Enrollment
190
Elementary
DISTRICT 154 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CINCINNATUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360756000539
CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2809 CINCINNATUS RD, CINCINNATUS, NY 13040 · (607) 863-3200 · Cortland County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL190 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- 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
11.3:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
89 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 12% smaller than its 4th grade class (34).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 190 | 46.8% | 45.6% |
| GREENE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL GREENE | 187 | 48.7% | 45.5% |
| GLENN H CURTISS MEMORIAL SCHOOL HAMMONDSPORT | 199 | 44.2% | 55.1% |
| DALTON-NUNDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUNDA | 190 | 49.5% | 31.7% |
| SAINT JOSEPH'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MALONE | 199 | 44.7% | 33.1% |
| HOWARD A HANLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ODESSA | 206 | 49.0% | 41.4% |
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 CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cortland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #1,359 of 2,335 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,405 of 2,342 ▲ 268 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,297 of 2,343 ▼ 17 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 190 | #2,410 of 2,585 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.8% | #1,499 of 2,534 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #881 of 1,757 | 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
190
-13 (-6%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 190 | 16.8 | 11.3:1 | 47% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 197 | 16.8 | 11.7:1 | 50% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 210 | 19.5 | 10.8:1 | 57% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 203 | 20 | 10.2:1 | 48% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 222 | 23 | 9.7:1 | 63% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 263 | 21 | 12.5:1 | 59% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 279 | 32 | 8.7:1 | 58% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 356 | 34 | 10.5:1 | 66% (234) |
| 1990-91 | 417 | 28 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in CINCINNATUS, New York, and it is part of CINCINNATUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 190 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 4. That is 57% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
The 3 schools of CINCINNATUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, including CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, enroll 462 students.
At CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 98% of students are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 4%.
Classroom staffing at CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL totals 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Federal data show 47% of students (89) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Cortland County is similar, at 48%.
Among New York public elementary schools, CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 57.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Cortland County show that median household income comes to about $70,418, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 17, with about 5,381 students.
The closest school to CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is CINCINNATUS HIGH SCHOOL, located less than a tenth of a mile away. CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 45.6% against a local average of 50.2%.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's enrollment decreased 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 10.2:1 to 11.3:1.
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Cortland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,246
Census ACS
Median income
$70,418
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
5,381 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CINCINNATUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CINCINNATUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 147 students
- CINCINNATUS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 125 students
Other schools in CINCINNATUS
- CINCINNATUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 147 students
- CINCINNATUS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 125 students
Nearby schools
- CINCINNATUS HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 147
- CINCINNATUS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 125
- OTSELIC VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL9.3 mi · 261
- WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.4 mi · 378
- MARATHON HIGH SCHOOL10.0 mi · 295
- MCGRAW SECONDARY SCHOOL10.6 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 190 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by CINCINNATUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Cortland County.
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