Pine River-Backus Public School District
Pine River-Backus Public School District is located close to the center of Minnesota. Pine River-Backus Public School District has 502.76 square miles of land area and 36.38 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Pine River-Backus Public School District population is 6,846. Pine River-Backus Public School District median household income is $44,342 in 2010-2014. Pine River-Backus Public School District median house value is $147,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Pine River-Backus Public School District is worse than the state average in quality.
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Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | |
Total Students: | 931 | 928 | 925 | 939 | 939 | 933 | 987 |
English Language Learner Students: | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Total Teachers: | 69.55 | 68.69 | 69.77 | 68.96 | 68.60 | 73.60 | 74.40 |
Prekindergarten: | 1.69 | 1.86 | 1.89 | 2.39 | 1.97 | 1.90 | 1.90 |
Kindergarten: | 4.57 | 3.50 | 4.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 |
Elementary: | 32.13 | 30.05 | 27.88 | 27.38 | 27.32 | 28.50 | 29.60 |
Secondary: | 30.63 | 32.72 | 35.14 | 35.10 | 35.17 | 38.60 | 38.30 |
Ungraded: | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.36 | 0.59 | 0.64 | 1.10 | 1.10 |
Total Other Staff: | 84.04 | 81.08 | 78.45 | 77.88 | 75.31 | 73.20 | 76.20 |
Instructional Aides: | 31.35 | 31.38 | 29.36 | 25.68 | 25.08 | 22.60 | 27.60 |
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors: | 0.20 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
Total Guidance Counselors: | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
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 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
Other Guidance Counselors: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Librarians/Media Specialists: | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.60 | 0.60 |
Library/Media Support: | 1.63 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.80 | 1.80 |
District Administrators: | 4.57 | 4.57 | 4.57 | 5.76 | 4.86 | 4.90 | 3.90 |
District Administrative Support: | 1.50 | 0.95 | 1.88 | 1.88 | 3.13 | 3.30 | 3.30 |
School Administrators: | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.57 | 3.50 | 2.50 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
School Administrative Support: | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
Student Support Services: | 8.61 | 7.87 | 8.38 | 9.14 | 7.55 | 7.40 | 6.10 |
Other Support Services: | 28.18 | 25.98 | 23.86 | 23.99 | 23.76 | 24.40 | 24.70 |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.39 | 13.51 | 13.26 | 13.62 | 13.69 | 12.68 | 13.27 |
Schools
Pine River-Backus Area Learning Center | Grade 9 to Grade 12 | 1000 1st St North, Pine River MN 56474 | |
Pine River-Backus Elementary | Prekindergarten to Grade 6 | 401 Murray Ave, Pine River MN 56474 | |
Pine River-Backus High School | Grade 7 to Grade 12 | 810 1st St North, Pine River MN 56474 | |
Pine River-Backus Midlevel Alc | Grade 7 to Grade 9 | 1000 1st St North, Pine River MN 56474 | |
Pine River-Backus New Beginnings | Grade 9 to Grade 11 | 990 1st St North, Pine River MN 56474 | |
Prb Pequot Lakes Midlevel Alc | Grade 6 to Grade 8 | 30805 Olson St, Pequot Lakes MN 56472 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | State Average |
MCA-II Test | |||||
2004 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 69% | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 43.1% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 61.4% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 75.3% |
2011 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 75.3% |
2012 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 76.8% |
2004 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 54.7% | N/A |
2005 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 54.2% | N/A |
2006 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.4% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 13.4% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 16.4% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 25% | 43.2% |
2011 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 23.6% | 48.6% |
2012 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 24.7% | 42.5% |
2013 | Mathematics | 11th Grade | % met std | 32.8% | 52.4% |
2003 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.8% | N/A |
2004 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.1% | N/A |
2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.3% | N/A |
2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.8% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 82.8% |
2003 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.9% | N/A |
2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.4% | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.8% | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.1% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.4% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.7% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 76.3% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 78.5% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 80.4% |
2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.9% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 60% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 77% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.3% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 60% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 72.5% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 75.2% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 75.3% |
2003 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | N/A |
2004 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.9% | N/A |
2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | N/A |
2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.5% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.4% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.6% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 68.6% |
2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | N/A |
2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.6% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 76.4% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 80.3% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 79.3% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.9% | 46% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 46% |
2003 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | N/A |
2004 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | N/A |
2005 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | N/A |
2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 55% | 68.9% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 57% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 71.7% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 75.1% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 76.2% |
