Enrollment
273
Elementary
DISTRICT 280 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361557001331
CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2439 SLATERVILLE RD, SLATERVILLE SPRINGS, NY 14881 · (607) 539-7155 · Tompkins County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
9.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
75 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 24 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 273 | 27.5% | 59.8% |
| MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STONE RIDGE | 295 | 29.2% | 63.5% |
| GREATER PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ONEONTA | 283 | 31.4% | 41.3% |
| CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ITHACA | 270 | 27.8% | 56.9% |
| WALBERTA PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 256 | 23.8% | N/A |
| PS 5 HUGUENOT STATEN ISLAND | 317 | 29.3% | 89.8% |
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 CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Tompkins County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #753 of 2,335 | #4 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #976 of 2,342 ▲ 243 | #4 of 13 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #436 of 2,343 ▲ 245 | #1 of 13 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #2,132 of 2,585 | #9 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #264 of 2,338 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #1,481 of 2,388 | #7 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.5% | #2,042 of 2,534 | #11 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #621 of 1,757 | #4 of 12 |
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
273
+19 (+7%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 273 | 29 | 9.4:1 | 27% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 32.8 | 8.2:1 | 31% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 293 | 32.2 | 9.1:1 | 32% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 28 | 9.1:1 | 37% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 27.7 | 12.3:1 | 39% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 290 | 24 | 12.1:1 | 43% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 293 | 29 | 10.1:1 | 34% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 379 | 30 | 12.6:1 | 27% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 446 | 28 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in SLATERVILLE SPRINGS, New York. Enrollment stands at 273 students, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 38% below the average for elementary schools in New York.
ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 4,988 students, and its 12 schools include CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The student body at CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 74% White. It is also 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. Among Tompkins County residents, the White share is about 75%. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
For every teacher at CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are about 9.4 students; the school has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 75 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 27% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Tompkins County average 36%.
CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 59% of New York public elementary schools.
CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 59.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 64.9%.
In the surrounding county, Tompkins County, the median household earns about $74,024 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Tompkins County has 33 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, MACCORMICK SECURE CENTER, is about 5.3 miles. Within ten miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 273, from 254 in 2020-21.
The CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Tompkins County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,537
Census ACS
Median income
$74,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
10,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,411 students
- DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 559 students
- BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 513 students
- SOUTH HILL SCHOOLElementary · 363 students
- BELLE SHERMAN SCHOOLElementary · 347 students
- NORTHEAST SCHOOLElementary · 347 students
Nearby schools
- MACCORMICK SECURE CENTER5.3 mi · 22
- BELLE SHERMAN SCHOOL6.2 mi · 347
- SOUTH HILL SCHOOL6.8 mi · 363
- NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL7.3 mi · 98
- NORTHEAST SCHOOL7.4 mi · 347
- BEVERLY J MARTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.4 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 273 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 74% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.