Birch Street Elementary School
309 North Birch St
Kalkaska MI, 49646, Kalkaska County
Phone: 231-258-8629
Ranking: 
(1,764 out of 2,213, bottom 20%)*
(1,764 out of 2,213, bottom 20%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 3
School District: Kalkaska Public Schools
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: | 30 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 27 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 425 | 438 | 407 | 370 | 364 | 397 | 386 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 101 | 23.8% | 111 | 25.3% | 99 | 24.3% | 99 | 26.8% | 103 | 28.3% | 100 | 25.2% | 83 | 21.5% |
| Grade 1: | 119 | 28.0% | 107 | 24.4% | 104 | 25.6% | 105 | 28.4% | 92 | 25.3% | 85 | 21.4% | 87 | 22.5% |
| Grade 2: | 107 | 25.2% | 104 | 23.7% | 109 | 26.8% | 92 | 24.9% | 78 | 21.4% | 89 | 22.4% | 103 | 26.7% |
| Grade 3: | 98 | 23.1% | 116 | 26.5% | 95 | 23.3% | 74 | 20.0% | 91 | 25.0% | 103 | 25.9% | 100 | 25.9% |
| Ungraded: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | 20 | 5.0% | 13 | 3.4% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 223 | 52.5% | 214 | 48.9% | 195 | 47.9% | 172 | 46.5% | 176 | 48.4% | 201 | 50.6% | 204 | 52.8% |
| Female: | 202 | 47.5% | 224 | 51.1% | 212 | 52.1% | 198 | 53.5% | 180 | 49.5% | 188 | 47.4% | 178 | 46.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Hispanic: | 14 | 3.3% | 9 | 2.1% | 11 | 2.7% | 3 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Black: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.8% | 4 | 1.0% |
| White: | 403 | 94.8% | 422 | 96.3% | 385 | 94.6% | 359 | 97.0% | 362 | 99.5% | 391 | 98.5% | 378 | 97.9% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 5 | 1.2% | 6 | 1.4% | 9 | 2.2% | 4 | 1.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 202 | 47.5% | 257 | 58.7% | 248 | 60.9% | 176 | 47.6% | 203 | 55.8% | 238 | 59.9% | 185 | 47.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 6 | 1.4% | 25 | 5.7% | 36 | 8.8% | 24 | 6.5% | 32 | 8.8% | 68 | 17.1% | 67 | 17.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.21 | 15.48 | 14.64 | 13.60 | 12.68 | 14.80 | 14.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| MEAP | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 78.6% | 87% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 73.3% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94% | 93.8% | 90.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 94.9% | 91.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 94.6% | 94.8% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 94.7% | 95.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 27.1% | 28.1% | 36.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 29.1% | 27.7% | 40.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 87.4% | 86.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 79.2% | 87.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88% | 87.5% | 86.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83% | 84.5% | 86.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 88.2% | 89.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 87.2% | 86.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.1% | 56.1% | 62.4% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 61.2% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 54.4% | 51.5% |
| 2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 36.9% | 39.2% | 51.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38% | 40.2% | 57.4% |
| 2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 59.8% | 61.1% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Birch Street Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.