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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CATO-MERIDIAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360669004434
CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2851 STATE RTE 370, CATO, NY 13033 · (315) 626-3439 · Cayuga County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% 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.
- 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
11.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
197 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 13% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (62).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→CATO-MERIDIAN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within CATO-MERIDIAN 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 463 | 42.5% | 43.7% |
| WATKINS GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WATKINS GLEN | 460 | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| GREENWICH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENWICH | 452 | 40.7% | 50.8% |
| NEWFANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWFANE | 467 | 40.5% | 48.8% |
| ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALLEGANY | 466 | 42.3% | 61.6% |
| PALMYRA-MACEDON PRIMARY SCHOOL PALMYRA | 431 | 42.2% | N/A |
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 CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cayuga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #1,448 of 2,335 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,187 of 2,342 ▲ 191 | #2 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,738 of 2,343 ▼ 119 | #7 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #1,008 of 2,585 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #1,046 of 2,338 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.9% | #2,221 of 2,388 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.5% | #1,620 of 2,534 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.7% | #149 of 606 | N/A |
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
463
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 545
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 463 | 40.4 | 11.5:1 | 43% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 40.8 | 12.0:1 | 45% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 39.7 | 12.3:1 | 46% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 46% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 390 | 29.4 | 13.3:1 | 42% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 27 | 14.5:1 | 45% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 39% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 35% (168) |
| 1990-91 | 545 | 30 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in CATO-MERIDIAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in CATO, New York. It is open to students in pre-K through 6 and enrolls 463 students.
CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in CATO-MERIDIAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 2 schools with 846 students.
The share of students at CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL who are White is 93%. Other groups include 4% multiracial and 2% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 14, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 11.5:1, based on 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 43% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 30% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 43.7% actual against 59.4% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Cayuga County, the median household earns about $67,904 a year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Cayuga County has 22 public schools.
The closest school to CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is CATO-MERIDIAN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, located about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. Nearby schools average 50.5% on proficiency, and CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 43.7%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 488 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 463. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.5:1) than in 2020-21 (14.8:1).
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Cayuga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,102
Census ACS
Median income
$67,904
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,576 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CATO-MERIDIAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CATO-MERIDIAN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 383 students
Nearby schools
- CATO-MERIDIAN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 383
- JORDAN-ELBRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL8.4 mi · 409
- WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.6 mi · 324
- WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.7 mi · 374
- RED CREEK HIGH SCHOOL9.5 mi · 263
- RED CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL9.5 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 463 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CATO-MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CATO-MERIDIAN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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