Enrollment
210
Elementary
DISTRICT 215 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AFTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360240000010
AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
29 ACADEMY ST, AFTON, NY 13730 · (607) 639-8234 · Chenango County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL210 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
117 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→AFTON JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within AFTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
36.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
24.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
210
-91 (-30%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
was 10.8:1
% White
92%
was 90%
% Hispanic
6%
was 5%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in AFTON, New York, AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a cozy elementary campus, one of the schools within AFTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 210 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 53% smaller than typical.
AFTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 429 students. AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic. Compared to Chenango County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.5%; actual is 31.4%, a gap of -23.1 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Chenango County put the typical household earns roughly $62,948 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Chenango County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,036 students), AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is AFTON JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 46.6%.
AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 30%: 301 students in 2018 compared to 210 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.
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Chenango County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,321
Census ACS
Median income
$62,948
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,036 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AFTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- AFTON JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 219 students
Nearby schools
- AFTON JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 219
- BAINBRIDGE-GUILFORD HIGH SCHOOL5.0 mi · 351
- GREENLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.4 mi · 297
- HARPURSVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.8 mi · 253
- W A OLMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.8 mi · 323
- SIDNEY HIGH SCHOOL8.9 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 210 students in grades PK-05.
Is AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 8.0:1 students per teacher at AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 92% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
AFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by AFTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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