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What's the biggest difference between AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL SQUARE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360690000482
AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1683 STATE RT 49, CONSTANTIA, NY 13044 · (315) 668-4030 · Oswego County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
194 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 CENTRAL SQUARE 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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
396
-43 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.9:1
% White
95%
was 93%
% Hispanic
3%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in CONSTANTIA, New York, operated by CENTRAL SQUARE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 396 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 6 schools operated by CENTRAL SQUARE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 3,458 students overall.
In terms of who attends, AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder reads as 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Oswego County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.6%.
In the broader community, census data for Oswego County shows median household income runs about $69,183, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Oswego County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,529 students), AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is CENTRAL SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 5.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.
AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.
Over the past 7-year window. AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 439 (now 396). Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.
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Oswego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
117,953
Census ACS
Median income
$69,183
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
17,529 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CENTRAL SQUARE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PAUL V MOORE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,026 students
- CENTRAL SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 799 students
- MILLARD HAWK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 446 students
- HASTINGS MALLORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 407 students
- BREWERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 384 students
Nearby schools
- CENTRAL SQUARE MIDDLE SCHOOL5.9 mi · 799
- BREWERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.3 mi · 384
- MILLARD HAWK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.6 mi · 446
- PAUL V MOORE HIGH SCHOOL6.8 mi · 1,026
- BRIDGEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.1 mi · 270
- CICERO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.1 mi · 596
Frequently asked questions
About AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.4:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CENTRAL SQUARE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.