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Enrollment
846
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEPEW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360903000688
CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1780 COMO PARK BLVD, DEPEW, NY 14043 · (716) 686-5006 · Erie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL846 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.7:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
357 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 | 54 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 170 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Based on grade levels within DEPEW UNION FREE 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
59.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 846 | 42.2% | 48.3% |
| TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TONAWANDA | 785 | 48.8% | 43.0% |
| BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AMSTERDAM | 879 | 40.7% | 41.3% |
| QUEENSBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL QUEENSBURY | 952 | 35.5% | 47.2% |
| MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLIFTON SPRINGS | 761 | 46.1% | 33.6% |
| RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALBION | 826 | 48.7% | 40.6% |
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 CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,234 of 2,335 | #48 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,254 of 2,342 ▲ 232 | #50 of 115 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #985 of 2,343 ▲ 205 | #33 of 115 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 846 | #108 of 2,585 | #4 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #1,136 of 2,338 | #77 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #1,715 of 2,388 | #71 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.2% | #1,632 of 2,534 | #63 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #511 of 606 | #36 of 43 |
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
846
+39 (+5%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 1,061
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 846 | 72.3 | 11.7:1 | 42% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 872 | 74.7 | 11.7:1 | 42% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 864 | 75.2 | 11.5:1 | 41% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 807 | 67 | 12.0:1 | 48% (390) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 64 | 13.0:1 | 51% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 797 | 57 | 14.0:1 | 50% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 896 | 75 | 11.9:1 | 47% (420) |
| 2000-01 | 963 | 66 | 14.6:1 | 31% (303) |
| 1990-91 | 1,061 | 61 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL runs as a large elementary school in DEPEW, New York. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 846 students. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
DEPEW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 1,848 students in its 3 schools, and CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 79% White. Next come 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.
The school has about 11.7 students per teacher and 72.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 42%. On average, public schools in Erie County report 51%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 59.5%.
In the county around the school, Erie County, median household income is about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 226 public schools in Erie County.
DEPEW MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 48.3% compares with 64.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students grew from 807 to 846 over 4 years.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DEPEW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- DEPEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 581 students
- DEPEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 421 students
Other schools in DEPEW
- DEPEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 581 students
- DEPEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 421 students
- JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 401 students
Other Cayuga Heights Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cayuga Heights Elementary. CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLITHACA, NY · 270 students
Nearby schools
- DEPEW MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 421
- DEPEW HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 581
- LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 876
- COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 352
- COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 285
- WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,274
Frequently asked questions
About CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 846 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 79% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of DEPEW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.