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Seward Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2309 28th Ave South

Minneapolis MN, 55406, Hennepin County

Phone: 612-668-4950

Ranking:

(791 out of 1,269, bottom 38%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Minneapolis 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:	44		43		44		41		43		41		40
Total Students:	849		887		865		857		872		863		870
Kindergarten:	95	11.2%	101	11.4%	107	12.4%	105	12.3%	98	11.2%	91	10.5%	100	11.5%
Grade 1:	96	11.3%	105	11.8%	112	12.9%	99	11.6%	101	11.6%	94	10.9%	108	12.4%
Grade 2:	100	11.8%	106	12.0%	92	10.6%	103	12.0%	91	10.4%	103	11.9%	98	11.3%
Grade 3:	100	11.8%	92	10.4%	92	10.6%	94	11.0%	99	11.4%	103	11.9%	99	11.4%
Grade 4:	91	10.7%	97	10.9%	96	11.1%	93	10.9%	95	10.9%	101	11.7%	86	9.9%
Grade 5:	94	11.1%	99	11.2%	98	11.3%	94	11.0%	92	10.6%	82	9.5%	92	10.6%
Grade 6:	91	10.7%	95	10.7%	94	10.9%	95	11.1%	91	10.4%	92	10.7%	103	11.8%
Grade 7:	87	10.2%	99	11.2%	92	10.6%	88	10.3%	91	10.4%	96	11.1%	81	9.3%
Grade 8:	95	11.2%	93	10.5%	82	9.5%	86	10.0%	89	10.2%	83	9.6%	85	9.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	403	47.5%	446	50.3%	427	49.4%	430	50.2%	436	50.0%	425	49.2%	424	48.7%
Female:	446	52.5%	441	49.7%	438	50.6%	427	49.8%	428	49.1%	430	49.8%	442	50.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	29	3.4%	27	3.0%	33	3.8%	39	4.6%	37	4.2%	42	4.9%	40	4.6%
Asian:	42	4.9%	55	6.2%	65	7.5%	77	9.0%	92	10.6%	97	11.2%	105	12.1%
Hispanic:	44	5.2%	37	4.2%	44	5.1%	49	5.7%	47	5.4%	46	5.3%	38	4.4%
Black:	354	41.7%	354	39.9%	302	34.9%	270	31.5%	251	28.8%	224	26.0%	233	26.8%
White:	360	42.4%	399	45.0%	409	47.3%	412	48.1%	445	51.0%	454	52.6%	454	52.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	3	0.3%	3	0.3%	3	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	18	2.1%	12	1.4%	9	1.0%	7	0.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	399	47.0%	406	45.8%	363	42.0%	351	41.0%	326	37.4%	299	34.6%	324	37.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	55	6.5%	67	7.6%	67	7.7%	74	8.6%	60	6.9%	70	8.1%	44	5.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.45		20.40		19.80		21.06		20.08		21.30		22.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	59.1%	50.5%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	49.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72.1%	56.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72.6%	57.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78.3%	60.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	63.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.6%	68.5%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.4%	64.8%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.5%	46%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.1%	49.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.7%	55.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.9%	64.6%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.9%	59.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.6%	53.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.7%	58.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	53.8%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.2%	57.9%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.6%	63.8%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63.5%	48.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	53.4%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71.4%	52.6%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	55.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	72%	54.9%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	59.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	49.4%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.6%	49.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.4%	51.4%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.3%	52.5%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.7%	55.7%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.4%	53.9%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	49%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	50.2%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.9%	59.8%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	49.2%	38%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	48.2%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	47.2%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70.1%	50.3%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	45.7%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	48.5%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	48.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	56.2%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.1%	55.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.6%	51.7%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.1%	50.4%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	50.5%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70.4%	53.5%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	61%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	59.5%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	52.1%	25.3%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45.3%	28.6%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.6%	45.7%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	69.2%	55.9%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	76%	60.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	51.9%	37.3%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62.1%	44.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73.8%	46.9%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	53.2%	40.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	59.7%	46.6%	68.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.5%	56.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.8%	46.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.5%	49%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.3%	47.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.3%	49.5%	71.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.2%	52.4%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.5%	57%	76.2%
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	67.4%	40.6%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	76%	50.2%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	51.1%	34.4%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63.1%	45.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62.1%	45.4%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80.2%	46.4%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70.5%	47.6%	64.4%
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	42.6%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73%	49.9%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.9%	46.8%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.2%	43.8%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.5%	45.3%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.2%	45%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	46.1%	66.1%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.1%	54.4%	69.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58.9%	52.6%	71.4%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	49.9%	34.1%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	56.3%	41%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	41.5%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61.4%	44.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73.7%	41.4%	58.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	53.3%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.6%	43.6%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	45.6%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.5%	45.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	49.7%	68.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.5%	53.5%	68.1%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.6%	55.7%	72.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.8%	30.8%	47.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.2%	28.6%	44.4%
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.9%	49.1%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50.6%	51.8%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	52.4%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	49.4%	42%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.1%	42.2%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.9%	44.8%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50.6%	49.9%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	43.2%	38.9%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.2%	31.5%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.2%	36.1%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	38.4%	40.4%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	43.8%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	36.9%	59.7%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	39.8%	28.9%	50.3%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	55.6%	37.8%	59.8%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	49.5%	37.6%	57%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48.9%	41%	59.3%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	35.7%	32.4%	51.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	46.7%	34.8%	58.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.1%	39.8%	56.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	58%	39.6%	54%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.8%	34.8%	53.2%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50%	39%	62%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.5%	39.4%	58.8%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.7%	37.9%	54.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.7%	28.2%	43.8%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	15.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	84.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	0.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	100.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$63,826.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$63,826.0

* Seward Elementary Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.