Enrollment
85
Elementary
DISTRICT 222 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DRYDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360933004682
CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
32 SCHOOL ST, MCLEAN, NY 13102 · (607) 844-8694 · Tompkins County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL85 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.5:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
41 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 30 | 35% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 21% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -34.0pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 34 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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 →
Schools most like CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 85 | 48.2% | 58.3% |
| VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL CAMERON MILLS | 94 | 50.0% | N/A |
| HANCOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HANCOCK | 93 | 45.2% | 39.8% |
| BLOOMINGDALE SCHOOL SARANAC LAKE | 103 | 44.7% | 51.0% |
| COHOCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COHOCTON | 71 | 42.3% | N/A |
| WHEELERVILLE SCHOOL CAROGA LAKE | 113 | 40.7% | 64.6% |
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 CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Tompkins County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 85 | #2,554 of 2,585 | #14 of 15 |
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
85
-7 (-8%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 130
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 85 | 6.8 | 12.5:1 | 48% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 76 | 8.5 | 8.9:1 | 51% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 81 | 8.6 | 9.4:1 | 59% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 92 | 10 | 9.2:1 | 53% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 72 | 7 | 10.3:1 | 47% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 92 | 7 | 13.1:1 | 62% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 93 | 7 | 13.3:1 | 46% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 106 | 7 | 15.1:1 | 31% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 130 | 5 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a very small elementary school in MCLEAN, New York. It offers kindergarten through 3 and has 85 students enrolled. That is 81% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
Across its 5 schools, DRYDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 1,304 students. CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
At CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 82% of students are White. Other students are 11% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.
CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reported 6.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is similar, at 12.8:1. There are 41 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 48% of enrollment. That rate is above the 36% average among public schools in Tompkins County.
CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 62% of New York public elementary schools.
CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (58.3% versus 57.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
For Tompkins County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $74,024 a year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Tompkins County has 33 public schools.
DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL sits about 3.5 miles from CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment decreased 8% over 4 years, reaching 85 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 9.2:1 to 12.5:1.
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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 DRYDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- DRYDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 500 students
- DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 356 students
- DRYDEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 283 students
- FREEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 80 students
Nearby schools
- DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL3.5 mi · 356
- DRYDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL3.5 mi · 283
- GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC SCHOOL3.6 mi · 107
- FREEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.0 mi · 80
- GROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 388
- DRYDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 85 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.5:1 (7 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 82% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
Is CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by DRYDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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