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What's the biggest difference between ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360001500052
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
120 MAPLE AVE, ALLEGANY, NY 14706 · (716) 375-6600 · Cattaraugus County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
197 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE 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
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 70.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 466 | 42.3% | 61.6% |
| NEWFANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWFANE | 467 | 40.5% | 48.8% |
| CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CATO | 463 | 42.5% | 43.7% |
| WATKINS GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WATKINS GLEN | 460 | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| ROYALTON-HARTLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GASPORT | 439 | 41.0% | 46.6% |
| WILLIAM H BARTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL QUEENSBURY | 434 | 40.6% | 59.4% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cattaraugus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #688 of 2,335 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #608 of 2,342 ▼ 55 | #3 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #921 of 2,343 ▼ 71 | #3 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #983 of 2,585 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #1,256 of 2,338 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.6% | #2,089 of 2,388 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.3% | #1,627 of 2,534 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #1,195 of 1,757 | #5 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
466
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 466 | 38.9 | 12.0:1 | 42% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 38.4 | 12.6:1 | 40% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 38.6 | 12.0:1 | 43% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 38 | 11.7:1 | 42% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 40 | 12.8:1 | 44% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 476 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 40% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | 48 | 12.7:1 | 24% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 46 | 12.8:1 | 15% (91) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized elementary school in ALLEGANY, New York. Enrollment is 466 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2 schools and 1,028 students, and ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
At ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 89% of the student body. It is also 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That is close to the 89% White share among all Cattaraugus County residents. By the diversity index, ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 21%.
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 38.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.0:1. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 42% in 2024-25.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 61.6% actual against 59.5% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Cattaraugus County show that median household income is about $59,540, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. A total of 31 public schools operate in Cattaraugus County, serving about 11,228 students.
Of nearby public schools, WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 2.4 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school is in a town far from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Remote).
The number of students grew from 443 to 466 over 4 years.
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Cattaraugus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
76,145
Census ACS
Median income
$59,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
11,228 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 562 students
Nearby schools
- WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 284
- ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 562
- OLEAN INTERMEDIATE-MIDDLE SCHOOL3.0 mi · 534
- OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.1 mi · 668
- EAST VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.0 mi · 347
- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-ERIE-WYOMING BOCES4.4 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 466 students in grades PK-05.
Is ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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