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Birch Grove School For The Arts

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4690 Brookdale Dr North

Minneapolis MN, 55443, Hennepin County

Phone: 763-561-1374

Ranking:

(1,152 out of 1,269, bottom 9%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Osseo Public School District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	33		34		34		33		33		29		37
Total Students:	556		552		547		556		549		492		565
Kindergarten:	70	12.6%	71	12.9%	67	12.2%	61	11.0%	79	14.4%	44	8.9%	74	13.1%
Grade 1:	72	12.9%	71	12.9%	72	13.2%	80	14.4%	72	13.1%	80	16.3%	95	16.8%
Grade 2:	80	14.4%	77	13.9%	82	15.0%	80	14.4%	85	15.5%	87	17.7%	69	12.2%
Grade 3:	78	14.0%	80	14.5%	83	15.2%	85	15.3%	79	14.4%	56	11.4%	83	14.7%
Grade 4:	90	16.2%	82	14.9%	94	17.2%	85	15.3%	69	12.6%	88	17.9%	74	13.1%
Grade 5:	86	15.5%	88	15.9%	76	13.9%	77	13.8%	98	17.9%	78	15.9%	90	15.9%
Grade 6:	80	14.4%	83	15.0%	73	13.3%	88	15.8%	67	12.2%	59	12.0%	80	14.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	233	41.9%	216	39.1%	222	40.6%	249	44.8%	236	43.0%	215	43.7%	268	47.4%
Female:	323	58.1%	336	60.9%	325	59.4%	307	55.2%	305	55.6%	269	54.7%	293	51.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	5	0.9%	8	1.5%	7	1.4%	9	1.6%
Asian:	96	17.3%	86	15.6%	74	13.5%	82	14.7%	80	14.6%	71	14.4%	69	12.2%
Hispanic:	53	9.5%	58	10.5%	65	11.9%	56	10.1%	52	9.5%	42	8.5%	54	9.6%
Black:	209	37.6%	215	38.9%	224	41.0%	230	41.4%	255	46.4%	229	46.5%	267	47.3%
White:	132	23.7%	127	23.0%	127	23.2%	141	25.4%	154	28.1%	143	29.1%	166	29.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	64	11.5%	63	11.4%	53	9.7%	42	7.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	248	44.6%	262	47.5%	263	48.1%	277	49.8%	242	44.1%	219	44.5%	270	47.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	74	13.3%	70	12.7%	77	14.1%	76	13.7%	87	15.8%	74	15.0%	64	11.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.69		16.03		15.86		16.99		16.79		17.00		15.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	42.8%	67.6%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	51.6%	65.2%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	75.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	73.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	57.1%	77%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	60.6%	78.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64.6%	80.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66.6%	78.3%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	39.6%	69.3%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52.2%	69.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.2%	73.7%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.6%	75.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.6%	78%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.4%	74.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.5%	76%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.1%	71.8%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.2%	74.4%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.6%	76.9%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56.9%	68.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	45.1%	67.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	71.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	60.1%	72.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	60.7%	74.3%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	71.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	48.9%	65.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	64.7%	70.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.8%	70%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.5%	70.4%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62%	71.2%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.3%	71.8%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63%	73.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	59.9%	73.4%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	48.3%	78.6%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	41.8%	59.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	46.5%	63.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	32.4%	62.7%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	60.6%	66%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	44.5%	64.9%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.8%	76.8%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	76.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.8%	78.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.8%	71.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.8%	70%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56%	71.5%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	64%	71.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.5%	72.6%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	79.1%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	76.4%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	17.8%	39.9%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	20.8%	42.1%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.2%	65.2%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	78.2%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	75%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	31.3%	58.8%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	32.2%	62.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	29.5%	62.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	27.4%	60.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	45.8%	66%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	42.9%	68.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	64.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	43.4%	66.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.6%	71.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.5%	72.5%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	78.7%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.2%	78.8%	76.2%
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.5%	65.8%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59.3%	67.4%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.1%	61.7%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46.2%	51.2%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60.1%	59.8%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	68.3%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	52.6%	67.2%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	42.3%	47.8%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	27.9%	48.7%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	48.8%	58.9%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	54%	57.8%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.4%	59.9%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	31.8%	47.1%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	24.1%	47.4%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	30.5%	54.8%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43.6%	57.6%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45.5%	59.7%	59.3%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	28.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	71.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	9.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	90.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$57,099.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,072.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$58,961.0

* Birch Grove School For The Arts was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.