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Pierz Public School District

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Pierz Public School District is located close to the center of Minnesota. Pierz Public School District has 235.85 square miles of land area and 1.85 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Pierz Public School District population is 5,109. Pierz Public School District median household income is $51,572 in 2010-2014. Pierz Public School District median house value is $161,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Pierz Public School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (242 out of 321, bottom 25%) Elementary/Middle School: (150 out of 332, top 45%)* Rank: #213
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	5,109 (2010-2014), rank #182
Population Growth	-3.44% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	21.49/sq mi, rank #181
Median Household Income:	$51,572 at 2010-2014—3.99% increase since 2005-2009, rank #190
Median House Price:	$161,300 at 2010-2014—-0.37% increase since 2005-2009, rank #132
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	235.85 sq mi, rank #109
Water Area:	1.85 sq mi (0.78%), rank #217
State:	Minnesota
County:	Morrison County, Crow Wing County, Benton County
City:	Hillman, Pierz, Royalton, Foley, Lastrup, Harding, Genola, Buckman, Rice
Zip:	56338, 56364, 56373, 56329, 56367
Area:	St. Cloud, MN;Brainerd, MN

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Pierz Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

112 Kamnic St

Pierz MN, 56364, Morrison County

Phone: 320-468-6458

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,128	1,129	1,114	1,084	1,076	1,052	1,063
English Language Learner Students:	7	4	4	4	5	5	5
Total Teachers:	71.03	71.49	70.46	70.26	70.58	67.10	68.10
Prekindergarten:	2.86	2.86	2.46	2.40	2.37	2.00	2.20
Kindergarten:	3.77	3.44	3.38	4.63	4.67	3.50	3.30
Elementary:	29.06	29.35	29.73	28.25	27.79	28.00	27.60
Secondary:	35.11	35.78	34.86	34.88	35.12	33.50	34.50
Ungraded:	0.23	0.06	0.03	0.10	0.63	0.10	0.50
Total Other Staff:	74.78	71.44	69.50	69.57	69.09	70.30	70.00
Instructional Aides:	25.48	23.46	22.18	21.63	20.79	21.90	21.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.26	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	3.11	3.24	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.10	3.10
District Administrators:	4.77	4.77	4.77	4.70	4.70	4.70	5.60
District Administrative Support:	1.80	2.55	2.43	2.53	2.90	2.80	2.90
School Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	4.35	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.00
Student Support Services:	8.69	7.78	7.99	8.75	8.61	9.00	9.40
Other Support Services:	20.32	20.14	19.52	19.35	19.48	19.30	19.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.88	15.79	15.81	15.43	15.25	15.68	15.61

Schools

Healy Secondary	Grade 7 to Grade 12	112 Kamnic St, Pierz MN 56364
Pierz Alternative Program	Grade 10 to Grade 12	112 Kamnic St, Pierz MN 56364
Pioneer Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	66 Kamnic St, Pierz MN 56364

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	62.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	60.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	59.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.6%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.6%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	58.3%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	67%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	63.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	17.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	20.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	20%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	26.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	54.7%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	48.1%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	36.2%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	46.2%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89.9%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.7%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	62.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	52.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	54.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.5%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.5%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	78.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	52.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	46.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71.7%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.6%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44.6%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.3%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.2%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	92%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	55.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71.2%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.4%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.9%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.2%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74.5%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.3%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	77%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	60.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.7%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.8%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.8%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	47.6%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	46.4%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84.4%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77.2%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.7%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.8%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.1%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.2%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.5%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	89.7%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	87%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	93.1%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	87.4%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	50.5%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.7%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66.3%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55.1%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71.9%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47.1%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.6%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	90.4%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.6%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.2%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.8%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.5%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.4%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.4%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48.2%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	40%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.6%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.6%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	39.4%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.5%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	58.5%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$11,576,000	$10,391		$11,885,000	$10,964		$11,003,000	$10,226
Federal:	$652,000	$585	5.6%	$891,000	$822	7.5%	$1,330,000	$1,236	12.1%
State:	$9,088,000	$8,158	78.5%	$8,816,000	$8,133	74.2%	$8,012,000	$7,446	72.8%
Local:	$1,836,000	$1,648	15.9%	$2,178,000	$2,009	18.3%	$1,661,000	$1,544	15.1%
Total Expenditures:	$11,257,000	$10,105		$10,945,000	$10,097		$11,712,000	$10,885
Total Current Expenditures:	$9,380,000	$8,420		$9,371,000	$8,645		$9,908,000	$9,208
Instructional Expenditures:	$6,057,000	$5,437	64.6%	$6,213,000	$5,732	66.3%	$6,762,000	$6,284	68.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$697,000	$626	7.4%	$712,000	$657	7.6%	$674,000	$626	6.8%
Administration:	$942,000	$846	10.0%	$853,000	$787	9.1%	$846,000	$786	8.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,684,000	$1,512	18.0%	$1,593,000	$1,470	17.0%	$1,626,000	$1,511	16.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,099,000	$987		$808,000	$745		$1,023,000	$951
Construction:	$369,000	$331		$157,000	$145		$268,000	$249
Total Other:	$276,000	$248		$276,000	$255		$276,000	$257
Interest on Debt:	$204,000	$183		$201,000	$185		$221,000	$205

Total Salary:	$6,226,000	$5,589		$5,997,000	$5,532		$5,892,000	$5,476
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,381,000	$3,933	70.4%	$4,248,000	$3,919	70.8%	$4,202,000	$3,905	71.3%
Other Salary:	$1,845,000	$1,656	29.6%	$1,749,000	$1,613	29.2%	$1,690,000	$1,571	28.7%
Total Benefit:	$1,668,000	$1,497		$1,927,000	$1,778		$2,494,000	$2,318
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,155,000	$1,037	69.2%	$1,456,000	$1,343	75.6%	$1,944,000	$1,807	77.9%
Other Benefit:	$513,000	$461	30.8%	$471,000	$435	24.4%	$550,000	$511	22.1%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	67.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	32.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	13.8%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	20.7%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	24.1%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	32.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	8.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,796.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,187.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$41,314.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$45,470.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$49,267.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$52,851.0

* Pierz Public School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.