2004 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.4% | N/A |
2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.2% | N/A |
2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 65% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.1% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.9% | 64.4% |
2004 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.9% | 66.1% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.3% | 69.6% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 71.4% |
2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.3% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.5% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.6% | 58.5% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 68.1% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.8% | 68.1% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 72.4% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 47.9% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.4% | 44.4% |
2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 30.6% | 51.8% |
2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 30.7% | 53.8% |
MCA-II GRAD Test | |||||
2010 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 78.1% |
2011 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 78.7% |
2012 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 81% | 80.4% |
2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 38.2% | 57.8% |
2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 40.3% | 59.2% |
2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 38.4% | 57.7% |
2013 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 66.4% |
2010 | Writing | 9th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 90.6% |
2011 | Writing | 9th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 89.1% |
2012 | Writing | 9th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 91.9% |
2013 | Writing | 9th Grade | % met std | 80.0% | 87.8% |
MCA-III Test | |||||
2013 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 62.4% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 70.1% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 75.5% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 71.5% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 57.2% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 44.3% | 67.2% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 73.3% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 71.2% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 42.8% | 54% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.2% | 53.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 55% | 62.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.3% | 60% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.2% | 63.9% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 49.1% | 59.7% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 50.3% |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 60% | 59.8% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 40.3% | 57% |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 40.7% | 59.3% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.4% | 51.7% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 58.6% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 46% | 56.1% |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.9% | 54% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.4% | 53.2% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 50% | 62% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.4% | 58.8% |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.9% | 54.1% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 20.9% | 43.8% |
2013 | Science | End of course | % met std | 31.1% | 53% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
School District Fiscal Information
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | |||||||
Amount | Per Student | % | Amount | Per Student | % | Amount | Per Student | % | |
Total Revenue: | $10,345,000 | $11,184 | $10,719,000 | $11,415 | $10,415,000 | $11,092 | |||
Federal: | $772,000 | $835 | 7.5% | $1,207,000 | $1,285 | 11.3% | $1,641,000 | $1,748 | 15.8% |
State: | $7,995,000 | $8,643 | 77.3% | $7,749,000 | $8,252 | 72.3% | $7,065,000 | $7,524 | 67.8% |
Local: | $1,578,000 | $1,706 | 15.3% | $1,763,000 | $1,878 | 16.4% | $1,709,000 | $1,820 | 16.4% |
Total Expenditures: | $10,841,000 | $11,720 | $10,351,000 | $11,023 | $10,955,000 | $11,667 | |||
Total Current Expenditures: | $8,624,000 | $9,323 | $8,642,000 | $9,203 | $8,789,000 | $9,360 | |||
Instructional Expenditures: | $5,693,000 | $6,155 | 66.0% | $5,584,000 | $5,947 | 64.6% | $5,870,000 | $6,251 | 66.8% |
Student and Staff Support: | $501,000 | $542 | 5.8% | $638,000 | $679 | 7.4% | $655,000 | $698 | 7.5% |
Administration: | $655,000 | $708 | 7.6% | $640,000 | $682 | 7.4% | $604,000 | $643 | 6.9% |
Operations, Food, Other: | $1,775,000 | $1,919 | 20.6% | $1,780,000 | $1,896 | 20.6% | $1,660,000 | $1,768 | 18.9% |
Total Capital Outlay: | $1,614,000 | $1,745 | $1,146,000 | $1,220 | $1,516,000 | $1,614 | |||
Construction: | $1,072,000 | $1,159 | $836,000 | $890 | $1,159,000 | $1,234 | |||
Total Other: | $194,000 | $210 | $201,000 | $214 | $197,000 | $210 | |||
Interest on Debt: | $40,000 | $43 | $49,000 | $52 | $60,000 | $64 | |||
Total Salary: | $5,962,000 | $6,445 | $6,017,000 | $6,408 | $6,175,000 | $6,576 | |||
Instruction/Teacher Salary: | $4,350,000 | $4,703 | 73.0% | $4,308,000 | $4,588 | 71.6% | $4,477,000 | $4,768 | 72.5% |
Other Salary: | $1,612,000 | $1,743 | 27.0% | $1,709,000 | $1,820 | 28.4% | $1,698,000 | $1,808 | 27.5% |
Total Benefit: | $1,118,000 | $1,209 | $1,032,000 | $1,099 | $1,089,000 | $1,160 | |||
Instruction/Teacher Benefit: | $824,000 | $891 | 73.7% | $753,000 | $802 | 73.0% | $819,000 | $872 | 75.2% |
Other Benefit: | $294,000 | $318 | 26.3% | $279,000 | $297 | 27.0% | $270,000 | $288 | 24.8% |
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 72.6% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 25.8% |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 20.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 11.3% |
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience: | 12.9% |
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience: | 25.8% |
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience: | 22.6% |
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More: | 27.4% |
Mean Base Salary: | $48,097.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $31,918.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience: | $41,636.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience: | $48,627.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience: | $51,791.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More: | $54,260.0 |
* Pine River-Backus 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.