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How has BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHITTENANGO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360747000529
BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6983 BOLIVAR RD, CHITTENANGO, NY 13037 · (315) 687-2880 · Madison County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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.
- C+Beats 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
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
180 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 53 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 18% smaller than its 4th grade class (93).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 CHITTENANGO 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% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp 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 54 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 473 | 38.1% | 53.3% |
| SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENVILLE | 480 | 37.9% | 51.0% |
| MAINE MEMORIAL SCHOOL MAINE | 478 | 36.6% | 61.1% |
| WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILSON | 483 | 39.3% | 54.0% |
| NEWFANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWFANE | 467 | 40.5% | 48.8% |
| HOOSIC VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHAGHTICOKE | 455 | 37.1% | 37.9% |
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 ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,036 of 2,335 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,285 of 2,342 ▼ 469 | #3 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,337 of 2,343 ▼ 217 | #3 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #949 of 2,585 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,856 of 2,338 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.6% | #2,116 of 2,388 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.1% | #1,742 of 2,534 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #555 of 606 | N/A |
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
473
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 473 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 38% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 37% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 37% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 42 | 11.2:1 | 29% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 35 | 13.4:1 | 33% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 36 | 12.5:1 | 33% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 342 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 29% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 26% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 33 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the public schools in CHITTENANGO, New York. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 4 and enrolls 473 students.
CHITTENANGO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (4 schools, 1,893 students) runs BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
White students are 89% of those enrolled at BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Next come 6% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. That is in line with Madison County, where about 90% of residents are White. A diversity index of 20% means there is a 20% chance two randomly chosen students at BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school's 34 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. At BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 38% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Madison County average a similar 37%.
BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 50% of New York public elementary schools.
BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (53.3%) and its predicted rate (61.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
In the wider Madison County area, the median household earns about $75,499 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Madison County with 24 other public schools.
CHITTENANGO HIGH SCHOOL, about 1.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 2. On average proficiency, BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 8th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Fringe.
In 2020-21, BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 470; in 2024-25, 473. The number of students per teacher increased from 11.2 to 13.9 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,328
Census ACS
Median income
$75,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
8,402 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHITTENANGO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CHITTENANGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 592 students
- CHITTENANGO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 558 students
- BRIDGEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 270 students
Other schools in CHITTENANGO
- CHITTENANGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 592 students
- CHITTENANGO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 558 students
Nearby schools
- CHITTENANGO HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 592
- CHITTENANGO MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 558
- FAYETTEVILLE-MANLIUS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.2 mi · 1,343
- ENDERS ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.7 mi · 538
- EAGLE HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL5.8 mi · 622
- MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.0 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 473 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CHITTENANGO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.