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Tatanka Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

703 8th St Ne

Buffalo MN, 55313, Wright County

Phone: 763-682-8600

Ranking:

(617 out of 1,269, top 49%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Buffalo 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:	31		34		29		29		28		29		28
Total Students:	524		604		541		534		492		505		487
Kindergarten:	83	15.8%	97	16.1%	78	14.4%	97	18.2%	88	17.9%	82	16.2%	82	16.8%
Grade 1:	94	17.9%	80	13.2%	94	17.4%	82	15.4%	77	15.7%	89	17.6%	95	19.5%
Grade 2:	72	13.7%	112	18.5%	86	15.9%	78	14.6%	78	15.9%	91	18.0%	87	17.9%
Grade 3:	91	17.4%	110	18.2%	100	18.5%	84	15.7%	86	17.5%	86	17.0%	79	16.2%
Grade 4:	89	17.0%	102	16.9%	89	16.5%	92	17.2%	87	17.7%	77	15.2%	77	15.8%
Grade 5:	95	18.1%	103	17.1%	94	17.4%	101	18.9%	76	15.4%	80	15.8%	67	13.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	278	53.1%	328	54.3%	272	50.3%	268	50.2%	230	46.7%	245	48.5%	244	50.1%
Female:	246	46.9%	276	45.7%	269	49.7%	266	49.8%	254	51.6%	252	49.9%	239	49.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.8%	5	0.8%	5	0.9%	2	0.4%	5	1.0%	8	1.6%	4	0.8%
Asian:	4	0.8%	7	1.2%	6	1.1%	8	1.5%	10	2.0%	6	1.2%	6	1.2%
Hispanic:	15	2.9%	17	2.8%	18	3.3%	16	3.0%	12	2.4%	19	3.8%	22	4.5%
Black:	12	2.3%	11	1.8%	12	2.2%	9	1.7%	14	2.8%	10	2.0%	9	1.8%
White:	460	87.8%	538	89.1%	482	89.1%	481	90.1%	451	91.7%	462	91.5%	446	91.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	28	5.3%	25	4.1%	18	3.3%	18	3.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	130	24.8%	141	23.3%	118	21.8%	125	23.4%	103	20.9%	92	18.2%	69	14.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	44	8.4%	65	10.8%	57	10.5%	56	10.5%	51	10.4%	49	9.7%	44	9.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.07		17.92		18.39		18.65		17.39		17.70		17.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCA-II
2003	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	81.1%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	65%	75.1%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	83.7%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	83%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73.9%	77.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	81.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	86.6%	82.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.8%	79%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.6%	76.4%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	80.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.8%	85.5%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.4%	76.9%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	80%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.7%	83%	76.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.7%	81.4%	78.5%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	83%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	79.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73.8%	80.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77.5%	76.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	80%	77%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.4%	83.4%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.1%	80.1%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68.5%	75.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.3%	83.1%	72.5%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.1%	82.5%	75.2%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.7%	80%	75.3%
2003	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	80.5%	87.4%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	81.3%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	84.1%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	68.9%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	62.5%	74.3%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67.3%	74.6%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70.1%	72.8%	68.6%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	84.9%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	83.5%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	84.5%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	82.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	79.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	81.9%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	81.6%	76.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	90.6%	80.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.3%	86.5%	79.3%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49.4%	57%	46%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62%	59.1%	46%
2003	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	76.4%	N/A
2004	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	91.1%	87.3%	N/A
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	87.4%	87.4%	N/A
MCA-III
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	63.4%	76.1%	70.1%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.8%	82.1%	75.5%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.7%	72.9%	71.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.5%	59.8%	57.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70%	76%	67.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64.9%	79%	73.3%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.5%	77.2%	71.2%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51.5%	59.2%	54%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	68.7%	53.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	77.2%	62.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.2%	64.8%	60%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67%	73.9%	63.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	71%	59.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	60.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	40.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	24.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	76.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,283.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,335.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,687.0

* Tatanka Elementary Primary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.