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South Koochiching School District

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South Koochiching School District is located in north Minnesota. South Koochiching School District has 1,530.31 square miles of land area and 5.33 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total South Koochiching School District population is 1,260. South Koochiching School District median household income is $38,214 in 2010-2014. South Koochiching School District median house value is $91,300 in 2010-2014. On average, South Koochiching School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (215 out of 321, bottom 33%) Elementary/Middle School: (298 out of 332, bottom 10%)* Rank: #270
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	1,260 (2010-2014), rank #305
Population Growth	-19.59% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	0.82/sq mi, rank #327
Median Household Income:	$38,214 at 2010-2014—-2.51% increase since 2005-2009, rank #319
Median House Price:	$91,300 at 2010-2014—-7.12% increase since 2005-2009, rank #285
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	1,530.31 sq mi, rank #4
Water Area:	5.33 sq mi (0.35%), rank #131
State:	Minnesota
County:	Koochiching County
City:	Effie, Littlefork, Northome, Big Falls, International Falls, Baudette, Birchdale, Loman, Mizpah
Zip:	56639, 56653, 56661, 56627, 56649, 56623, 56629, 56654, 56660

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South Koochiching School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

11731 Hwy 1

Northome MN, 56661, Koochiching County

Phone: 218-897-5275

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	353	349	373	364	372	377	372
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total Teachers:	40.86	41.21	41.35	40.67	43.38	43.90	44.20
Prekindergarten:	0.97	1.04	1.04	0.97	0.97	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	2.17	2.17	2.17	2.10	2.24	2.20	2.30
Elementary:	18.26	18.22	18.17	16.93	18.45	18.60	17.90
Secondary:	19.29	19.61	19.97	20.67	21.55	21.90	22.50
Ungraded:	0.17	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.17	0.20	0.50
Total Other Staff:	40.63	40.46	38.76	39.89	38.38	40.20	37.70
Instructional Aides:	14.75	14.75	13.15	12.60	12.17	11.90	9.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.33	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.20	0.20
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.90	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.17	0.17	0.17	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.73	0.83	0.83	0.90	0.90	0.90	0.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.60	0.60	0.60	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80
District Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.50	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	3.00
School Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.67	3.00	3.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
Student Support Services:	2.88	3.22	3.29	3.02	3.77	4.30	2.10
Other Support Services:	13.37	12.92	12.75	13.13	12.47	13.00	14.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	8.64	8.47	9.02	8.95	8.58	8.59	8.42

Schools

Indus Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	8560 Hwy 11, Birchdale MN 56629
Indus Secondary	Grade 7 to Grade 12	8560 Hwy 11, Birchdale MN 56629
Northome Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	11731 Hwy 1, Northome MN 56661
Northome Secondary	Grade 7 to Grade 12	11731 Hwy 1, Northome MN 56661

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	46.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83.3%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.9%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.5%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.4%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	48.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	77.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	17.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	20%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	26.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	30.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	41.6%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	48.1%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	37.8%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	42.1%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	62.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	61.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	56.7%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.3%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	41%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	59.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	62.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	54.5%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.7%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.1%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71.3%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	57.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	38.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	44.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.1%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35.7%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	23.8%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	42.7%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.5%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.9%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	58.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	47.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65.3%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	61.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	41.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	49.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	41.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	39.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	34.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	40.7%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	33.3%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	54.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	45.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	64.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	31.8%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	37.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.3%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	51.7%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	64.1%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.2%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.3%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.4%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.4%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.5%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.6%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	82.1%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	76.2%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	90.3%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	70.4%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.7%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	46.2%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.4%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	46.4%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.4%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	43.4%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	31.8%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32.2%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	20%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	36.7%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	25.8%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	38.5%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	20.6%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	20.7%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	29.6%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	42%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	39.3%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	35.7%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.5%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	37%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	32.2%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	27.6%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	46.6%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$6,531,000	$17,509		$6,061,000	$16,651		$6,110,000	$16,425
Federal:	$355,000	$952	5.4%	$259,000	$712	4.3%	$681,000	$1,831	11.1%
State:	$4,721,000	$12,657	72.3%	$4,601,000	$12,640	75.9%	$4,277,000	$11,497	70.0%
Local:	$1,455,000	$3,901	22.3%	$1,201,000	$3,299	19.8%	$1,152,000	$3,097	18.9%
Total Expenditures:	$6,065,000	$16,260		$6,155,000	$16,909		$6,356,000	$17,086
Total Current Expenditures:	$5,407,000	$14,496		$5,436,000	$14,934		$5,482,000	$14,737
Instructional Expenditures:	$3,300,000	$8,847	61.0%	$3,319,000	$9,118	61.1%	$3,294,000	$8,855	60.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$407,000	$1,091	7.5%	$458,000	$1,258	8.4%	$489,000	$1,315	8.9%
Administration:	$379,000	$1,016	7.0%	$362,000	$995	6.7%	$455,000	$1,223	8.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,321,000	$3,542	24.4%	$1,297,000	$3,563	23.9%	$1,244,000	$3,344	22.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$236,000	$633		$250,000	$687		$429,000	$1,153
Construction:	$51,000	$137		$113,000	$310		$123,000	$331
Total Other:	$117,000	$314		$112,000	$308		$108,000	$290
Interest on Debt:	$116,000	$311		$106,000	$291		$111,000	$298

Total Salary:	$3,306,000	$8,863		$3,323,000	$9,129		$3,415,000	$9,180
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,328,000	$6,241	70.4%	$2,295,000	$6,305	69.1%	$2,358,000	$6,339	69.0%
Other Salary:	$978,000	$2,622	29.6%	$1,028,000	$2,824	30.9%	$1,057,000	$2,841	31.0%
Total Benefit:	$886,000	$2,375		$944,000	$2,593		$880,000	$2,366
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$606,000	$1,625	68.4%	$645,000	$1,772	68.3%	$567,000	$1,524	64.4%
Other Benefit:	$280,000	$751	31.6%	$299,000	$821	31.7%	$313,000	$841	35.6%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	79.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	26.5%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	20.6%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	35.3%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	17.6%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	0.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,139.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,798.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$38,993.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$43,484.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$48,467.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

* South Koochiching School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.