
Construction:	$88,000	$187		$118,000	$242		$367,000	$713
Total Other:	$120,000	$255		$123,000	$253		$122,000	$237
Interest on Debt:	$94,000	$200		$1,000	$2		$56,000	$109

Total Salary:	$2,715,000	$5,764		$2,808,000	$5,766		$2,833,000	$5,501
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$1,896,000	$4,025	69.8%	$1,975,000	$4,055	70.3%	$2,059,000	$3,998	72.7%
Other Salary:	$819,000	$1,739	30.2%	$833,000	$1,710	29.7%	$774,000	$1,503	27.3%
Total Benefit:	$748,000	$1,588		$738,000	$1,515		$714,000	$1,386
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$512,000	$1,087	68.4%	$492,000	$1,010	66.7%	$496,000	$963	69.5%
Other Benefit:	$236,000	$501	31.6%	$246,000	$505	33.3%	$218,000	$423	30.5%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	70.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	30.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	10.0%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	30.0%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	36.7%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	10.0%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	13.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,771.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,795.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$39,342.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$48,409.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$54,206.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$54,888.0

* Battle Lake Public School District was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.