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Thief River Falls School District is located in northwest Minnesota. Thief River Falls School District has 470.60 square miles of land area and 1.67 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Thief River Falls School District population is 13,464. Thief River Falls School District median household income is $48,314 in 2010-2014. Thief River Falls School District median house value is $116,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Thief River Falls School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (248 out of 321, bottom 23%) Elementary/Middle School: (115 out of 332, top 35%)* Rank: #199
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	13,464 (2010-2014), rank #80
Population Growth	2.40% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	28.51/sq mi, rank #156
Median Household Income:	$48,314 at 2010-2014—9.40% increase since 2005-2009, rank #235
Median House Price:	$116,300 at 2010-2014—28.65% increase since 2005-2009, rank #223
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	470.60 sq mi, rank #25
Water Area:	1.67 sq mi (0.35%), rank #224
State:	Minnesota
County:	Red Lake County, Pennington County, Marshall County
City:	Red Lake Falls, Thief River Falls, Plummer, Goodridge, Saint Hilaire, Oklee
Zip:	56750, 56701, 56748, 56725, 56754, 56742

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Thief River Falls School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

230 South Labree Ave

Thief River Falls MN, 56701, Pennington County

Phone: 218-681-8711

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,018	1,987	1,982	2,016	2,024	2,004	1,987
English Language Learner Students:	22	18	22	28	22	27	26
Total Teachers:	138.87	132.71	136.20	136.33	133.57	136.10	135.80
Prekindergarten:	5.23	4.70	4.83	3.83	3.83	4.80	4.00
Kindergarten:	7.34	7.34	7.17	8.17	5.00	4.20	4.20
Elementary:	52.50	52.65	54.65	54.15	54.00	55.50	56.20
Secondary:	73.37	67.69	69.22	69.85	69.41	70.60	70.40
Ungraded:	0.43	0.33	0.33	0.33	1.33	1.00	1.00
Total Other Staff:	151.29	156.57	150.83	158.35	151.44	153.30	154.20
Instructional Aides:	41.55	41.66	39.45	42.24	37.14	35.60	36.80
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	3.24	2.90	2.90	3.73	4.40	2.30	3.30
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	1.38	1.35	1.25	2.15	1.58	1.70	2.70
District Administrators:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
District Administrative Support:	5.50	5.50	5.50	6.00	7.00	5.00	5.00
School Administrators:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	10.30	10.10	10.05	10.80	10.00	10.10	10.10
Student Support Services:	18.93	21.73	19.99	19.24	18.03	21.30	19.80
Other Support Services:	51.39	54.33	52.69	55.19	54.29	58.30	57.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.53	14.97	14.55	14.79	15.15	14.72	14.63

Schools

Challenger Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	601 County Rd 61, Thief River Falls MN 56701
Franklin Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	300 Spruce Ave South, Thief River Falls MN 56701
Lincoln Senior High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	101 Knight Ave South, Thief River Falls MN 56701
Northwest Area Learning Center	Grade 9 to Grade 12	230 Labree Ave South, Thief River Falls MN 56701

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	55.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	55.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	74.1%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72.5%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	70.2%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	79.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	68.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	19%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	20.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	32.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	36%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	42.3%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	42.5%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	43.4%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.3%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.8%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	62.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	57.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	69.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84.4%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71.1%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	65.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.7%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	65.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	79.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	67.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.6%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	87.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	61.5%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65.4%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.2%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.7%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.2%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	63.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	54.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	57.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	68.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	57.4%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.2%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.3%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.7%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.2%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	31.8%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	39.7%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	41.1%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79.6%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.2%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.8%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.3%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.9%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	63.1%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	59.2%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	91.9%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	87%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	85.1%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	84.9%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	49.7%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.7%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.2%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50.8%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.2%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51.5%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.5%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.5%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.3%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68.4%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	56.4%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.7%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.1%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.5%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.5%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.2%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.6%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.5%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.3%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.6%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	38.4%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$22,604,000	$11,405		$23,163,000	$11,490		$21,642,000	$10,693
Federal:	$1,317,000	$664	5.8%	$1,962,000	$973	8.5%	$2,709,000	$1,338	12.5%
State:	$16,211,000	$8,179	71.7%	$15,680,000	$7,778	67.7%	$14,728,000	$7,277	68.1%
Local:	$5,076,000	$2,561	22.5%	$5,521,000	$2,739	23.8%	$4,205,000	$2,078	19.4%
Total Expenditures:	$27,718,000	$13,985		$20,747,000	$10,291		$21,882,000	$10,811
Total Current Expenditures:	$18,242,000	$9,204		$18,206,000	$9,031		$20,011,000	$9,887
Instructional Expenditures:	$11,693,000	$5,900	64.1%	$11,635,000	$5,771	63.9%	$13,491,000	$6,666	67.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,078,000	$544	5.9%	$993,000	$493	5.5%	$1,000,000	$494	5.0%
Administration:	$2,037,000	$1,028	11.2%	$2,072,000	$1,028	11.4%	$2,018,000	$997	10.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,434,000	$1,733	18.8%	$3,506,000	$1,739	19.3%	$3,502,000	$1,730	17.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$8,460,000	$4,268		$1,468,000	$728		$810,000	$400
Construction:	$7,535,000	$3,802		$637,000	$316		$485,000	$240
Total Other:	$587,000	$296		$586,000	$291		$523,000	$258
Interest on Debt:	$204,000	$103		$256,000	$127		$303,000	$150

Total Salary:	$12,902,000	$6,510		$12,727,000	$6,313		$12,334,000	$6,094
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$8,709,000	$4,394	67.5%	$8,548,000	$4,240	67.2%	$8,155,000	$4,029	66.1%
Other Salary:	$4,193,000	$2,116	32.5%	$4,179,000	$2,073	32.8%	$4,179,000	$2,065	33.9%
Total Benefit:	$3,277,000	$1,653		$3,222,000	$1,598		$5,659,000	$2,796
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,281,000	$1,151	69.6%	$2,269,000	$1,125	70.4%	$4,679,000	$2,312	82.7%
Other Benefit:	$996,000	$503	30.4%	$953,000	$473	29.6%	$980,000	$484	17.3%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	68.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	31.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	13.0%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	21.1%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	28.5%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	22.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	14.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,537.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$29,347.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$37,600.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$44,178.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$51,071.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$51,758.0

* Thief River Falls School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.