Table of contents
•	Title page
•	Introduction
•	Acknowledgments
•	National Summary
	State Profiles
	-	Alabama
	-	Alaska
	-	Arizona
	-	Arkansas
	-	California
	-	Colorado
	-	Connecticut
	-	Delaware
	-	District of Columbia
	-	Florida
	-	Georgia
	-	Hawaii
	-	Idaho
	-	Illinois
	-	Indiana
	-	Iowa
	-	Kansas
	-	Kentucky
	-	Louisiana
	-	Maine
	-	Maryland
	-	Massachusetts
	-	Michigan
	-	Minnesota
	-	Mississippi
	-	Missouri
	-	Montana
	-	Nebraska
	-	Nevada
	-	New Hampshire
	-	New Jersey
	-	New Mexico
	-	New York
	-	North Carolina
	-	North Dakota
	-	Ohio
	-	Oklahoma
	-	Oregon
	-	Pennsylvania
	-	Puerto Rico
	-	Rhode Island
	-	South Carolina
	-	South Dakota
	-	Tennessee
	-	Texas
	-	Utah
	-	Vermont
	-	Virginia
	-	Washington
	-	West Virginia
	-	Wisconsin
	-	Wyoming
•	Sources
•	Appendix A
•	Appendix B
•	Appendix C
•	Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Minnesota
http://www.educ.state.mn.us/

School and Teacher Demographics
Student Demographics
Statewide Accountability Information
Title I Schools
Assessment Information
Student Achievement 1998-1999
NAEP State Results
Printable version of this profile (PDF format)

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

420

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
1,049	278	587	98	42

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
15:1	15:1	15:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
27,495	10,931	17,866	1,169	281

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	528,507	576,490
9-12 (CCD)	211,046	269,566
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	8,968

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

State 52.3%, Local 39.5%, Federal 4.9%, Intermediate 3.2%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	1.6%	2.0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.9	4.7
Black	3.1	5.8
Hispanic	1.2	2.6
White	91.1	84.8

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
9.1%	10.4%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
11,858	28,237

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
6,245	7,798

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
5.2%	4.9%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
53%	56%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program*
(CCD, 1998-99)

For 0 to 34%, 1,621 schools; 35 to 49%, 154 schools; 50 to 74%, 167 schools; and 75 to 100%, 82 schools.

*30 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Only public reporting

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
None

Indicators for School Accountability
MCA, Profiles of learning

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Transition: Increase by 2 NCE and 60% of students meet district achievement level (80 score on MCA reading, math)

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
Not available

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	136,898
9-12	5,169
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	5,847	3,505
Asian/Pacific Islander	11,357	1,866
Black	26,674	3,550
Hispanic	5,378	3,545
White	26,883	54,580

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)

$91,965,376

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, 72 schools with schoolwide programs and 935 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 152 schoolwide, 681 targeted assistance; in 1999, 186 schoolwide, 736 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (elementary school)
Minnesota Basic Standards Test (middle school).

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards are currently under waiver by the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient"
Elementary: Level 3
Middle: Percent passing

Exclusion from Assessment
Testing policies include provisions for accommodating IEP and LEP students.

Other Assessments
None

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 3

Reading/Language Arts
		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
All Students		20.7%	39.3%	32.1%	7.8%
Title I Schoolwide		44.7	35.0	17.5	2.9
Title I Targeted		18.5	41.0	33.0	7.5
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	15.3	39.6	35.8	9.3
	75-100	56.6	30.8	11.4	1.3
LEP Students		61.4	31.3	6.7	0.7
Migrant students		28.4	39.5	26.7	5.3

Student achievement trend
Reading 3rd grade meets or exceeds Level 3

For 1997-98, 35% of all students, 40% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 9% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Level 3. For 1998-99, 39.9% of all students, 45.1% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 12.7% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Level 3.

Mathematics
		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
All Students		12.2%	45.7%	33.3%	8.8%
Title I Schoolwide		31.6	47.2	17.7	3.5
Title I Targeted		10.0	46.6	34.5	8.8
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	8.2	44.5	37.1	10.2
	75-100	40.3	46.7	11.0	1.9
LEP Students		37.7	52.6	8.7	1.0
Migrant students		19.3	48.1	26.3	6.2

Grade 8

Reading/Language Arts
		Percent Passing
All Students		75.2%
Title I Schoolwide		47.1
Title I Targeted		77.9
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	79.5
	75-100	38.9
LEP Students		21.6
Migrant students		58.4

Mathematics
		Percent Passing
All Students		70.2%
Title I Schoolwide		41.3
Title I Targeted		72.0
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	74.8
	75-100	32.9
LEP Students		24.2
Migrant students		51.4

Student achievement trend
Mathematics 8th grade meets or exceeds Passing

For 1997-98, 71% of all students, 75% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 30% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Passing. For 1998-99, 70.2% of all students, 74.8% of students at schools with less than 35% of students in poverty, and 32.9% of students at schools with 75% or more in poverty meet or exceed Passing.

Grade

Reading/Language Arts
	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Mathematics
	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	36%	37%
Basic level and above	69%	81%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	34%	40%
Basic level and above	78%	80%