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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360897000683
ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
315 W MAIN ST, ARCADE, NY 14009 · (716) 492-9423 · Wyoming County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
230 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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
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
Based on grade levels within YORKSHIRE-PIONEER 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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% 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
505
-54 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.2:1
% White
94%
was 96%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a medium-sized K-5 school in ARCADE, New York, ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 505 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 2,137 students overall.
On the student-mix side, ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder comes out to 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.
On the income-and-resources front, ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 58.2%; actual is 38.6%, a gap of -19.7 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Wyoming County shows median household earnings sit near $69,110, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Wyoming County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,159 students), of which ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 2.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.6%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Five-year trend. ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 559 (now 505). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.
On this page, members of the ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Wyoming County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,753
Census ACS
Median income
$69,110
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
4,159 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 659 students
- PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 636 students
- DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 337 students
Nearby schools
- PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 636
- PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 659
- DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 337
- HOLLAND HIGH SCHOOL9.6 mi · 216
- HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.7 mi · 303
- HOLLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL10.4 mi · 218
Frequently asked questions
About ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 505 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 10.5:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.