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Willmar Public School District

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Willmar Public School District is located in southwest Minnesota. Willmar Public School District has 202.82 square miles of land area and 16.99 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Willmar Public School District population is 25,704. Willmar Public School District median household income is $46,934 in 2010-2014. Willmar Public School District median house value is $145,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Willmar Public School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (278 out of 321, bottom 13%) Elementary/Middle School: (319 out of 332, bottom 4%)* Rank: #317
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	12
Population	25,704 (2010-2014), rank #51
Population Growth	7.26% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	116.94/sq mi, rank #70
Median Household Income:	$46,934 at 2010-2014—6.10% increase since 2005-2009, rank #249
Median House Price:	$145,600 at 2010-2014—5.66% increase since 2005-2009, rank #170
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	202.82 sq mi, rank #138
Water Area:	16.99 sq mi (7.73%), rank #48
State:	Minnesota
County:	Kandiyohi County
City:	Willmar, Raymond, Blomkest, Pennock, Lake Lillian, Atwater, Kandiyohi, Spicer
Zip:	56201, 56282, 56216, 56279, 56253, 56209, 56251, 56288
Area:	Willmar, MN

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Willmar Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

611 5th St Sw

Willmar MN, 56201, Kandiyohi County

Phone: 320-231-8500

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,107	4,187	4,087	4,070	4,154	4,149	4,165
English Language Learner Students:	729	725	553	554	582	558	513
Total Teachers:	293.38	285.34	284.16	286.67	286.63	296.60	316.60
Prekindergarten:	8.94	9.62	9.62	8.20	7.70	8.20	7.70
Kindergarten:	14.58	17.58	16.83	16.48	17.00	16.00	18.80
Elementary:	127.36	120.59	115.69	123.22	122.68	131.10	138.80
Secondary:	135.80	129.52	133.69	131.24	132.78	133.90	145.10
Ungraded:	6.70	8.03	8.33	7.53	6.47	7.40	6.20
Total Other Staff:	303.45	283.41	269.93	266.09	275.41	288.50	287.10
Instructional Aides:	97.48	77.34	76.79	77.27	78.46	85.00	83.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	11.70	13.80	10.13	9.63	10.63	9.00	9.80
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.05	5.05	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.05	5.05	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.33	3.50	3.50	3.67	4.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	7.78	7.90	7.52	7.52	7.69	7.50	10.80
District Administrators:	9.17	7.00	4.88	5.88	5.88	5.90	6.90
District Administrative Support:	10.95	10.95	10.33	9.95	10.45	10.50	7.50
School Administrators:	11.00	11.00	9.00	9.00	11.00	11.00	12.00
School Administrative Support:	19.48	17.43	17.94	17.47	18.16	19.60	19.10
Student Support Services:	73.71	74.20	70.23	67.47	72.34	77.90	74.80
Other Support Services:	55.80	55.24	54.61	53.23	51.80	53.10	53.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.00	14.67	14.38	14.20	14.49	13.99	13.16

Schools

Gemini Learning Center	Grade 3 to Grade 12	512 8th St Sw, Willmar MN 56201
Jefferson Learning Center	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	1234 Kandiyohi Ave Sw, Willmar MN 56201
Kennedy Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	824 7th St Sw, Willmar MN 56201
Lake Park School	Grade 4 to Grade 12	1804 Civic Center Dr Ne, Willmar MN 56201
Lakeview School	Kindergarten to Grade 12	611 5th St Sw, Willmar MN 56201
Prairie Lakes Education Center	Grade 4 to Grade 12	1804 Civic Center Dr, Willmar MN 56201
Prairie Lakes School	Grade 5 to Grade 12	1804 Civic Center Dr Ne, Willmar MN 56201
Roosevelt Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1800 19th Ave Sw, Willmar MN 56201
Willmar Area Learning Center	Grade 7 to Grade 12	512 8th St Sw, Willmar MN 56201
Willmar Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	209 Willmar Ave Se, Willmar MN 56201
Willmar Senior High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	2701 30th St Ne, Willmar MN 56201

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	58.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	54.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	62.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65.5%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	65.7%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.3%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	72.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	70.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	26.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	38.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.4%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.4%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	40.2%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	55.9%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	54.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	57.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	59.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	69.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71.7%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.1%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.6%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60.9%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.1%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	59.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	53.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	59.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	58.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	66.1%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	56.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.9%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65.8%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.2%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	65.1%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	60.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	55.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	56.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	46.6%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	27.3%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	23%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	51.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	52.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	54.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	46.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	52%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.5%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.1%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.5%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	56.2%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	71.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	48.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	52.8%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50.7%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.3%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.1%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	52.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	55.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	57.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59.7%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.3%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35.7%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	27.5%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	36.4%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	40%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68.5%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.3%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.9%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.1%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.1%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.1%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	84.6%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	83.4%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	87.4%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	79.9%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	50.4%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	51.1%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58.6%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47.5%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.2%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.6%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	42%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	39.1%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.8%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.8%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.3%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	34.8%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	31%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44.9%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	42.2%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	46.8%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	41.8%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.5%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.7%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.3%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.1%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.3%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.1%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	38.4%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	23.2%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	34.4%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$49,671,000	$12,153		$50,454,000	$12,397		$49,153,000	$11,833
Federal:	$3,836,000	$939	7.7%	$5,039,000	$1,238	10.0%	$6,639,000	$1,598	13.5%
State:	$35,816,000	$8,763	72.1%	$33,698,000	$8,280	66.8%	$33,254,000	$8,005	67.7%
Local:	$10,019,000	$2,451	20.2%	$11,717,000	$2,879	23.2%	$9,260,000	$2,229	18.8%
Total Expenditures:	$48,254,000	$11,807		$47,044,000	$11,559		$45,376,000	$10,923
Total Current Expenditures:	$41,652,000	$10,191		$41,084,000	$10,094		$40,022,000	$9,635
Instructional Expenditures:	$26,988,000	$6,603	64.8%	$27,047,000	$6,645	65.8%	$26,502,000	$6,380	66.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,753,000	$674	6.6%	$2,865,000	$704	7.0%	$2,745,000	$661	6.9%
Administration:	$3,184,000	$779	7.6%	$3,103,000	$762	7.6%	$3,056,000	$736	7.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$8,727,000	$2,135	21.0%	$8,069,000	$1,983	19.6%	$7,719,000	$1,858	19.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,823,000	$691		$2,307,000	$567		$2,061,000	$496
Construction:	$1,835,000	$449		$1,320,000	$324		$1,609,000	$387
Total Other:	$2,395,000	$586		$2,233,000	$549		$1,990,000	$479
Interest on Debt:	$400,000	$98		$496,000	$122		$595,000	$143

Total Salary:	$26,005,000	$6,363		$26,131,000	$6,420		$25,751,000	$6,199
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$18,776,000	$4,594	72.2%	$19,093,000	$4,691	73.1%	$18,934,000	$4,558	73.5%
Other Salary:	$7,229,000	$1,769	27.8%	$7,038,000	$1,729	26.9%	$6,817,000	$1,641	26.5%
Total Benefit:	$8,499,000	$2,080		$8,150,000	$2,002		$7,966,000	$1,918
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,076,000	$1,487	71.5%	$5,923,000	$1,455	72.7%	$5,851,000	$1,409	73.4%
Other Benefit:	$2,423,000	$593	28.5%	$2,227,000	$547	27.3%	$2,115,000	$509	26.6%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	54.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	46.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	12.5%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	10.3%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	43.7%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	23.6%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	9.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$46,200.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,717.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$36,510.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$45,914.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$54,120.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$55,756.0

* Willmar 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.