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Bessie Buker Elementary Primary School

 
1 School St
Wenham MA, 01984, Essex County
Phone: 978-468-5324

Ranking: (379 out of 1,316, top 29%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Hamilton-Wenham School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA

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:17 17 19 19 18 18 17 
Total Students:235 249 257 266 258 236 236 
Kindergarten:3615.3%3815.3%3513.6%3914.7%4316.7%3514.8%3715.7%
Grade 1:3715.7%3514.1%4116.0%4617.3%4115.9%4418.6%3816.1%
Grade 2:3916.6%4518.1%4517.5%4215.8%4417.1%4016.9%3715.7%
Grade 3:4117.4%4718.9%3915.2%4818.0%5119.8%3414.4%4016.9%
Grade 4:4720.0%3514.1%5119.8%5219.5%3814.7%3916.5%4217.8%
Grade 5:3514.9%4919.7%4617.9%3914.7%4115.9%4418.6%4217.8%
Ungraded:00.0%00.0%00.0%00.0%00.0%00.0%NANA
Student By Gender:
Male:11749.8%12048.2%12147.1%12245.9%11645.0%10845.8%10544.5%
Female:11850.2%12951.8%13652.9%14454.1%14255.0%12854.2%12553.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:10.4%00.0%00.0%00.0%00.0%00.0%00.0%
Asian:125.1%124.8%124.7%166.0%166.2%83.4%52.1%
Hispanic:00.0%00.0%00.0%00.0%00.0%00.0%00.0%
Black:00.0%00.0%00.0%10.4%10.4%20.8%10.4%
White:21591.5%23393.6%23892.6%24491.7%23791.9%22494.9%22896.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:10.4%10.4%31.2%41.5%31.2%20.8%NANA
Two or More Races:62.6%31.2%41.6%10.4%10.4%00.0%NANA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:146.0%249.6%114.3%176.4%103.9%83.4%83.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:31.3%00.0%51.9%62.3%72.7%62.5%20.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:13.70 14.30 13.68 14.17 14.46 13.50 13.70 

Test Performance





YearTestGradeMeasurementScoreSchool DistrictState Average
MCAS
2003English Language Arts3rd Grade% proficient71.7%84.6%N/A
2007English Language Arts3rd Grade% proficient75%80%N/A
2008English Language Arts3rd Grade% proficient78%79%N/A
2009English Language Arts3rd Grade% proficient86%79%N/A
2010English Language Arts3rd Grade% proficient56%73%N/A
2011English Language Arts3rd Grade% proficient87%85%N/A
2012English Language Arts3rd Grade% proficient95%91%N/A
2013English Language Arts3rd Grade% proficient67%76%N/A
2006Mathematics3rd Grade% proficient57%69%N/A
2007Mathematics3rd Grade% proficient73%68%N/A
2008Mathematics3rd Grade% proficient70%80%N/A
2009Mathematics3rd Grade% proficient79%81%N/A
2010Mathematics3rd Grade% proficient62%78%N/A
2011Mathematics3rd Grade% proficient91%89%N/A
2012Mathematics3rd Grade% proficient95%89%N/A
2013Mathematics3rd Grade% proficient74%85%N/A
2004Reading3rd Grade% proficient90%78%N/A
2005Reading3rd Grade% proficient75%78%N/A
2006Reading3rd Grade% proficient62%75%N/A
2003English Language Arts4th Grade% proficient53.5%68.7%N/A
2004English Language Arts4th Grade% proficient69%76%N/A
2005English Language Arts4th Grade% proficient62%65%N/A
2006English Language Arts4th Grade% proficient61%70%N/A
2007English Language Arts4th Grade% proficient66%80%N/A
2008English Language Arts4th Grade% proficient63%64%N/A
2009English Language Arts4th Grade% proficient51%67%N/A
2010English Language Arts4th Grade% proficient57%60%N/A
2011English Language Arts4th Grade% proficient48%60%N/A
2012English Language Arts4th Grade% proficient71%77%N/A
2013English Language Arts4th Grade% proficient72%66%N/A
2003Mathematics4th Grade% proficient37.2%54%N/A
2004Mathematics4th Grade% proficient64%63%N/A
2005Mathematics4th Grade% proficient56%57%N/A
2006Mathematics4th Grade% proficient47%62%N/A
2007Mathematics4th Grade% proficient45%53%N/A
2008Mathematics4th Grade% proficient37%52%N/A
2009Mathematics4th Grade% proficient59%64%N/A
2010Mathematics4th Grade% proficient57%65%N/A
2011Mathematics4th Grade% proficient48%56%N/A
2012Mathematics4th Grade% proficient69%73%N/A
2013Mathematics4th Grade% proficient95%83%N/A
2006English Language Arts5th Grade% proficient86%83%N/A
2007English Language Arts5th Grade% proficient73%84%N/A
2008English Language Arts5th Grade% proficient67%75%N/A
2009English Language Arts5th Grade% proficient66%78%N/A
2010English Language Arts5th Grade% proficient77%80%N/A
2011English Language Arts5th Grade% proficient80%81%N/A
2012English Language Arts5th Grade% proficient74%70%N/A
2013English Language Arts5th Grade% proficient76%79%N/A
2006Mathematics5th Grade% proficient62%58%N/A
2007Mathematics5th Grade% proficient68%81%N/A
2008Mathematics5th Grade% proficient55%63%N/A
2009Mathematics5th Grade% proficient55%63%N/A
2010Mathematics5th Grade% proficient80%75%N/A
2011Mathematics5th Grade% proficient74%81%N/A
2012Mathematics5th Grade% proficient63%71%N/A
2013Mathematics5th Grade% proficient80%83%N/A
2003Science and Technology/Engineering5th Grade% proficient70.45%82%N/A
2004Science and Technology/Engineering5th Grade% proficient61%74%N/A
2005Science and Technology/Engineering5th Grade% proficient75%74%N/A
2006Science and Technology/Engineering5th Grade% proficient64%67%N/A
2007Science and Technology/Engineering5th Grade% proficient65%76%N/A
2008Science and Technology/Engineering5th Grade% proficient69%74%N/A
2009Science and Technology/Engineering5th Grade% proficient61%73%N/A
2010Science and Technology/Engineering5th Grade% proficient93%78%N/A
2011Science and Technology/Engineering5th Grade% proficient61%72%N/A
2012Science and Technology/Engineering5th Grade% proficient65%68%N/A
2013Science and Technology/Engineering5th Grade% proficient56%67%N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.


* Bessie Buker Elementary Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.


 
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