Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 229 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAFAYETTE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361641001447
C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL
5957 US RT 20W, LAFAYETTE, NY 13084 · (315) 677-3152 · Onondaga County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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
12.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
137 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 32 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL→LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within LAFAYETTE 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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL
C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL this school | 338 | 40.5% | 42.0% |
| COLONIAL VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 351 | 42.5% | 36.9% |
| WESTMORELAND ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHITESBORO | 335 | 37.9% | 41.2% |
| JOHN E JOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROME | 366 | 41.5% | 31.3% |
| CHENANGO BRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 357 | 40.6% | 46.0% |
| OWASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUBURN | 356 | 45.5% | 34.9% |
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 C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,521 of 2,335 | #33 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,613 of 2,342 ▲ 34 | #34 of 61 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,661 of 2,343 ▼ 213 | #30 of 61 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #1,745 of 2,585 | #49 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #1,330 of 2,338 | #23 of 68 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.6% | #1,543 of 2,388 | #38 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.5% | #1,675 of 2,534 | #36 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #1,180 of 1,757 | #28 of 50 |
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
338
+24 (+8%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
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 | 338 | 27.8 | 12.2:1 | 41% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 27.2 | 11.9:1 | 47% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 327 | 28.3 | 11.6:1 | 46% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 314 | 28 | 11.2:1 | 37% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 32 | 11.7:1 | 43% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 376 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 39% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 37 | 10.5:1 | 32% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 39 | 13.0:1 | 35% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 646 | 39 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL.
About C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL
At 5957 US RT 20W in LAFAYETTE, New York, C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL operates as a small elementary school. There are 338 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL reports to LAFAYETTE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 3 schools and 756 students.
More than half of enrollment at C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL is White: 73%. The remaining shares are 23% Native American. In Onondaga County overall, the White share is about 75%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 42%.
The school has 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.2 students per teacher. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is close to this figure. Of all students at C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL, 41% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public elementary schools, C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL outscored 25%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.0% is 18.1 points below the 60.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Onondaga County, median household income comes to about $76,945, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Onondaga County counts 123 public schools with about 67,044 students.
LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 2.1 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. By average proficiency, C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL is 6th among 8 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment was 338 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 314.
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Onondaga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
471,129
Census ACS
Median income
$76,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
67,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAFAYETTE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 298 students
- ONONDAGA NATION SCHOOLElementary · 120 students
Nearby schools
- LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 298
- ONONDAGA NATION SCHOOL4.4 mi · 120
- WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 240
- ONONDAGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.6 mi · 323
- ROCKWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.9 mi · 208
- TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.7 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOLHow many students attend C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL?
C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL enrolls approximately 338 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL serve?
C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL have?
C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL?
At C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 73% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL public or private?
C GRANT GRIMSHAW SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAFAYETTE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.