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Birch Lake Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1616 Birch Lake Ave

Saint Paul MN, 55110, Ramsey County

Phone: 651-653-2776

Ranking:

(525 out of 1,269, top 41%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: White Bear Lake 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:	20		17		19		19		19		18		17
Total Students:	251		221		220		243		248		263		262
Kindergarten:	52	20.7%	42	19.0%	41	18.6%	38	15.6%	31	12.5%	44	16.7%	38	14.5%
Grade 1:	43	17.1%	40	18.1%	33	15.0%	34	14.0%	45	18.1%	37	14.1%	49	18.7%
Grade 2:	46	18.3%	34	15.4%	28	12.7%	43	17.7%	33	13.3%	48	18.3%	43	16.4%
Grade 3:	38	15.1%	33	14.9%	41	18.6%	37	15.2%	45	18.1%	47	17.9%	43	16.4%
Grade 4:	31	12.4%	39	17.6%	32	14.5%	45	18.5%	49	19.8%	43	16.3%	49	18.7%
Grade 5:	41	16.3%	33	14.9%	45	20.5%	46	18.9%	45	18.1%	44	16.7%	40	15.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	128	51.0%	112	50.7%	115	52.3%	119	49.0%	126	50.8%	131	49.8%	130	49.6%
Female:	123	49.0%	109	49.3%	105	47.7%	124	51.0%	114	46.0%	124	47.1%	128	48.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	1.2%	3	1.4%	5	2.3%	4	1.6%	5	2.0%	4	1.5%	3	1.1%
Asian:	13	5.2%	17	7.7%	17	7.7%	21	8.6%	26	10.5%	27	10.3%	29	11.1%
Hispanic:	23	9.2%	19	8.6%	21	9.5%	22	9.1%	13	5.2%	14	5.3%	14	5.3%
Black:	14	5.6%	11	5.0%	9	4.1%	12	4.9%	16	6.5%	12	4.6%	11	4.2%
White:	184	73.3%	157	71.0%	158	71.8%	174	71.6%	188	75.8%	206	78.3%	205	78.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	5.6%	14	6.3%	10	4.5%	8	3.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	108	43.0%	101	45.7%	84	38.2%	78	32.1%	76	30.6%	71	27.0%	85	32.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	32	12.7%	24	10.9%	16	7.3%	20	8.2%	30	12.1%	36	13.7%	32	12.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.30		12.92		11.56		12.77		13.41		14.90		15.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68.1%	71.4%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	57%	70.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	66.5%	81.3%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.9%	78.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76.2%	81.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	61.1%	82.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	87.5%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.9%	74.2%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	77.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.8%	79.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	84.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	81.3%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.8%	83.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	78.3%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.7%	82.6%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.9%	83.5%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	75%	71.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	74.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63.1%	71.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80%	85.8%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	81.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.2%	74.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.3%	69.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	77.2%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	78.9%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	80.2%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64.7%	75.3%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	75.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.9%	83.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	54.3%	59.2%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	66.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79%	72.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84.2%	75.8%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70%	79.8%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	80.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	82.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.8%	75.7%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66%	73.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	79.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.5%	76.6%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	87.4%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	83.2%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40%	49.9%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51.1%	57.5%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	56.2%	66.3%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	79.9%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.3%	78%	N/A
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.4%	75.6%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.4%	84.5%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.6%	76.2%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.5%	59.9%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	75.6%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.8%	80.7%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	76.9%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	43.6%	59.1%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.9%	65.4%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	75%	69.2%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	67.2%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.8%	68.3%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	68.7%	59.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	40.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	60.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	86.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$54,064.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$56,756.0

* Birch Lake Elementary Primary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.