Enrollment
318
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELFAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360435000187
BELFAST SCHOOL
1 KING ST, BELFAST, NY 14711 · (585) 365-2646 · Allegany County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
41 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
165 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
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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
55.6%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 down about 13 points.
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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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
318
-29 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 9.4:1
% White
96%
was 97%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BELFAST SCHOOL
BELFAST SCHOOL is one of the modestly sized all-grades campuss in BELFAST, New York, part of BELFAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 318 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 42% smaller than the state mean of about 544.
BELFAST SCHOOL sits inside BELFAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
For racial and ethnic makeup, BELFAST SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.7:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, BELFAST SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.4%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Allegany County indicate median household income runs about $62,869, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Allegany County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,589 students), of which BELFAST SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: FILLMORE CENTRAL SCHOOL, around 8.6 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, BELFAST SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.0%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BELFAST SCHOOL has decreased 8%, going from 347 students in 2018 to 318 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 today.
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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
Nearby schools
- FILLMORE CENTRAL SCHOOL8.6 mi · 597
- GENESEE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL8.6 mi · 594
- FRIENDSHIP CENTRAL SCHOOL9.4 mi · 259
- CUBA-RUSHFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL10.7 mi · 154
- CUBA-RUSHFORD HIGH SCHOOL10.7 mi · 202
- CUBA-RUSHFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.9 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About BELFAST SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BELFAST SCHOOL?
BELFAST SCHOOL enrolls approximately 318 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does BELFAST SCHOOL serve?
BELFAST SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BELFAST SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BELFAST SCHOOL is approximately 7.8:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BELFAST SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BELFAST SCHOOL are roughly 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is BELFAST SCHOOL in?
BELFAST SCHOOL is part of BELFAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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