CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary school in CATTARAUGUS, New York, run under CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 319 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 28% below typical.

Within CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 809 students, CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest breaks down as 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.4%; this one delivers 52.9%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cattaraugus County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,540 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Cattaraugus County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,228 students), of which CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.9%.

CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 8%, going from 348 students in 2018 to 319 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

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