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Rushford-Peterson Public Schools

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Rushford-Peterson Public Schools is located in southeast Minnesota. Rushford-Peterson Public Schools has 177.71 square miles of land area and 0.61 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Rushford-Peterson Public Schools population is 4,503. Rushford-Peterson Public Schools median household income is $55,761 in 2010-2014. Rushford-Peterson Public Schools median house value is $159,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Rushford-Peterson Public Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (70 out of 321, top 22%) Elementary/Middle School: (101 out of 332, top 30%)* Rank: #76
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	4,503 (2010-2014), rank #200
Population Growth	7.11% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	25.25/sq mi, rank #167
Median Household Income:	$55,761 at 2010-2014—12.39% increase since 2005-2009, rank #122
Median House Price:	$159,500 at 2010-2014—4.87% increase since 2005-2009, rank #134
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	177.71 sq mi, rank #160
Water Area:	0.61 sq mi (0.34%), rank #262
State:	Minnesota
County:	Winona County, Houston County, Fillmore County
City:	Rushford, Lewiston, Utica, Peterson, Houston, Rushford Village, Mabel, Lanesboro
Zip:	55971, 55952, 55979, 55962, 55943, 55954, 55949
Area:	Winona, MN;La Crosse, WI-MN

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Rushford-Peterson Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

102 North Mill St

Rushford MN, 55971, Fillmore County

Phone: 507-864-7785

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	671	668	650	632	648	639	651
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	49.50	51.81	51.34	52.20	50.56	50.00	49.90
Prekindergarten:	0.90	2.17	1.97	1.94	1.66	1.60	2.60
Kindergarten:	3.56	3.64	4.73	3.80	3.80	3.50	3.40
Elementary:	21.37	21.38	20.46	25.15	23.09	20.40	20.40
Secondary:	23.37	24.36	23.91	21.05	21.44	23.80	23.00
Ungraded:	0.30	0.26	0.27	0.26	0.57	0.70	0.50
Total Other Staff:	41.40	41.00	38.76	40.01	38.85	40.80	41.40
Instructional Aides:	12.36	11.33	10.98	10.83	12.08	12.30	13.40
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.20	0.23	0.20	0.13	0.17	0.10	0.10
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.80	1.13	1.00	0.88	0.33	1.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.80	1.13	1.00	0.88	0.33	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	1.95	1.95	1.95	1.95	1.90	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	5.43	4.47	3.43	3.63	4.03	4.70	4.10
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	2.00	2.33	2.33	2.33	2.00	2.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Student Support Services:	3.71	3.66	3.90	4.28	3.87	3.80	3.90
Other Support Services:	12.95	12.73	11.80	12.81	11.30	11.90	11.90
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.56	12.89	12.66	12.11	12.82	12.78	13.05

Schools

Rushford-Peterson Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	102 North Mill St, Rushford MN 55971
Rushford-Peterson Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	193 Park St, Peterson MN 55962
Rushford-Peterson Senior High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	102 North Mill St, Rushford MN 55971

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	52.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	92.5%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	80.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	68.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	23.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	36.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	60.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	45.5%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	67.5%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	52.5%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94.1%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	96.1%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	53.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	41.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	55.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	53.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	75%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41.9%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.4%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	52.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77.7%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.6%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.8%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	82%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	52.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	53.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	78.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.9%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.8%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.2%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	46.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	66%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.8%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.5%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	51%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	48.7%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	65.3%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.1%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	95%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.6%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.4%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	71.7%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	80.0%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	94%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	92.9%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	96.2%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	87.5%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65.4%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.1%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.5%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.4%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.8%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.2%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.2%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	51.5%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.8%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.6%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.7%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.6%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.5%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.4%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62.2%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.2%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	84.3%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	50%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$7,245,000	$11,146		$7,085,000	$11,210		$6,932,000	$10,698
Federal:	$471,000	$725	6.5%	$510,000	$807	7.2%	$932,000	$1,438	13.4%
State:	$5,420,000	$8,338	74.8%	$4,858,000	$7,687	68.6%	$4,815,000	$7,431	69.5%
Local:	$1,354,000	$2,083	18.7%	$1,717,000	$2,717	24.2%	$1,185,000	$1,829	17.1%
Total Expenditures:	$7,350,000	$11,308		$7,062,000	$11,174		$6,913,000	$10,668
Total Current Expenditures:	$6,705,000	$10,315		$6,411,000	$10,144		$6,079,000	$9,381
Instructional Expenditures:	$4,427,000	$6,811	66.0%	$4,329,000	$6,850	67.5%	$4,054,000	$6,256	66.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$136,000	$209	2.0%	$142,000	$225	2.2%	$127,000	$196	2.1%
Administration:	$636,000	$978	9.5%	$612,000	$968	9.5%	$595,000	$918	9.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,506,000	$2,317	22.5%	$1,328,000	$2,101	20.7%	$1,303,000	$2,011	21.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$267,000	$411		$271,000	$429		$429,000	$662
Construction:	$110,000	$169		$124,000	$196		$244,000	$377
Total Other:	$228,000	$351		$218,000	$345		$209,000	$323
Interest on Debt:	$2,000	$3		$4,000	$6		$20,000	$31

Total Salary:	$4,098,000	$6,305		$4,070,000	$6,440		$3,838,000	$5,923
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,133,000	$4,820	76.5%	$3,122,000	$4,940	76.7%	$2,901,000	$4,477	75.6%
Other Salary:	$965,000	$1,485	23.5%	$948,000	$1,500	23.3%	$937,000	$1,446	24.4%
Total Benefit:	$1,192,000	$1,834		$1,146,000	$1,813		$1,081,000	$1,668
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$893,000	$1,374	74.9%	$844,000	$1,335	73.6%	$790,000	$1,219	73.1%
Other Benefit:	$299,000	$460	25.1%	$302,000	$478	26.4%	$291,000	$449	26.9%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	33.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	66.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	23.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	10.3%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	23.1%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	41.0%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	23.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,728.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$39,496.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$46,083.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$49,397.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$51,920.0

* Rushford-Peterson Public Schools was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.