Birch Elementary School
6900 Birch Ln
Nampa ID, 83687, Canyon County
Phone: 208-461-5960
Ranking: 
(116 out of 489, top 24%)*
(116 out of 489, top 24%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Vallivue School District 139
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: | 28 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 32 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 645 | 598 | 552 | 570 | 582 | 603 | 622 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 10 | 1.8% | 16 | 2.7% | 10 | 1.7% | 13 | 2.1% |
| Kindergarten: | 121 | 18.8% | 110 | 18.4% | 96 | 17.4% | 94 | 16.5% | 81 | 13.9% | 105 | 17.4% | 102 | 16.4% |
| Grade 1: | 120 | 18.6% | 108 | 18.1% | 91 | 16.5% | 88 | 15.4% | 111 | 19.1% | 101 | 16.7% | 116 | 18.6% |
| Grade 2: | 108 | 16.7% | 97 | 16.2% | 81 | 14.7% | 97 | 17.0% | 101 | 17.4% | 115 | 19.1% | 107 | 17.2% |
| Grade 3: | 104 | 16.1% | 87 | 14.5% | 99 | 17.9% | 93 | 16.3% | 109 | 18.7% | 101 | 16.7% | 101 | 16.2% |
| Grade 4: | 93 | 14.4% | 100 | 16.7% | 92 | 16.7% | 99 | 17.4% | 92 | 15.8% | 88 | 14.6% | 95 | 15.3% |
| Grade 5: | 99 | 15.3% | 95 | 15.9% | 93 | 16.8% | 89 | 15.6% | 72 | 12.4% | 83 | 13.8% | 88 | 14.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 345 | 53.5% | 312 | 52.2% | 294 | 53.3% | 312 | 54.7% | 313 | 53.8% | 331 | 54.9% | 349 | 56.1% |
| Female: | 300 | 46.5% | 286 | 47.8% | 258 | 46.7% | 258 | 45.3% | 261 | 44.8% | 264 | 43.8% | 269 | 43.2% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 9 | 1.4% | 11 | 1.8% | 11 | 2.0% | 15 | 2.6% | 21 | 3.6% | 24 | 4.0% | 16 | 2.6% |
| Hispanic: | 100 | 15.5% | 74 | 12.4% | 56 | 10.1% | 53 | 9.3% | 38 | 6.5% | 44 | 7.3% | 79 | 12.7% |
| Black: | 10 | 1.6% | 9 | 1.5% | 11 | 2.0% | 12 | 2.1% | 9 | 1.5% | 24 | 4.0% | 10 | 1.6% |
| White: | 508 | 78.8% | 488 | 81.6% | 463 | 83.9% | 478 | 83.9% | 513 | 88.1% | 509 | 84.4% | 515 | 82.8% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 17 | 2.6% | 13 | 2.2% | 8 | 1.4% | 8 | 1.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 293 | 45.4% | 269 | 45.0% | 237 | 42.9% | 238 | 41.8% | 231 | 39.7% | 150 | 24.9% | 168 | 27.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 47 | 7.3% | 54 | 9.0% | 65 | 11.8% | 60 | 10.5% | 66 | 11.3% | 59 | 9.8% | 56 | 9.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 22.82 | 23.07 | 22.08 | 20.36 | 20.12 | 20.10 | 19.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ISAT | ||||||
| 2008 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 62.2% | 70% |
| 2009 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 68.5% | 73.3% |
| 2010 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 78.1% | 73.1% |
| 2011 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 78.6% | 73.7% |
| 2012 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 80.7% | 74.6% |
| 2013 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75% | 78.5% | 72.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 81% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 86.7% | 86.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 88.9% | 87.7% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 91.2% | 88.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 91.3% | 88.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 92.1% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 76.4% | 82.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 85.8% | 86.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 88.7% | 88.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 90.1% | 89.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 90.3% | 88.4% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 89.8% | 89.4% |
| 2008 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 73.9% | 77.6% |
| 2009 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 80.3% | 80.4% |
| 2010 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 83.3% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 87.2% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 89.7% | 84.8% |
| 2013 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 87.2% | 83.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 79% | 84.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 87.6% | 85.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 85.9% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 94% | 88.6% | 83.4% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 91.8% | 86.8% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 90.1% | 86.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 76.7% | 82.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 85.5% | 86.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 85.5% | 86.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95% | 89.8% | 86.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 90.5% | 88.9% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 90.9% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 71.2% | 74.2% |
| 2009 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 76.5% | 77.2% |
| 2010 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 80.1% | 77.2% |
| 2011 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 80.6% | 78.7% |
| 2012 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 81.2% | 79.4% |
| 2013 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 85.7% | 80.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 76.7% | 78% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 81.1% | 77.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 82.3% | 79.8% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 84.4% | 80.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89% | 84.4% | 78.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 83.9% | 79.2% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 80.1% | 84.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 85.3% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88% | 88.4% | 88% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 87.4% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 89.5% | 87.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 90% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 45.1% | 60.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 56.9% | 66.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.5% | 59.6% | 64.9% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 60.8% | 67.4% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 67.8% | 69.3% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 67% | 71.2% | 72.2% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 | |
| Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 86.7% |
| Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 13.3% |
| Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 11.0 years |
| Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 33.3% |
| Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 66.7% |
| Mean Base Salary: | $39,977.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $30,506.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $44,713.0 |
* Birch Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.