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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361530004800
CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL
25440 INDIAN RIVER DR, CALCIUM, NY 13616 · (315) 629-1100 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- CBeats 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
10.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
218 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 113 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 26% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL→INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→INDIAN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL→INDIAN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within INDIAN RIVER 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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp 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 44 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL
CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL this school | 480 | 45.4% | 45.0% |
| NORTH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HYDE PARK | 463 | 42.8% | 42.0% |
| DANIEL STREET SCHOOL LINDENHURST | 495 | 42.0% | 43.9% |
| CAHILL SCHOOL SAUGERTIES | 432 | 50.2% | 47.1% |
| CIRCLEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CIRCLEVILLE | 484 | 47.7% | 39.1% |
| WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WALDEN | 447 | 40.5% | 43.0% |
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 CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,389 of 2,335 | #10 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,612 of 2,342 ▼ 345 | #13 of 20 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,616 of 2,343 ▼ 270 | #13 of 20 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #919 of 2,585 | #3 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #794 of 2,338 | #8 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #553 of 2,388 | #2 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #1,537 of 2,534 | #14 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #817 of 1,757 | #7 of 17 |
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
480
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 480 | 44 | 10.9:1 | 45% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 44.6 | 12.1:1 | 56% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 545 | 44.3 | 12.3:1 | 52% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 41 | 11.6:1 | 41% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 45 | 12.7:1 | 44% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 41% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 553 | 28 | 19.8:1 | 60% (331) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 37 | 12.4:1 | 60% (275) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL.
About CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL
Families in CALCIUM, New York, are served by CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 480 students enrolled in pre-K through 3 in 2024-25.
INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 8 schools with 3,326 students in all.
More than half of the students at CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL are White (54%). Next come 23% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Black, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 83% White among all Jefferson County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
Based on 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 10.9:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 45%.
CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of New York public elementary schools.
In New York, CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 45.0% actual against a predicted 58.3%.
The school is in Jefferson County, where median household income comes to about $66,301, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Jefferson County, 39 public schools serve about 16,789 students.
Measured in a straight line, BLACK RIVER SCHOOL is about 3.1 miles from CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 475 in 2020-21 and 480 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
115,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,301
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
16,789 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- INDIAN RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 791 students
- INDIAN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 730 students
- INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 565 students
- EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 330 students
- THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 163 students
- ANTWERP PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 145 students
Nearby schools
- BLACK RIVER SCHOOL3.1 mi · 572
- STARBUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 153
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 435
- EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 330
- OHIO STREET SCHOOL4.5 mi · 308
- KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL5.5 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOLHow large is CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL?
CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 480 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL serve?
CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL?
CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 54% White, 23% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL?
CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL is overseen by INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.