A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a close-knit elementary-level community in ANGOLA, New York, part of EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE). Current enrollment sits at 247 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Within EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE), which oversees 5 schools and 2,010 students, A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 10% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 59.5%; actual is 37.7%, a gap of -21.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Erie County put the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 226 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students).

The closest other public school is WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 2.7 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 53.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 293 (now 247).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.