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How has BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAVER RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360420004503
BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
9508 ARTZ RD, BEAVER FALLS, NY 13305 · (315) 346-1211 · Lewis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
156 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 35 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
Based on grade levels within BEAVER RIVER 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
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 413 | 37.8% | 48.5% |
| MEMORIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WATERVILLE | 415 | 36.1% | 40.3% |
| ELBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELBRIDGE | 398 | 38.4% | 42.3% |
| TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOUTH GLENS FALLS | 425 | 35.5% | 36.3% |
| ROBERT H JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FREWSBURG | 395 | 39.5% | 50.2% |
| BREWERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BREWERTON | 384 | 37.8% | 63.5% |
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 BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #1,214 of 2,335 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,225 of 2,342 ▼ 112 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,332 of 2,343 ▼ 139 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #1,289 of 2,585 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,861 of 2,338 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.5% | #2,345 of 2,388 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #1,753 of 2,534 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #563 of 606 |
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
413
+41 (+11%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 413 | 29.6 | 13.9:1 | 38% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 30.2 | 13.8:1 | 45% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 29.3 | 14.1:1 | 47% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 32 | 11.6:1 | 44% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 28% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 48% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 42% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 453 | 27 | 16.8:1 | 35% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 681 | 29 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of BEAVER FALLS, New York. The latest federal count shows 413 students in pre-K through 5.
BEAVER RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools and 863 students, and BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The student body at BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 96% White. The county population is about 94% White, within a few points of the school. BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 8%, against a US figure of 70%.
BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.9:1. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 13.9:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 38%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 61.1% at BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lewis County show that the median household income is $68,182, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Besides BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Lewis County has 12 other public schools.
The shortest distance from BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: 2. The school's 48.5% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has grown by 41 students since 2020-21, to 413. Students per teacher rose from 11.6 in 2020-21 to 13.9 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lewis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,607
Census ACS
Median income
$68,182
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,082 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BEAVER RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BEAVER RIVER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 254 students
- BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 196 students
Other schools in BEAVER FALLS
- BEAVER RIVER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 254 students
- BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 196 students
Nearby schools
- BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 196
- BEAVER RIVER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 254
- LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.8 mi · 628
- LOWVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL6.8 mi · 263
- LOWVILLE HIGH SCHOOL6.8 mi · 385
- CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.6 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 413 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black.
What district is BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BEAVER RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.