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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361335001097
CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
301 CHARLOTTE AVE, HAMBURG, NY 14075 · (716) 646-3370 · Erie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% 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.
- 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
16.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
58 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 87 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 HAMBURG 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
61.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 382 | 15.2% | 54.0% |
| CLARENCE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLARENCE CENTER | 406 | 14.5% | 62.4% |
| SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAYVILLE | 388 | 13.1% | 59.4% |
| SOUTH DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORCHARD PARK | 377 | 12.7% | 62.8% |
| GREEN MEADOW SCHOOL CASTLETON | 345 | 15.4% | 66.8% |
| HARTS HILL SCHOOL WHITESBORO | 321 | 15.3% | 71.3% |
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 CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #999 of 2,335 | #42 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,288 of 2,342 ▼ 613 | #52 of 115 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #910 of 2,343 ▼ 37 | #27 of 115 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #1,467 of 2,585 | #86 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #2,187 of 2,338 | #118 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.8% | #2,107 of 2,388 | #99 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.2% | #2,341 of 2,534 | #109 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #1,669 of 1,757 | #63 of 68 |
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
382
0 (0%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 382 | 23.5 | 16.2:1 | 15% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 23.4 | 16.9:1 | 15% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 25.3 | 17.2:1 | 16% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 22 | 17.4:1 | 21% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 22 | 17.7:1 | 17% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 353 | 20 | 17.6:1 | 20% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 21 | 19.1:1 | 16% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 26% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 21 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in HAMBURG, New York. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 382 students in pre-K through 5.
HAMBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 6 schools and 3,309 students, and CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 89% White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 74% White. CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 20%, against a US figure of 70%.
CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates with 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.2:1. That is higher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. About 15% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Among public schools in Erie County, the average eligibility rate is 51%.
allk12 grades CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 15.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (54.0% actual, 69.4% predicted).
In Erie County (population about 950,622), the median household income is $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. There are 226 public schools in Erie County, enrolling about 122,519 students in all.
The nearest other public school, HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 382, close to the 382 recorded in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 17.4 to 16.2 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 HAMBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 979 students
- HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 741 students
- UNION PLEASANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 663 students
- ARMOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 332 students
- BOSTON VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 212 students
Other schools in HAMBURG
- FRONTIER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,293 students
- FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,067 students
- HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 979 students
- HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 741 students
- UNION PLEASANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 663 students
- BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 535 students
Nearby schools
- HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 979
- HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 741
- UNION PLEASANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 663
- ARMOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 332
- RANDOLPH ACADEMYHAMBURG CAMPUS2.7 mi · 73
- BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 382 students in grades PK-05.
Is CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.2:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HAMBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.