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St. James Public School District

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St. James Public School District is located in south Minnesota. St. James Public School District has 220.65 square miles of land area and 2.46 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total St. James Public School District population is 6,388. St. James Public School District median household income is $49,549 in 2010-2014. St. James Public School District median house value is $97,900 in 2010-2014. On average, St. James Public School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (309 out of 321, bottom 4%) Elementary/Middle School: (326 out of 332, bottom 2%)* Rank: #329
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	6,388 (2010-2014), rank #153
Population Growth	4.40% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	28.63/sq mi, rank #155
Median Household Income:	$49,549 at 2010-2014—13.32% increase since 2005-2009, rank #220
Median House Price:	$97,900 at 2010-2014—10.87% increase since 2005-2009, rank #268
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	220.65 sq mi, rank #119
Water Area:	2.46 sq mi (1.10%), rank #198
State:	Minnesota
County:	Watonwan County, Martin County, Brown County
City:	Saint James, Truman, Lewisville, Butterfield, Madelia, La Salle, Ormsby, Comfrey, Odin, Hanska, Sleepy Eye
Zip:	56081, 56088, 56060, 56120, 56062, 56056, 56162, 56019, 56160, 56041, 56085
Area:	Fairmont, MN;New Ulm, MN

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St. James Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

500 3rd Ave South

Saint James MN, 56081, Watonwan County

Phone: 507-375-5974

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,038	1,067	1,113	1,111	1,131	1,162	1,202
English Language Learner Students:	50	77	106	98	150	176	211
Total Teachers:	69.80	68.75	66.22	69.96	78.01	77.30	80.00
Prekindergarten:	1.01	1.00	1.20	2.03	2.00	2.00	2.00
Kindergarten:	5.17	5.50	5.17	4.00	5.00	4.70	4.00
Elementary:	31.09	31.37	29.44	32.73	35.24	37.90	40.50
Secondary:	24.97	29.88	30.41	31.20	35.77	32.70	33.50
Ungraded:	7.56	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Total Other Staff:	86.10	82.18	80.89	86.08	91.63	89.60	85.80
Instructional Aides:	34.64	32.31	32.18	33.73	37.29	35.40	29.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.67	0.77	0.34	0.26	0.26	0.30	0.30
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	1.80	1.94	1.97	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	1.63	1.63	0.70	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	4.00	5.75	4.75	4.75	4.75	4.80	4.80
District Administrative Support:	2.63	2.00	1.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	4.00	4.00	2.50	2.00	3.00	4.00	4.00
School Administrative Support:	7.52	7.76	7.64	10.32	10.32	11.30	10.80
Student Support Services:	9.78	8.78	8.02	10.87	15.24	11.20	12.40
Other Support Services:	16.23	16.38	20.57	21.18	17.77	19.60	21.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.87	15.52	16.81	15.88	14.50	15.03	15.03

Schools

St. James Early Childhood	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	1273 10th Ave North, Saint James MN 56081
St. James Northside Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1273 10th Ave North, Saint James MN 56081
St. James Secondary	Grade 6 to Grade 12	1001 10th Ave North, Saint James MN 56081

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	39.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	43.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	60.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65.9%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	57.2%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	62%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	69.2%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	56.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	17.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	20.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	19.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	21.6%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	34.5%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	29.5%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30.1%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67.9%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	55.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62.7%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.6%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	49.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	57.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	54.9%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.4%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.5%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.8%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	53.3%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	35.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	52.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.5%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.2%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.7%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	29.5%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32.9%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	55%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.7%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	28.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	43.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	43%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	52.2%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	51.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.8%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.4%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	58.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	39.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	32.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	50.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	48.5%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	44.5%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.5%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.6%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	41.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	31.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	36.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	35.9%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	49.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.3%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	41.7%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35.9%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	21.4%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	35.7%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	44.3%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	69.4%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	61.5%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	64.6%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	33%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.2%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.6%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	43.8%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	86.3%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	89%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	78.2%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	89.0%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	51.1%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58.1%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.6%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	54.4%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	45.6%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	37.5%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.8%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52.3%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	35.3%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	28.6%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.9%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.8%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49.3%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	32.9%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	30.4%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	30.4%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	40.4%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36.8%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	48.3%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	33.8%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	34.9%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	32.6%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.6%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.9%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	42.6%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	24.7%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	37%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$13,085,000	$11,757		$12,713,000	$11,443		$12,447,000	$11,005
Federal:	$878,000	$789	6.7%	$939,000	$845	7.4%	$1,688,000	$1,492	13.6%
State:	$9,455,000	$8,495	72.3%	$9,180,000	$8,263	72.2%	$8,624,000	$7,625	69.3%
Local:	$2,752,000	$2,473	21.0%	$2,594,000	$2,335	20.4%	$2,135,000	$1,888	17.2%
Total Expenditures:	$15,473,000	$13,902		$15,564,000	$14,009		$14,043,000	$12,416
Total Current Expenditures:	$10,957,000	$9,845		$10,956,000	$9,861		$11,478,000	$10,149
Instructional Expenditures:	$6,727,000	$6,044	61.4%	$6,958,000	$6,263	63.5%	$7,206,000	$6,371	62.8%
Student and Staff Support:	$838,000	$753	7.6%	$899,000	$809	8.2%	$694,000	$614	6.0%
Administration:	$1,122,000	$1,008	10.2%	$1,022,000	$920	9.3%	$1,429,000	$1,263	12.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,270,000	$2,040	20.7%	$2,077,000	$1,869	19.0%	$2,149,000	$1,900	18.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$3,310,000	$2,974		$3,528,000	$3,176		$1,523,000	$1,347
Construction:	$2,921,000	$2,624		$3,020,000	$2,718		$1,254,000	$1,109
Total Other:	$617,000	$554		$650,000	$585		$737,000	$652
Interest on Debt:	$327,000	$294		$212,000	$191		$79,000	$70

Total Salary:	$7,097,000	$6,376		$7,318,000	$6,587		$7,641,000	$6,756
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,821,000	$4,332	67.9%	$5,084,000	$4,576	69.5%	$5,203,000	$4,600	68.1%
Other Salary:	$2,276,000	$2,045	32.1%	$2,234,000	$2,011	30.5%	$2,438,000	$2,156	31.9%
Total Benefit:	$2,093,000	$1,881		$2,025,000	$1,823		$2,119,000	$1,874
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,402,000	$1,260	67.0%	$1,408,000	$1,267	69.5%	$1,455,000	$1,286	68.7%
Other Benefit:	$691,000	$621	33.0%	$617,000	$555	30.5%	$664,000	$587	31.3%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	90.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	9.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	14.3%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	14.3%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	35.1%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	20.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	15.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$46,453.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,035.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$36,280.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$48,025.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$54,321.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$54,055.0

* St. James Public School District was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.