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Highlands Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5505 Doncaster Way

Minneapolis MN, 55436, Hennepin County

Phone: 952-848-4500

Ranking:

(25 out of 1,269, top 2%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Edina 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		32		29		30		30		31		28
Total Students:	565		558		548		552		550		544		550
Kindergarten:	87	15.4%	87	15.6%	75	13.7%	82	14.9%	79	14.4%	82	15.1%	82	14.9%
Grade 1:	92	16.3%	84	15.1%	94	17.2%	94	17.0%	88	16.0%	87	16.0%	96	17.5%
Grade 2:	89	15.8%	103	18.5%	96	17.5%	88	15.9%	95	17.3%	97	17.8%	91	16.5%
Grade 3:	105	18.6%	94	16.8%	88	16.1%	100	18.1%	97	17.6%	94	17.3%	92	16.7%
Grade 4:	94	16.6%	92	16.5%	96	17.5%	100	18.1%	94	17.1%	94	17.3%	93	16.9%
Grade 5:	98	17.3%	98	17.6%	99	18.1%	88	15.9%	97	17.6%	90	16.5%	96	17.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	301	53.3%	300	53.8%	291	53.1%	301	54.5%	287	52.2%	281	51.7%	280	50.9%
Female:	264	46.7%	258	46.2%	257	46.9%	251	45.5%	255	46.4%	255	46.9%	266	48.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	55	9.7%	46	8.2%	42	7.7%	43	7.8%	41	7.5%	39	7.2%	36	6.5%
Hispanic:	16	2.8%	18	3.2%	12	2.2%	8	1.4%	14	2.5%	11	2.0%	11	2.0%
Black:	23	4.1%	23	4.1%	14	2.6%	5	0.9%	2	0.4%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%
White:	439	77.7%	445	79.7%	461	84.1%	481	87.1%	493	89.6%	489	89.9%	499	90.7%
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:	32	5.7%	26	4.7%	19	3.5%	15	2.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	29	5.1%	28	5.0%	22	4.0%	11	2.0%	7	1.3%	10	1.8%	8	1.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	2	0.4%	7	1.3%	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	11	2.0%	3	0.6%	2	0.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.20		17.60		18.61		18.65		18.28		17.70		19.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.4%	86.9%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92.4%	92%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	92.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94.6%	89.6%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91.3%	88.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94.5%	94.8%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94.4%	93.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92.7%	94.6%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.6%	85.4%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	94.9%	90.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.9%	92.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.5%	91.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.5%	89.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.4%	92%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	95.6%	89.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.5%	89.6%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93.6%	92.6%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	98.8%	95.8%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	86.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	87.8%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	88.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92.6%	92.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	91.7%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	91.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.8%	88.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.3%	86.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	90.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	89.3%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	91.4%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	92.1%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96.2%	94.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90.8%	91.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90.1%	86%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85.5%	86.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88.3%	85%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	84.7%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85.6%	89.9%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	88.5%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95.3%	91.2%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.5%	91.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	95%	90.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.2%	91.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.7%	90.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	89.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.8%	91%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.8%	91.9%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	97.9%	94.9%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61.9%	63.5%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67%	64.5%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	80.6%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	94.1%	91.4%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	92.1%	88.9%	N/A
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	88.4%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	88.1%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.4%	89.7%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.9%	78.3%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89%	85.6%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.6%	90.9%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	89.3%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.5%	74.6%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	75.8%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	75%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	75%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.1%	85.5%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.9%	77.7%	59.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	31.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	68.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	27.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	72.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$55,591.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,303.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$63,574.0

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