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Lowell Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

704 3rd Ave Ne

Brainerd MN, 56401, Crow Wing County

Phone: 218-454-6550

Ranking:

(238 out of 1,269, top 19%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Brainerd Public 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:	26		26		25		25		22		20		19
Total Students:	430		414		416		435		427		404		317
Kindergarten:	73	17.0%	66	15.9%	66	15.9%	85	19.5%	86	20.1%	74	18.3%	55	17.4%
Grade 1:	90	20.9%	85	20.5%	96	23.1%	94	21.6%	89	20.8%	88	21.8%	65	20.5%
Grade 2:	82	19.1%	91	22.0%	96	23.1%	90	20.7%	90	21.1%	77	19.1%	66	20.8%
Grade 3:	91	21.2%	102	24.6%	74	17.8%	86	19.8%	78	18.3%	89	22.0%	66	20.8%
Grade 4:	94	21.9%	70	16.9%	84	20.2%	80	18.4%	84	19.7%	76	18.8%	65	20.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	214	49.8%	211	51.0%	198	47.6%	216	49.7%	192	45.0%	180	44.6%	166	52.4%
Female:	216	50.2%	203	49.0%	218	52.4%	219	50.3%	227	53.2%	216	53.5%	147	46.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	1.2%	6	1.4%	5	1.2%	5	1.1%	8	1.9%	6	1.5%	8	2.5%
Asian:	4	0.9%	2	0.5%	4	1.0%	6	1.4%	9	2.1%	5	1.2%	1	0.3%
Hispanic:	4	0.9%	5	1.2%	8	1.9%	10	2.3%	12	2.8%	8	2.0%	2	0.6%
Black:	5	1.2%	6	1.4%	8	1.9%	13	3.0%	11	2.6%	10	2.5%	4	1.3%
White:	399	92.8%	386	93.2%	378	90.9%	390	89.7%	387	90.6%	375	92.8%	302	95.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	12	2.8%	8	1.9%	12	2.9%	10	2.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	163	37.9%	163	39.4%	153	36.8%	160	36.8%	142	33.3%	121	30.0%	94	29.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	45	10.5%	43	10.4%	44	10.6%	50	11.5%	47	11.0%	48	11.9%	52	16.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.54		15.92		16.64		17.29		19.41		20.20		17.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78.7%	83.9%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70.7%	82.9%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	89%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73.8%	86.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	87.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	90.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.5%	91.8%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.6%	85.3%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	83.3%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.1%	83.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	90.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	87.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.7%	89.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.9%	91.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.6%	86.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.6%	79.9%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	89.8%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	91.8%	88.5%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	82%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71.6%	81.5%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72.7%	84.1%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76.7%	84.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	84.3%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	84.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	81.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.8%	81.7%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	83.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	80.5%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.6%	81.1%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	81.8%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	86.1%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83.6%	88.5%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87.3%	89.8%	N/A
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.8%	84.3%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	84%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	87.3%	90.2%	N/A
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.6%	79.6%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	86.4%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.7%	87%	N/A
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.9%	79.4%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	84.3%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.9%	82.3%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	68.5%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.3%	75.4%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94%	83.8%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.7%	83.4%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.6%	71.7%	54%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	41.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	58.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	23.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	76.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,799.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,448.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,214.0

* Lowell Elementary Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.