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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANISTEO-GREENWOOD CSD·NCES 360012400425
CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
120 GREENWOOD ST, CANISTEO, NY 14823 · (607) 698-4225 · Steuben County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
250 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within CANISTEO-GREENWOOD CSD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
507
-103 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.3:1
% White
98%
was 94%
% Hispanic
1%
was 2%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in CANISTEO, New York, CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized primary school, one of the schools within CANISTEO-GREENWOOD CSD. It teaches 507 students across grades pre-K through 6.
Across the 2 schools in CANISTEO-GREENWOOD CSD (957 students total), CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%).
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.9%, the actual is 46.1%, a residual of -10.8 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Steuben County put median household income runs about $65,887, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 34 public schools in Steuben County (combined enrollment of about 13,701 students).
CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.5%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 610 (now 507). Class-load math has tightened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Steuben County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,588
Census ACS
Median income
$65,887
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
13,701 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CANISTEO-GREENWOOD CSD
- CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 450 students
Nearby schools
- CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 450
- HORNELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL5.1 mi · 487
- HORNELL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.5 mi · 650
- NORTH HORNELL SCHOOL6.5 mi · 331
- ALFRED-ALMOND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL7.4 mi · 239
- ALFRED-ALMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.4 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 507 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by CANISTEO-GREENWOOD CSD in Steuben County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.