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Blue Heron Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

405 Elm St

Circle Pines MN, 55014, Anoka County

Phone: 763-792-6200

Ranking:

(265 out of 1,269, top 21%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Centennial 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:	42		37		34		34		37		37		41
Total Students:	856		781		736		695		705		657		675
Kindergarten:	150	17.5%	136	17.4%	134	18.2%	100	14.4%	122	17.3%	95	14.5%	91	13.5%
Grade 1:	149	17.4%	148	19.0%	102	13.9%	127	18.3%	105	14.9%	96	14.6%	117	17.3%
Grade 2:	161	18.8%	108	13.8%	139	18.9%	107	15.4%	108	15.3%	120	18.3%	111	16.4%
Grade 3:	120	14.0%	139	17.8%	117	15.9%	110	15.8%	126	17.9%	110	16.7%	119	17.6%
Grade 4:	151	17.6%	124	15.9%	113	15.4%	127	18.3%	120	17.0%	120	18.3%	116	17.2%
Grade 5:	125	14.6%	126	16.1%	131	17.8%	124	17.8%	124	17.6%	116	17.7%	121	17.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	406	47.4%	388	49.7%	373	50.7%	363	52.2%	359	50.9%	327	49.8%	330	48.9%
Female:	450	52.6%	393	50.3%	363	49.3%	332	47.8%	338	47.9%	322	49.0%	341	50.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.6%	4	0.5%	7	1.0%	3	0.4%	5	0.7%	5	0.8%	6	0.9%
Asian:	48	5.6%	37	4.7%	34	4.6%	33	4.7%	34	4.8%	23	3.5%	23	3.4%
Hispanic:	24	2.8%	17	2.2%	23	3.1%	19	2.7%	22	3.1%	17	2.6%	14	2.1%
Black:	18	2.1%	16	2.0%	16	2.2%	12	1.7%	23	3.3%	22	3.3%	22	3.3%
White:	724	84.6%	672	86.0%	631	85.7%	609	87.6%	621	88.1%	590	89.8%	610	90.4%
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:	37	4.3%	35	4.5%	25	3.4%	19	2.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	93	10.9%	94	12.0%	87	11.8%	97	14.0%	86	12.2%	57	8.7%	62	9.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	27	3.2%	36	4.6%	31	4.2%	23	3.3%	29	4.1%	21	3.2%	26	3.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.56		20.99		21.90		20.41		19.26		17.80		16.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	81.9%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	80.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.1%	83.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.1%	82.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	87.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.3%	90.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.1%	87%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	88.7%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.7%	80.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	82.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	82.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	79%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.6%	86.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	86.8%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.5%	82.8%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	83.8%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.4%	88.2%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.5%	89.3%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	76.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70.7%	75.6%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	82.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	86.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	84.8%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79%	82%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	78.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	81.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.1%	84.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	78.5%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	85.2%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.9%	85.6%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77%	85.7%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85.6%	87.8%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87.9%	94.5%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	78.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72.6%	79.1%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72.2%	80.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87%	80.2%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86.7%	88.9%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	85.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.5%	87.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.3%	95.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.8%	86.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	84.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.9%	82%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	85.1%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.6%	91.3%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	93.2%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.1%	88.1%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	63.8%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50.4%	57.8%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	81.7%	79.4%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.5%	88.3%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	93%	96.1%	N/A
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	83.8%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.2%	86.9%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.6%	89.1%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.6%	70.8%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	85.4%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	84.7%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	83.6%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.1%	62.4%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.3%	79.6%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82%	78.5%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	78.4%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	74.5%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.9%	69.3%	59.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	30.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	69.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	22.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	77.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$51,240.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,500.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$56,595.0

* Blue Heron 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.