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Ballard Elementary School, Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 36 | 32 | 34 | 39 | 31 | 33 | 36 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 665 | 703 | 715 | 810 | 649 | 665 | 631 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 75 | 11.3% | 91 | 12.9% | 109 | 15.2% | 108 | 13.3% | 101 | 15.6% | 102 | 15.3% | 99 | 15.7% |
| Grade 1: | 121 | 18.2% | 138 | 19.6% | 123 | 17.2% | 156 | 19.3% | 120 | 18.5% | 134 | 20.2% | 113 | 17.9% |
| Grade 2: | 123 | 18.5% | 130 | 18.5% | 118 | 16.5% | 136 | 16.8% | 120 | 18.5% | 104 | 15.6% | 102 | 16.2% |
| Grade 3: | 136 | 20.5% | 108 | 15.4% | 117 | 16.4% | 144 | 17.8% | 99 | 15.3% | 111 | 16.7% | 99 | 15.7% |
| Grade 4: | 95 | 14.3% | 111 | 15.8% | 131 | 18.3% | 122 | 15.1% | 106 | 16.3% | 109 | 16.4% | 108 | 17.1% |
| Grade 5: | 115 | 17.3% | 125 | 17.8% | 117 | 16.4% | 144 | 17.8% | 103 | 15.9% | 105 | 15.8% | 110 | 17.4% |
| Ungraded: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 327 | 49.2% | 349 | 49.6% | 376 | 52.6% | 409 | 50.5% | 346 | 53.3% | 360 | 54.1% | 319 | 50.6% |
| Female: | 338 | 50.8% | 354 | 50.4% | 339 | 47.4% | 401 | 49.5% | 294 | 45.3% | 297 | 44.7% | 305 | 48.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.8% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.5% |
| Asian: | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.7% | 7 | 0.9% | 6 | 0.9% | 6 | 0.9% | 7 | 1.1% |
| Hispanic: | 102 | 15.3% | 111 | 15.8% | 89 | 12.4% | 94 | 11.6% | 75 | 11.6% | 66 | 9.9% | 60 | 9.5% |
| Black: | 71 | 10.7% | 76 | 10.8% | 85 | 11.9% | 95 | 11.7% | 87 | 13.4% | 104 | 15.6% | 97 | 15.4% |
| White: | 430 | 64.7% | 448 | 63.7% | 475 | 66.4% | 571 | 70.5% | 475 | 73.2% | 488 | 73.4% | 461 | 73.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 59 | 8.9% | 59 | 8.4% | 55 | 7.7% | 37 | 4.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 462 | 69.5% | 473 | 67.3% | 471 | 65.9% | 412 | 50.9% | 376 | 57.9% | 313 | 47.1% | 161 | 25.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 41 | 6.2% | 51 | 7.3% | 47 | 6.6% | 27 | 3.3% | 43 | 6.6% | 45 | 6.8% | 44 | 7.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.47 | 21.72 | 20.84 | 20.79 | 20.96 | 20.50 | 17.50 | |||||||
* Ballard Elementary School, Students and Teachers was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.