Enrollment
298
Elementary
DISTRICT 158 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOLIVAR-RICHBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360001201101
BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
211 MAIN ST, RICHBURG, NY 14774 · (585) 928-1380 · Allegany County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL298 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
7.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
163 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 31 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→BOLIVAR-RICHBURG JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within BOLIVAR-RICHBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp 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 62 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 298 | 54.7% | 54.0% |
| NAPLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 288 | 53.1% | 51.4% |
| NATHAN T HALL SCHOOL NEWARK VALLEY | 325 | 55.7% | 22.5% |
| WARRENSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WARRENSBURG | 326 | 54.6% | 30.2% |
| FRANKLINVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FRANKLINVILLE | 279 | 52.3% | 43.3% |
| DUNDEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DUNDEE | 314 | 52.2% | 20.0% |
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 BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,001 of 2,335 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #995 of 2,342 ▼ 76 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,086 of 2,343 ▲ 272 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 298 | #2,000 of 2,585 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.5:1 | #36 of 2,338 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.7% | #2,210 of 2,388 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.7% | #1,278 of 2,534 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #1,059 of 1,757 |
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
298
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 298 | 39.9 | 7.5:1 | 55% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 38.5 | 7.9:1 | 62% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 40.9 | 8.5:1 | 57% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 27 | 11.3:1 | 50% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 35 | 9.6:1 | 51% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | 31 | 12.8:1 | 60% (239) |
| 2010-11 | 370 | 38 | 9.7:1 | 74% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 361 | 34 | 10.6:1 | 61% (220) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In RICHBURG, New York, part of Allegany County, BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. The school has 298 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 33% below average.
BOLIVAR-RICHBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 3 schools and 651 students, including BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The share of students at BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL who are White is 92%. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic and 2% Black. Allegany County residents are about 93% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 15% means there is a 15% chance two randomly chosen students at BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school has 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 7.5 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Of all students at BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 55% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 57% of New York public elementary schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 54.9%. BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 54.0%.
In the surrounding county, Allegany County, median household income comes to about $62,869, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 21, with about 5,589 students.
BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is BOLIVAR-RICHBURG JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 1.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 305 to 298. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 7.5:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Other schools in BOLIVAR-RICHBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BOLIVAR-RICHBURG JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 336 students
- BOLIVAR-RICHBURG PRE-K PROGRAMElementary · 17 students
Nearby schools
- BOLIVAR-RICHBURG JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 336
- BOLIVAR-RICHBURG PRE-K PROGRAM1.8 mi · 17
- FRIENDSHIP CENTRAL SCHOOL8.2 mi · 259
- Oswayo Valley JSHS9.1 mi · 140
- Oswayo Valley Elementary School9.1 mi · 132
- PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.8 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 298 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.5:1.
What is the student diversity at BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BOLIVAR-RICHBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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