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BIRCH SCHOOL in Merrick, NY

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City-data.com school rating (weighted overall 2006 test average compared to other schools in New York) from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) is 87.
(Our score takes into account sex and racial score differences and it is weighed according to the number of students taking the test)

Street address:
2400 CENTRAL PKY
Merrick, NY 11566

Phone in 2006 (make sure to verify first before calling): (516) 992-7250
Name of school district : MERRICK UFSD
Name of county : NASSAU
School principal name : RITA RATNER
Range of grades from low to high : K-6

Number of full-time principals : 1
Number of full-time assistant principals : 1
Number of full-time professional staff other than teachers, principals, and asst principals : 3
Number of full-time teachers : 50
Number of part-time teachers : 1

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) outcome in 2005-2006 for All Students: YES
AYP outcome for White: YES
AYP outcome for Students with Disabilities: YES

Total full-day kindergarten enrollment:  65
Total enrollment in grade 1:  87
Total enrollment in grade 2:  88
Total enrollment in grade 3:  98
Total enrollment in grade 4:  77
Total enrollment in grade 5:  119
Total enrollment in grade 6:  96
Total enrollment in BIRCH SCHOOL:  630
State average for 195 schools with this grade range:  460.8

Attendance rate in 2005:  96%
State average for schools with this grade range:  94%

Student suspension count total : 3
Suspensions per 100 students:  0.5
State average for schools with this grade range:  3.7


English Language Arts test performance in 2006 for 3rd grade students
All Students:  683 (100 tested)
State average from 3067 schools:  669
Female students:  693 (50 tested)
State average from 3026 schools:  674
Male students:  673 (50 tested)
State average from 3029 schools:  664
White students:  684 (95 tested)
State average from 1744 schools:  676
Small Group Total students:  663 (5 tested)
State average from 2395 schools:  666
General Education students:  691 (75 tested)
State average from 2396 schools:  674
Students with Disabilities students:  660 (25 tested)
State average from 2286 schools:  630

English Language Arts test performance in 2006 for 4th grade students in BIRCH SCHOOL
All Students:  682 (74 tested)
State average from 3026 schools:  665
Female students:  687 (38 tested)
State average from 2956 schools:  670
Male students:  676 (36 tested)
State average from 2961 schools:  661
General Education students:  691 (63 tested)
State average from 2503 schools:  672
Students with Disabilities students:  627 (11 tested)
State average from 2434 schools:  625

English Language Arts test performance in 2006 for 5th grade students
All Students:  691 (108 tested)
State average from 2992 schools:  662
Female students:  695 (53 tested)
State average from 2906 schools:  666
Male students:  687 (55 tested)
State average from 2911 schools:  660
White students:  691 (99 tested)
State average from 1648 schools:  672
Small Group Total students:  683 (9 tested)
State average from 2360 schools:  659
General Education students:  695 (94 tested)
State average from 2478 schools:  669
Students with Disabilities students:  661 (14 tested)
State average from 2441 schools:  626

English Language Arts test performance in 2006 for 6th grade students in BIRCH SCHOOL
All Students:  682 (92 tested)
State average from 2036 schools:  655
Female students:  675 (49 tested)
State average from 1994 schools:  659
Male students:  689 (43 tested)
State average from 1995 schools:  651
White students:  681 (87 tested)
State average from 1078 schools:  665
Small Group Total students:  688 (5 tested)
State average from 1568 schools:  652
General Education students:  687 (77 tested)
State average from 1746 schools:  662
Students with Disabilities students:  652 (15 tested)
State average from 1717 schools:  615

Mathematics test performance in 2006 for 3rd grade students
All Students:  687 (100 tested)
State average from 3066 schools:  677
Female students:  691 (50 tested)
State average from 3026 schools:  677
Male students:  684 (50 tested)
State average from 3028 schools:  677
White students:  688 (95 tested)
State average from 1771 schools:  684
Small Group Total students:  670 (5 tested)
State average from 2403 schools:  675
General Education students:  693 (75 tested)
State average from 2462 schools:  681
Students with Disabilities students:  671 (25 tested)
State average from 2348 schools:  649

Mathematics test performance in 2006 for 4th grade students
All Students:  694 (74 tested)
State average from 3031 schools:  676
Female students:  691 (38 tested)
State average from 2958 schools:  675
Male students:  698 (36 tested)
State average from 2964 schools:  678
General Education students:  700 (63 tested)
State average from 2536 schools:  681
Students with Disabilities students:  657 (11 tested)
State average from 2470 schools:  644

Mathematics test performance in 2006 for 5th grade students
All Students:  695 (109 tested)
State average from 2994 schools:  664
Female students:  698 (54 tested)
State average from 2914 schools:  664
Male students:  691 (55 tested)
State average from 2918 schools:  666
Hispanic or Latino students:  661 (5 tested)
State average from 1009 schools:  656
White students:  696 (99 tested)
State average from 1666 schools:  674
Small Group Total students:  698 (5 tested)
State average from 2358 schools:  662
General Education students:  699 (95 tested)
State average from 2500 schools:  670
Students with Disabilities students:  664 (14 tested)
State average from 2456 schools:  633

Mathematics test performance in 2006 for 6th grade students
All Students:  688 (94 tested)
State average from 2039 schools:  654
Female students:  679 (50 tested)
State average from 1999 schools:  654
Male students:  698 (44 tested)
State average from 2001 schools:  655
White students:  688 (89 tested)
State average from 1093 schools:  664
Small Group Total students:  691 (5 tested)
State average from 1567 schools:  652
General Education students:  693 (79 tested)
State average from 1752 schools:  660
Students with Disabilities students:  662 (15 tested)
State average from 1719 schools:  621

Science test performance in 2006 for 4th grade students
All Students:  90 (71 tested)
State average from 3019 schools:  81
Female students:  91 (38 tested)
State average from 2954 schools:  81
Male students:  89 (33 tested)
State average from 2959 schools:  81
General Education students:  91 (63 tested)
State average from 2528 schools:  82
Students with Disabilities students:  79 (8 tested)
State average from 2455 schools:  73

Social Studies test performance in 2006 for 5th grade students
All Students:  87 (109 tested)
State average from 2888 schools:  78
Female students:  88 (54 tested)
State average from 2858 schools:  78
Male students:  87 (55 tested)
State average from 2862 schools:  77
Hispanic or Latino students:  82 (5 tested)
State average from 965 schools:  72
White students:  87 (99 tested)
State average from 1644 schools:  81
Small Group Total students:  89 (5 tested)
State average from 2288 schools:  77
General Education students:  88 (95 tested)
State average from 2457 schools:  79
Students with Disabilities students:  82 (14 tested)
State average from 2377 schools:  67

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