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Table of contents
•Title page
•Introduction
•Acknowledgments
•National Summary
State Profiles
•Sources
•Appendix A
•Appendix B
•Appendix C
•Full report in PDF format (1,601K)

State Education Indicators with a Focus on Title I

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

School and Teacher Demographics

Per Pupil Expenditures
(CCD, 1998-1999)		 $6,791
Number of districts
(CCD, 1999-2000)		 62
Number of public schools
(CCD, 1999-2000)
Elementary Middle High Combined Total
1,027 302 592 123 2,072
Number of charter schools
(CCD, 1999-2000)		 413
Number of FTE teachers
(CCD, 1999-2000)
Elementary Middle High Combined Total
25,882 10,272 16,231 880 53,584
Public school enrollment
  1993-94 1999-2000
K-8
(CCD)		 570,324 571,751
9-12
(CCD)		 233,253 273,447
Total
(CCD)		 810,233 854,308
Pre-K
(by state definition)		 6,656 9,110

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1998-99)

State 58%, Local 34%, Federal 5%, Intermediate, 3%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
  1993-94 1999-2000
American Indian/Alaskan Natives 15,025 17,054
  2% 2%
Asian/Pacific Islander 28,406 41,834
  4% 5%
Black 33,870 53,098
  4% 6%
Hispanic 13,443 25,118
  2% 3%
White 719,781 717,204
  89% 84%
Other n/a n/a
  — —
Students with disabilities
(OSEP)
1993-94 1999-2000
74,732 92,174
9% 10%
Students with Limited English Proficiency
(ED/NCBE, K-12)
1993-94 1999-2000
20,108 45,640
3% 5%
Migratory students
(OME, K-12)
1993-94 1999-2000
6,245 n/a
1% —

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program*
(CCD, 1999-2000)

*39 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information
(Collected from States, January 2002 for 2001-2002 school year)

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Title 1-- required score on Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA)

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Growth towards required score

Indicators for School Accountability
MCA, Profiles of Learning

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


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Title I

Title I
(ED Consolidated Report, 1999-2000)
  School Wide Programs Targeted Assistance Totals
Number of Schools 193 768 961
  20% 80% 100%
Schools Meeting AYP Goal 156 744 900
  81% 97% 94%
School in Need of Improvement 37 19 56
  19% 2% 6%
Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, ED, 1999-00)		 $94,601,278

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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%

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Assessment Information
Assessment Reported See Below
State Definition of "Proficient" Grade 3: Level 3

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Student Achievement 1999-2000

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Elementary School

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment

Grade 3

Reading/Language Arts
          Proficient Above Proficiency
  Level 1 Level II | Level III Level IV
All Students 18% 38% | 33% 12%
Title I Schools 20 39 | 31 10
High Poverty Schools 51 37 | 11 2
        |    
Students with Limited English Proficiency 57 37 | 6 1
Migratory students     |    
Students with Disabilities 50 32 | 14 3

Mathematics
          Proficient Above Proficiency
  Level 1 Level II | Level III Level IV
All Students 10% 43% | 38% 9%
Title I Schools 12 45 | 35 8
High Poverty Schools 32 50 | 17 2
        |    
Students with Limited English Proficiency 34 54 | 12 1
Migratory students     |    
Students with Disabilities 32 46 | 18 4

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

For 1997-98, 35% of all students meet or exceed Level III, and 9% of students in Hiigh Poverty Schools meet or exceed Level III. For 1998-99, 40% of all students meet or exceed Level III, 13% of students in High Poverty Schools meet or exceed Level III. For 1999-00, 45% of all students meet or exceed Level III, 13% of students in High Poverty Schools meet or exceed Level III.

Middle School

Minnesota Basic Standard Test

Grade 8

Reading/Language Arts
  Percent Passing
All Students 80%
Title I Schools  
High Poverty Schools  
     
Students with Limited English Proficiency 31
Migratory students  
Students with Disabilities 39

Mathematics
  Percent Passing
All Students 72%
Title I Schools  
High Poverty Schools  
     
Students with Limited English Proficiency 31
Migratory students  
Students with Disabilities 29

 

High School

Grade 10

Reading/Language Arts
  Percent Passing
All Students 53%
Title I Schools  
High Poverty Schools  
     
Students with Limited English Proficiency  
Migratory students  
Students with Disabilities  

Mathematics
  Percent Passing
All Students 33%
Title I Schools  
High Poverty Schools  
     
Students with Limited English Proficiency  
Migratory students  
Students with Disabilities  

High School Indicators
  1993-94 1998-99
High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)		 5% 5%
  1994-95 1998-99
Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)		 26,790 34,612
56% 63%

Sources

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