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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361167000468
BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
S 4460 BAY VIEW RD, HAMBURG, NY 14075 · (716) 926-1740 · Erie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
203 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 11 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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 FRONTIER 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
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 535 | 37.9% | 61.0% |
| PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORTVILLE | 534 | 38.2% | 67.2% |
| FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL FONDA | 511 | 38.6% | 61.6% |
| SCHUYLERVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHUYLERVILLE | 564 | 37.2% | 54.5% |
| WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILSON | 483 | 39.3% | 54.0% |
| BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHITTENANGO | 473 | 38.1% | 53.3% |
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 BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #718 of 2,335 | #26 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #806 of 2,342 ▼ 206 | #30 of 115 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #942 of 2,343 ▼ 144 | #31 of 115 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #690 of 2,585 | #41 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #590 of 2,338 | #38 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.3% | #2,015 of 2,388 | #89 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.9% | #1,745 of 2,534 | #69 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.5% | #256 of 606 | #19 of 43 |
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
535
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 535 | 51.4 | 10.4:1 | 38% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 42.7 | 13.2:1 | 39% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 41.1 | 13.1:1 | 38% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 33% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 40 | 12.1:1 | 36% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 39 | 13.1:1 | 34% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 586 | 53 | 11.1:1 | 23% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 627 | 45 | 13.9:1 | 19% (120) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in HAMBURG, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. It reports enrollment of 535 students in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 21% bigger than the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.
BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 6 schools and 4,475 students.
By race and ethnicity, BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 87% White. Other groups make up 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Erie County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL totals 51.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Federal data show 38% of students (203) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 51% for public schools in Erie County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 61.0%. It scores 61.0%, within a point of that figure.
For the population of Erie County, median household income comes to about $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Erie County counts 226 public schools with about 122,519 students.
FRONTIER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits about 0.1 miles from BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 61.0% average proficiency ranks 4th among 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 525 to 535, a small change. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.8:1 in 2020-21, and 10.4:1 in 2024-25.
BIG TREE ELEMENTARY 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.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FRONTIER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,293 students
- FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,067 students
- PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 573 students
- CLOVERBANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
- BLASDELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 498 students
Other schools in HAMBURG
- FRONTIER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,293 students
- FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,067 students
- HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 979 students
- HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 741 students
- UNION PLEASANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 663 students
- CLOVERBANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
Nearby schools
- FRONTIER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,293
- RANDOLPH ACADEMYHAMBURG CAMPUS0.7 mi · 73
- WINDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 625
- BLASDELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 498
- ARMOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 332
- HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 741
Frequently asked questions
About BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 535 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 10.4:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.