Enrollment
239
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANDOVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360303000077
ANDOVER SCHOOL
31-35 ELM ST, ANDOVER, NY 14806 · (607) 478-8491 · Allegany County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL239 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of New York public K-12 schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
30 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
84 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 6 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 18 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 14 | 6% |
| Grade 10 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 16 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (16).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
41.4%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.4% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 47.2% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 ANDOVER SCHOOL
ANDOVER SCHOOL's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDOVER SCHOOL this school | 239 | 35.1% | 43.6% |
| DOWNSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DOWNSVILLE | 219 | 34.2% | 61.0% |
| JOHNSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL NORTH CREEK | 244 | 38.9% | 45.5% |
| SCHENEVUS CENTRAL SCHOOL SCHENEVUS | 244 | 38.9% | 50.7% |
| WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL WEST VALLEY | 186 | 35.5% | 45.5% |
| CROWN POINT CENTRAL SCHOOL CROWN POINT | 310 | 35.2% | 46.9% |
Matched among New York K-12 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 ANDOVER SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Allegany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #80 of 101 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #49 of 101 ▲ 26 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #86 of 101 ▲ 5 | #7 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 239 | #139 of 192 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.0:1 | #80 of 146 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.0% | #125 of 152 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #122 of 136 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #16 of 95 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
239
-19 (-7%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 239 | 30 | 8.0:1 | 35% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 255 | 32 | 8.0:1 | 33% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 249 | 19 | 13.1:1 | 48% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 23 | 11.2:1 | 47% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 33.5 | 9.5:1 | 52% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | N/A | N/A | 49% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 33 | 11.5:1 | 43% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 386 | 37 | 10.4:1 | 36% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 439 | 38 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ANDOVER SCHOOL.
About ANDOVER SCHOOL
ANDOVER SCHOOL is a low-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels that serves part of ANDOVER, New York. The school serves pre-K through 12. Enrollment is 239 students. That is 56% below the average of about 544 students for combined schools in New York.
ANDOVER SCHOOL belongs to ANDOVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
White students are 94% of those enrolled at ANDOVER SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 4% multiracial. That is in line with Allegany County, where about 93% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
Its ratio of 8.0:1 is based on 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for combined schools in New York is 8.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Allegany County is 50%.
Among New York public K-12 schools, ANDOVER SCHOOL outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, ANDOVER SCHOOL is 18.4 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 43.6% actual, 62.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Allegany County show that median household income comes to about $62,869, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Allegany County, 21 public schools serve about 5,589 students.
ANDOVER SCHOOL is about 7.4 miles from WELLSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. ANDOVER SCHOOL has 7 other public schools within ten miles. ANDOVER SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.6% against a local average of 53.0%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 19 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 11.2:1 to 8.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
ANDOVER SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Allegany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,159
Census ACS
Median income
$62,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,589 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ANDOVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ANDOVER HIGH SCHOOLCombined
- ANDOVER MIDDLE SCHOOLCombined
Nearby schools
- WELLSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.4 mi · 517
- JASPER-TROUPSBURG JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL7.4 mi · 151
- WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL8.4 mi · 112
- WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL8.5 mi · 624
- SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL9.5 mi · 267
- ALFRED-ALMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.6 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About ANDOVER SCHOOLHow large is ANDOVER SCHOOL?
ANDOVER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 239 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does ANDOVER SCHOOL serve?
ANDOVER SCHOOL serves grades PK-12.
How many teachers does ANDOVER SCHOOL have?
ANDOVER SCHOOL employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ANDOVER SCHOOL?
At ANDOVER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is ANDOVER SCHOOL public or private?
ANDOVER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ANDOVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.