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Pelican Rapids Public School District

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Pelican Rapids Public School District is located in west Minnesota. Pelican Rapids Public School District has 284.78 square miles of land area and 49.32 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Pelican Rapids Public School District population is 7,105. Pelican Rapids Public School District median household income is $51,196 in 2010-2014. Pelican Rapids Public School District median house value is $175,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Pelican Rapids Public School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (252 out of 321, bottom 21%) Elementary/Middle School: (292 out of 332, bottom 12%)* Rank: #291
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	7,105 (2010-2014), rank #141
Population Growth	2.27% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	21.27/sq mi, rank #184
Median Household Income:	$51,196 at 2010-2014—11.10% increase since 2005-2009, rank #197
Median House Price:	$175,700 at 2010-2014—6.81% increase since 2005-2009, rank #86
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	284.78 sq mi, rank #79
Water Area:	49.32 sq mi (14.76%), rank #18
State:	Minnesota
County:	Otter Tail County, Clay County, Becker County
City:	Rothsay, Pelican Rapids, Erhard, Dent, Elizabeth, Barnesville, Vergas, Fergus Falls, Detroit Lakes, Hawley, Lake Park
Zip:	56579, 56572, 56534, 56528, 56533, 56514, 56587, 56537, 56501, 56549, 56554
Area:	Fergus Falls, MN;Fargo, ND-MN

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Pelican Rapids Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

310 South Broadway

Pelican Rapids MN, 56572, Otter Tail County

Phone: 218-863-5910

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	926	920	905	930	937	968	1,011
English Language Learner Students:	137	101	129	131	119	244	239
Total Teachers:	66.14	66.82	63.00	61.76	62.85	62.80	71.70
Prekindergarten:	1.17	1.30	1.36	0.76	1.06	0.80	1.30
Kindergarten:	3.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.70
Elementary:	31.37	31.96	30.09	29.33	29.91	27.90	32.50
Secondary:	30.17	29.16	27.52	27.64	28.02	30.20	33.30
Ungraded:	0.43	0.40	1.03	1.03	0.86	0.90	0.90
Total Other Staff:	55.31	56.74	56.54	54.74	55.87	53.30	49.10
Instructional Aides:	16.77	18.39	18.82	17.92	14.95	14.70	10.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.54	1.33	1.27	1.27	1.33	0.70	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:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.84	1.00	1.70
Library/Media Support:	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.30	0.25	0.30	1.10
District Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.50	1.00	1.50
District Administrative Support:	1.80	1.80	1.70	2.20	1.95	2.00	2.00
School Administrators:	3.00	3.00	2.47	2.47	3.00	3.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	3.45	3.25	3.30	3.30	3.40	3.90	3.90
Student Support Services:	10.34	9.94	10.00	9.10	10.01	8.80	9.50
Other Support Services:	14.11	14.73	14.68	14.18	16.64	16.90	15.90
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.00	13.77	14.37	15.06	14.91	15.41	14.10

Schools

Pelican Rapids Alternative Center Mid-Level	Grade 7 to Grade 8	310 South Broadway, Pelican Rapids MN 56572
Pelican Rapids Alternative Learning Center	Grade 9 to Grade 12	310 South Broadway, Pelican Rapids MN 56572
Pelican Rapids Secondary	Grade 7 to Grade 12	310 South Broadway, Pelican Rapids MN 56572
Viking Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	1 Viking Dr, Pelican Rapids MN 56572

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	60.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	41.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	64.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	63.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.9%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.4%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	61.6%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	58.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	74.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	33.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	32.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	26%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.1%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.3%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27.8%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	38.3%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	99.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.5%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.9%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.7%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	62.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	59.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.6%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.6%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.3%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	59.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	53.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	44.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70.2%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44.5%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	31.4%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	71.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	45%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	47.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	42.7%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.9%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	59.7%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.6%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	56.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	35.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54.8%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	45.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.9%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.8%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	50.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	42.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	60.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	51.3%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	55.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.2%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43.4%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	32.5%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	47.3%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	44.3%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.3%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.7%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.7%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.3%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	49.3%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.2%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.4%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	84%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	80.3%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	87.8%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	83.1%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	41.7%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	57.1%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.8%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	42.1%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.9%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.3%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.7%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51.6%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.5%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48.4%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.6%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.2%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	35.7%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	51.4%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	40.5%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.6%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	49.3%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	33.8%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.3%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.2%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45.2%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	24.5%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	41.7%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$9,489,000	$10,485		$10,158,000	$10,923		$9,746,000	$10,401
Federal:	$964,000	$1,065	10.2%	$1,292,000	$1,389	12.7%	$1,781,000	$1,901	18.3%
State:	$6,476,000	$7,156	68.2%	$6,852,000	$7,368	67.5%	$6,367,000	$6,795	65.3%
Local:	$2,049,000	$2,264	21.6%	$2,014,000	$2,166	19.8%	$1,598,000	$1,705	16.4%
Total Expenditures:	$12,333,000	$13,628		$9,955,000	$10,704		$13,065,000	$13,943
Total Current Expenditures:	$8,748,000	$9,666		$8,421,000	$9,055		$9,473,000	$10,110
Instructional Expenditures:	$6,144,000	$6,789	70.2%	$5,936,000	$6,383	70.5%	$6,396,000	$6,826	67.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$289,000	$319	3.3%	$277,000	$298	3.3%	$613,000	$654	6.5%
Administration:	$707,000	$781	8.1%	$650,000	$699	7.7%	$747,000	$797	7.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,608,000	$1,777	18.4%	$1,558,000	$1,675	18.5%	$1,717,000	$1,832	18.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,723,000	$3,009		$585,000	$629		$2,896,000	$3,091
Construction:	$2,447,000	$2,704		$330,000	$355		$2,473,000	$2,639
Total Other:	$459,000	$507		$481,000	$517		$392,000	$418
Interest on Debt:	$184,000	$203		$187,000	$201		$242,000	$258

Total Salary:	$5,560,000	$6,144		$5,319,000	$5,719		$5,358,000	$5,718
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,380,000	$4,840	78.8%	$4,149,000	$4,461	78.0%	$4,077,000	$4,351	76.1%
Other Salary:	$1,180,000	$1,304	21.2%	$1,170,000	$1,258	22.0%	$1,281,000	$1,367	23.9%
Total Benefit:	$1,244,000	$1,375		$1,167,000	$1,255		$2,070,000	$2,209
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$984,000	$1,087	79.1%	$917,000	$986	78.6%	$1,802,000	$1,923	87.1%
Other Benefit:	$260,000	$287	20.9%	$250,000	$269	21.4%	$268,000	$286	12.9%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	57.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	42.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	19.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	14.0%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	8.8%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	35.1%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	26.3%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	15.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,068.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$27,755.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$34,371.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$51,113.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$55,213.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$55,057.0

* Pelican Rapids Public School District was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.