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Poplar Bridge Elementary Primary School
8401 Palmer Rd Minneapolis MN, 55437, Hennepin County Phone: 952-681-5400 Ranking: ![]() Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5 School District: Bloomington 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: | 29 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 25 | |||||||
Total Students: | 489 | 472 | 459 | 365 | 354 | 395 | 414 | |||||||
Kindergarten: | 81 | 16.6% | 89 | 18.9% | 89 | 19.4% | 76 | 20.8% | 49 | 13.8% | 61 | 15.4% | 59 | 14.3% |
Grade 1: | 92 | 18.8% | 92 | 19.5% | 97 | 21.1% | 48 | 13.2% | 63 | 17.8% | 54 | 13.7% | 62 | 15.0% |
Grade 2: | 85 | 17.4% | 95 | 20.1% | 60 | 13.1% | 58 | 15.9% | 51 | 14.4% | 69 | 17.5% | 68 | 16.4% |
Grade 3: | 100 | 20.4% | 54 | 11.4% | 78 | 17.0% | 57 | 15.6% | 65 | 18.4% | 68 | 17.2% | 59 | 14.3% |
Grade 4: | 58 | 11.9% | 73 | 15.5% | 66 | 14.4% | 60 | 16.4% | 66 | 18.6% | 65 | 16.5% | 77 | 18.6% |
Grade 5: | 73 | 14.9% | 69 | 14.6% | 69 | 15.0% | 66 | 18.1% | 60 | 16.9% | 78 | 19.7% | 89 | 21.5% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 245 | 50.1% | 240 | 50.8% | 238 | 51.9% | 183 | 50.1% | 175 | 49.4% | 187 | 47.3% | 199 | 48.1% |
Female: | 244 | 49.9% | 232 | 49.2% | 221 | 48.1% | 182 | 49.9% | 171 | 48.3% | 200 | 50.6% | 211 | 51.0% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.8% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.5% | 4 | 1.0% |
Asian: | 28 | 5.7% | 36 | 7.6% | 37 | 8.1% | 30 | 8.2% | 33 | 9.3% | 33 | 8.4% | 43 | 10.4% |
Hispanic: | 76 | 15.5% | 61 | 12.9% | 47 | 10.2% | 35 | 9.6% | 30 | 8.5% | 29 | 7.3% | 22 | 5.3% |
Black: | 54 | 11.0% | 48 | 10.2% | 59 | 12.9% | 35 | 9.6% | 43 | 12.1% | 53 | 13.4% | 43 | 10.4% |
White: | 294 | 60.1% | 282 | 59.7% | 279 | 60.8% | 249 | 68.2% | 247 | 69.8% | 278 | 70.4% | 302 | 72.9% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 32 | 6.5% | 44 | 9.3% | 36 | 7.8% | 16 | 4.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 128 | 26.2% | 124 | 26.3% | 102 | 22.2% | 65 | 17.8% | 44 | 12.4% | 50 | 12.7% | 42 | 10.1% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 40 | 8.2% | 35 | 7.4% | 36 | 7.8% | 21 | 5.8% | 22 | 6.2% | 22 | 5.6% | 18 | 4.3% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.96 | 17.06 | 16.49 | 15.40 | 16.29 | 16.20 | 16.70 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
MCA-II | ||||||
2003 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 78.2% | N/A |
2004 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 76.2% | N/A |
2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 80.8% | N/A |
2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 82.3% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 82% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 84.7% | N/A |
2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 79.5% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 77.3% | 82.8% |
2003 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 77.7% | N/A |
2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 78.6% | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 82.2% | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 85.8% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 84.2% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 82.7% | N/A |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 81.3% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 74.9% | 76.3% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 77.4% | 78.5% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 78.2% | 80.4% |
2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 73.9% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 79.8% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 73.9% | N/A |
2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 76% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 73.9% | 77% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 79.2% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 78.2% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 76.2% | N/A |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 79.5% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77% | 73.6% | 72.5% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 75.4% | 75.2% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 74.8% | 75.3% |
2003 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 79.7% | N/A |
2004 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 90% | 81.8% | N/A |
2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 84.3% | N/A |
2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 70% | 68.5% | N/A |
2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 73.1% | N/A |
2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 74.4% | N/A |
2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 70.1% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 78% | 72.5% | 68.6% |
2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 80.5% | N/A |
2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 82.1% | N/A |
2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 85.3% | N/A |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 82.4% | N/A |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 80.6% | N/A |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 80.6% | N/A |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 76.4% | N/A |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 81.6% | 76.4% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 82.5% | 80.3% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 76.6% | 79.3% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 50.6% | 46% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 48.7% | 46% |
2003 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 77.2% | N/A |
2004 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 85.4% | N/A |
2005 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 86.1% | N/A |
MCA-III | ||||||
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 70.4% | 70.1% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 68% | 75.5% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 69.4% | 71.5% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63% | 63.1% | 57.2% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 66.7% | 67.2% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 67.8% | 73.3% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 75% | 72.2% | 71.2% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 57% | 57% | 54% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 56.9% | 53.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 55.1% | 62.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 57.9% | 60% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 66.2% | 63.9% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 61.7% | 59.7% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
2007 | |
Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | 53.8% |
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | 46.2% |
Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 9.0 years |
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 30.8% |
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | 69.2% |
Mean Base Salary: | $47,635.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $38,307.0 |
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | $51,781.0 |
* Poplar Bridge 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.