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If you had an hour of school board time for ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363078004140
ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1399 ORCHARD PARK RD, WEST SENECA, NY 14224 · (716) 677-3660 · Erie County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
12.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
145 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 509 | 28.5% | 58.0% |
| CLOVERBANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAMBURG | 509 | 29.1% | 64.3% |
| MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOL BALDWINSVILLE | 513 | 26.7% | 59.3% |
| TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TROY | 505 | 27.9% | 49.4% |
| DEWITT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEBSTER | 507 | 28.8% | 53.5% |
| STILLWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STILLWATER | 505 | 28.1% | 57.1% |
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 ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #832 of 2,335 | #30 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #991 of 2,342 ▼ 115 | #37 of 115 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #824 of 2,343 ▼ 47 | #24 of 115 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #786 of 2,585 | #48 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,541 of 2,338 | #99 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.9% | #1,981 of 2,388 | #86 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.5% | #2,009 of 2,534 | #88 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #1,080 of 1,757 | #39 of 68 |
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
509
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 585
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 509 | 39.9 | 12.8:1 | 28% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 42.7 | 12.2:1 | 35% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 518 | 41.8 | 12.4:1 | 36% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 35% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 30% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 540 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 36% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 26% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 502 | 26 | 19.3:1 | 24% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 585 | 33 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in WEST SENECA, New York, are served by ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 509 students covers kindergarten through 5.
WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL along with 8 other schools, enrolling 5,870 students in total.
The large majority of students at ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 86%, are White. Next come 6% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 74% White. ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.8:1. Elementary schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 28%. That rate is below the 51% average among public schools in Erie County.
The allk12 Grade for ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 57% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 58.0%. Predicted: 64.5%.
Among Erie County residents, median household income is about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 226 public schools in Erie County, with a combined enrollment of about 122,519.
The school nearest to ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The number of students declined from 523 to 509 over 4 years.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,069 students
- WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 779 students
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 778 students
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 680 students
- CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 567 students
Other schools in WEST SENECA
- WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,069 students
- WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 779 students
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 778 students
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 680 students
- CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 567 students
Other Allendale Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Allendale Elementary. ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Allendale Elementary SchoolMELVINDALE, MI · 914 students
- Allendale Elementary SchoolSpring Hill, TN · 563 students
- Allendale ElementaryOakland, CA · 368 students
- Allendale Elementary SchoolAllendale, IL · 131 students
Nearby schools
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 680
- WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,069
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 778
- EGGERT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 596
- WESTERN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER1.9 mi · 34
- TRUMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 509 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.8:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.