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Waconia Public School District

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Waconia Public School District is located in south Minnesota. Waconia Public School District has 88.66 square miles of land area and 10.54 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Waconia Public School District population is 20,542. Waconia Public School District median household income is $80,781 in 2010-2014. Waconia Public School District median house value is $251,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Waconia Public School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (26 out of 321, top 8%) Elementary/Middle School: (13 out of 332, top 4%)* Rank: #23
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	8
Population	20,542 (2010-2014), rank #58
Population Growth	10.20% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	207.08/sq mi, rank #52
Median Household Income:	$80,781 at 2010-2014—0.07% increase since 2005-2009, rank #21
Median House Price:	$251,600 at 2010-2014—-6.92% increase since 2005-2009, rank #17
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	88.66 sq mi, rank #266
Water Area:	10.54 sq mi (10.63%), rank #77
State:	Minnesota
County:	Hennepin County, Carver County
City:	Saint Bonifacius, Minnetrista, Waconia, Watertown, Young America, Cologne, Mayer, Victoria, New Germany, Chaska, Carver
Zip:	55375, 55387, 55331, 55364, 55388, 55397, 55322, 55360, 55386, 55367, 55318, 55315
Area:	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

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Waconia Public School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

512 Industrial Blvd

Waconia MN, 55387, Carver County

Phone: 952-442-0600

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,743	3,621	3,496	3,389	3,260	3,102	3,013
English Language Learner Students:	28	37	33	25	20	14	15
Total Teachers:	217.68	208.61	199.48	192.09	186.35	180.70	172.70
Prekindergarten:	6.17	6.17	6.17	5.17	6.94	6.50	6.30
Kindergarten:	11.80	12.74	12.21	9.88	8.20	8.80	9.60
Elementary:	96.16	92.84	89.66	90.68	88.64	85.90	81.40
Secondary:	101.52	95.06	89.84	84.76	82.04	78.50	74.90
Ungraded:	2.03	1.80	1.60	1.60	0.53	1.00	0.50
Total Other Staff:	180.99	178.02	173.87	156.13	160.59	157.10	151.50
Instructional Aides:	47.40	50.88	46.28	39.63	37.54	39.10	36.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	4.50	5.50	6.50	4.50	5.00	5.00	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.50	5.17	4.50	3.17	4.17	4.20	3.70
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.50	4.17	3.50	2.17	3.17	3.20	2.70
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.50	2.50	3.00	2.83	3.00	3.00	3.00
Library/Media Support:	2.21	2.21	2.69	2.64	2.64	2.60	2.60
District Administrators:	10.00	8.80	7.80	6.80	5.00	4.00	4.00
District Administrative Support:	10.65	9.15	9.15	9.15	8.50	8.50	8.50
School Administrators:	6.00	7.33	7.00	6.60	7.00	7.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	14.60	14.40	14.10	13.93	14.66	14.70	13.80
Student Support Services:	38.49	35.22	35.63	30.77	37.01	33.20	31.00
Other Support Services:	40.14	36.86	37.22	36.11	36.07	35.80	37.90
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.20	17.36	17.53	17.64	17.49	17.17	17.45

Schools

Bayview Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	24 South Walnut St, Waconia MN 55387
Clearwater Middle	Grade 5 to Grade 8	1650 Community Dr, Waconia MN 55387
Early Childhood Special Education	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	504 Industrial Blvd, Waconia MN 55387
Southview Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 4	225 West 4th St, Waconia MN 55387
Transitions 110	Grade 12 to Grade 12	504 Industrial Blvd, Waconia MN 55387
Waconia Alternative Learning Center	Grade 1 to Grade 12	504 Industrial Blvd, Waconia MN 55387
Waconia Area Learning Center Ss/As	Grade 9 to Grade 12	504 Industrial Blvd, Waconia MN 55387
Waconia Senior High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1400 Community Dr, Waconia MN 55387

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCA-II Test
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	88.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	86.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	73.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	75.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	76.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82%	75.3%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	82.7%	75.3%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80.2%	76.8%
2004	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	86.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	91.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	38.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	44.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	64.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.3%	43.2%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.7%	48.6%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	55.9%	42.5%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	60.6%	52.4%
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	93.6%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.3%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.1%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85.2%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.1%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.3%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	52.3%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54.4%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	55%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	58.9%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	68%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70.5%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.9%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.1%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.7%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	73.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77.4%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	78.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72.2%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.6%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	71.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	77.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	78%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.9%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.4%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.2%	44.4%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	54.7%	51.8%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	60.9%	53.8%
MCA-II GRAD Test
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87%	78.1%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	85.3%	78.7%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	83%	80.4%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.2%	57.8%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.1%	59.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	72.4%	57.7%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.2%	66.4%
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	96%	90.6%
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	97.3%	89.1%
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	96.6%	91.9%
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% met std	95.2%	87.8%
MCA-III Test
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.6%	62.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.8%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88.8%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.6%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.4%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.3%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.8%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.7%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.8%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.6%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.9%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.8%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.3%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.9%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78.9%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.1%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43.4%	43.8%
2013	Science	End of course	% met std	56.7%	53%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$39,592,000	$11,325		$40,130,000	$11,841		$36,313,000	$11,139
Federal:	$1,107,000	$317	2.8%	$1,953,000	$576	4.9%	$2,926,000	$898	8.1%
State:	$24,549,000	$7,022	62.0%	$22,866,000	$6,747	57.0%	$20,602,000	$6,320	56.7%
Local:	$13,936,000	$3,986	35.2%	$15,311,000	$4,518	38.2%	$12,785,000	$3,922	35.2%
Total Expenditures:	$36,254,000	$10,370		$34,058,000	$10,050		$33,380,000	$10,239
Total Current Expenditures:	$29,722,000	$8,502		$27,160,000	$8,014		$25,617,000	$7,858
Instructional Expenditures:	$18,910,000	$5,409	63.6%	$17,035,000	$5,027	62.7%	$15,969,000	$4,898	62.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,303,000	$659	7.7%	$2,095,000	$618	7.7%	$2,062,000	$633	8.0%
Administration:	$2,329,000	$666	7.8%	$2,258,000	$666	8.3%	$2,143,000	$657	8.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,180,000	$1,768	20.8%	$5,772,000	$1,703	21.3%	$5,443,000	$1,670	21.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,645,000	$471		$1,846,000	$545		$2,565,000	$787
Construction:	$578,000	$165		$680,000	$201		$1,474,000	$452
Total Other:	$2,297,000	$657		$2,184,000	$644		$2,154,000	$661
Interest on Debt:	$2,291,000	$655		$2,519,000	$743		$2,394,000	$734

Total Salary:	$18,882,000	$5,401		$17,639,000	$5,205		$16,612,000	$5,096
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$13,114,000	$3,751	69.5%	$12,068,000	$3,561	68.4%	$11,247,000	$3,450	67.7%
Other Salary:	$5,768,000	$1,650	30.5%	$5,571,000	$1,644	31.6%	$5,365,000	$1,646	32.3%
Total Benefit:	$5,857,000	$1,675		$5,330,000	$1,573		$4,818,000	$1,478
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,019,000	$1,150	68.6%	$3,616,000	$1,067	67.8%	$3,270,000	$1,003	67.9%
Other Benefit:	$1,838,000	$526	31.4%	$1,714,000	$506	32.2%	$1,548,000	$475	32.1%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	56.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	43.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.5%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	19.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	28.8%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	15.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	6.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,876.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,711.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$41,423.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$46,723.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$57,304.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$61,910.0

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