Birches Elementary School
416 Westminster Blvd
Blackwood NJ, 08012, Camden County
Phone: 856-232-1290
Ranking: (509 out of 1,847, top 28%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 1 to Grade 5
School District: Washington Township 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: | 37 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 37 | 51 | 32 | |||||||
Total Students: | 465 | 496 | 482 | 363 | 528 | 521 | 556 | |||||||
Grade 1: | 77 | 16.6% | 89 | 17.9% | 83 | 17.2% | 20 | 5.5% | 92 | 17.4% | 95 | 18.2% | 108 | 19.4% |
Grade 2: | 86 | 18.5% | 88 | 17.7% | 93 | 19.3% | 22 | 6.1% | 99 | 18.8% | 103 | 19.8% | 100 | 18.0% |
Grade 3: | 87 | 18.7% | 106 | 21.4% | 98 | 20.3% | 98 | 27.0% | 103 | 19.5% | 98 | 18.8% | 112 | 20.1% |
Grade 4: | 104 | 22.4% | 98 | 19.8% | 103 | 21.4% | 103 | 28.4% | 105 | 19.9% | 112 | 21.5% | 100 | 18.0% |
Grade 5: | 100 | 21.5% | 103 | 20.8% | 105 | 21.8% | 105 | 28.9% | 115 | 21.8% | 98 | 18.8% | 121 | 21.8% |
Ungraded: | 11 | 2.4% | 12 | 2.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 15 | 4.1% | 14 | 2.7% | 15 | 2.9% | 15 | 2.7% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 223 | 48.0% | 240 | 48.4% | 238 | 49.4% | 184 | 50.7% | 269 | 50.9% | 260 | 49.9% | 275 | 49.5% |
Female: | 242 | 52.0% | 256 | 51.6% | 244 | 50.6% | 179 | 49.3% | 259 | 49.1% | 261 | 50.1% | 277 | 49.8% |
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: | 24 | 5.2% | 24 | 4.8% | 25 | 5.2% | 14 | 3.9% | 27 | 5.1% | 25 | 4.8% | 30 | 5.4% |
Hispanic: | 24 | 5.2% | 22 | 4.4% | 21 | 4.4% | 13 | 3.6% | 20 | 3.8% | 17 | 3.3% | 20 | 3.6% |
Black: | 28 | 6.0% | 26 | 5.2% | 28 | 5.8% | 15 | 4.1% | 32 | 6.1% | 28 | 5.4% | 35 | 6.3% |
White: | 378 | 81.3% | 414 | 83.5% | 403 | 83.6% | 318 | 87.6% | 449 | 85.0% | 450 | 86.4% | 471 | 84.7% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 9 | 1.9% | 10 | 2.0% | 5 | 1.0% | 3 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 85 | 18.3% | 76 | 15.3% | 63 | 13.1% | 32 | 8.8% | 52 | 9.8% | 41 | 7.9% | 52 | 9.4% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 21 | 4.5% | 23 | 4.6% | 17 | 3.5% | 15 | 4.1% | 20 | 3.8% | 21 | 4.0% | 20 | 3.6% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 12.52 | 13.18 | 12.89 | 10.46 | 14.27 | 8.60 | 17.40 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 95% | 89.7% | 79.4% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 95.9% | 92.5% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 92.0% | 91.5% | 82.4% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 91.7% | 92.2% | 83.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 91.0% | 92.0% | 86.1% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 81.2% | 70.8% | 62.9% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 81.9% | 66.5% | 59.8% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 73.4% | 76.4% | 63.0% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 78.4% | 76.7% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 83.2% | 75.9% | 66.4% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 89.7% | 87.5% | 76.6% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 88.3% | 89.4% | 82.5% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 90.3% | 93.0% | 86.8% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 94.8% | 95.2% | 87.3% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 95.6% | 94.7% | 86.8% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 90.1% | 86.7% | 75.4% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 91.5% | 86.5% | 78.3% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 92.6% | 90.1% | 78.9% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 87.7% | 88.1% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 86.0% | 82.9% | 77.7% |
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 90.4% | 90.2% | 77.6% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 94% | 90.9% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 86.7% | 89.0% | 81.6% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 86.3% | 87.0% | 80.0% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.0% | 87.6% | 80.6% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88% | 89.8% | 82.7% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 76.5% | 65.4% | 63.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 68.9% | 66.9% | 59.7% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 72.0% | 69.9% | 62.7% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 73.7% | 67.8% | 58.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 76.3% | 63.5% | 59.4% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 74.6% | 75.6% | 68.0% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 90.2% | 82.5% | 72.1% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88.5% | 86.3% | 80.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.1% | 90.0% | 82.3% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.8% | 92.2% | 84.7% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 97% | 94.0% | 84.9% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 86.1% | 77.0% | 73.1% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 87.7% | 83.6% | 77.2% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 90.7% | 86.5% | 79.3% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95.1% | 88.0% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91.8% | 88.7% | 78.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 87.6% | 89.6% | 81.1% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 90.8% | 90.1% | 82.3% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 87.6% | 90.8% | 83.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91% | 92.5% | 85.1% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 99.1% | 95.9% | 91.1% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.2% | 96.8% | 93.5% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 97.2% | 95.7% | 90.0% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 99.0% | 97.8% | 91.3% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.9% | 95.9% | 89.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 95.4% | 94.4% | 88.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 69.5% | 65.4% | 60.0% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 81% | 77.8% | 66.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 70.5% | 67.5% | 63.3% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 71.8% | 71.2% | 60.9% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 71.7% | 67.6% | 62.1% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 75.5% | 70.9% | 61.3% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 91.4% | 88.8% | 84.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 87.6% | 82.9% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 92% | 93.9% | 77.6% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 84.4% | 86.0% | 79.0% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 90.0% | 89.5% | 80.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 90.6% | 90% | 83.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 88.2% | 88.0% | 79.9% |
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* Birches Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.