Overview of Birney

Birney is a public school situated in Tacoma, WA, which is in a mid-size city environment. The learner population of Birney is 477, and the school serves PK-5. At Birney, 29% of learners scored above or at the proficient (mastery) level for math, and 38% scored above or at that level for reading.

The school’s minority learner population is 78%. The learner-teacher ratio is 15:1, which is better than that of the district.

The learner population is made up of 52% female learners and 48% male learners. The school serves 63% economically disadvantaged learners. There are 33 equivalent full-time teachers and 0 full-time school counselors.

Learners/Teachers at Birney

Test Scores at Birney

At Birney, 29% of learners scored above or at the proficient (mastery) level for math, and 38% scored above or at that level for reading.

Juxtaposed with the district, the school did worse in math and worse in reading, according to this measure. In Tacoma School District, 51% of learners tested above or at the proficient (mastery) level for reading, and 43% tested above or at that level for math.

Birney did worse in math and worse in reading in this measure juxtaposed with learners around the state. In Washington, 57% of learners tested above or at the proficient (mastery) level for reading, and 50% tested above or at that level for math.