Enrollment
234
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROCTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360561000288
BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
138 W MAIN ST, BROCTON, NY 14716 · (716) 792-2102 · Chautauqua County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
8.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
141 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 30 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within BROCTON 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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 234 | 60.3% | 43.9% |
| DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEPOSIT | 242 | 59.1% | 43.3% |
| BIG CROSS STREET SCHOOL GLENS FALLS | 211 | 60.2% | 36.2% |
| DRAKE SCHOOL NORTH TONAWANDA | 242 | 56.2% | 35.5% |
| WINFIELD STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORNING | 224 | 63.8% | 33.4% |
| WARREN STREET SCHOOL JOHNSTOWN | 296 | 59.8% | 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 BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #1,439 of 2,335 | #14 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,727 of 2,342 ▼ 642 | #15 of 21 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,788 of 2,343 ▲ 120 | #13 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #2,280 of 2,585 | #16 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #80 of 2,338 | #3 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #1,652 of 2,388 | #9 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #1,155 of 2,534 | #12 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #996 of 1,757 | #10 of 20 |
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
234
+9 (+4%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 234 | 28.2 | 8.3:1 | 60% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 225 | 27.3 | 8.2:1 | 64% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 217 | 24.3 | 8.9:1 | 71% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | 24 | 9.4:1 | 70% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 267 | 26 | 10.3:1 | 75% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 281 | 24 | 11.7:1 | 56% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 286 | 27 | 10.6:1 | 70% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 38 | 10.0:1 | 57% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 29 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in BROCTON, New York. The school counts 234 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
The district, BROCTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 2 schools serving 486 students.
Roughly 77% of students at BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Other groups make up 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, 86% of Chautauqua County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 39%, meaning two students picked at random have a 39% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 8.3:1, with 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 4.6 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 60%. For comparison, public schools in Chautauqua County average 57%.
The allk12 Grade for BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 39% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is -8.9 points: 43.9% actual, 52.8% predicted.
BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Chautauqua County, where the median household income is $58,351, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Besides BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Chautauqua County has 50 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Nearby schools with test data average 60.7% proficiency; BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 43.9%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 9 more students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 8.3:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Chautauqua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,544
Census ACS
Median income
$58,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
17,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROCTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 252 students
Nearby schools
- BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 252
- WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOL7.0 mi · 138
- WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL7.0 mi · 133
- WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL7.0 mi · 203
- WESTFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.0 mi · 288
- FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.5 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 234 students in grades PK-05.
Is BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 8.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 77% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BROCTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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