Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEDINA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361896001715
CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
1016 GWINN ST, MEDINA, NY 14103 · (585) 798-2100 · Orleans County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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
11.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
225 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 104 | 27% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 24% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL this school | 383 | 58.7% | 39.0% |
| OAK ORCHARD PRIMARY SCHOOL MEDINA | 383 | 56.7% | N/A |
| ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 392 | 58.9% | 41.8% |
| CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CARTHAGE | 394 | 58.6% | 26.3% |
| JACKSON SCHOOL BATAVIA | 397 | 55.9% | N/A |
| SKOI-YASE SCHOOL WATERLOO | 345 | 59.4% | 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 CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orleans County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,675 of 2,335 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,650 of 2,342 ▲ 172 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,518 of 2,343 ▲ 207 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #1,462 of 2,585 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #813 of 2,338 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.2% | #1,563 of 2,388 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.7% | #1,188 of 2,534 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #796 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
383
-36 (-9%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 383 | 35 | 11.0:1 | 59% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 37 | 10.0:1 | 54% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 35.7 | 11.1:1 | 55% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 38 | 11.0:1 | 62% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 42.5 | 10.8:1 | 61% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 44 | 11.0:1 | 61% (295) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 34 | 12.2:1 | 45% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 40 | 12.5:1 | 29% (143) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 36 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
About CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in MEDINA, New York. It teaches 383 students in grades 3 through 6.
MEDINA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools with a combined 1,335 students. CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of them.
Of every 100 students at CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, about 75 are White. The rest of enrollment is 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Among all residents of Orleans County, the White share is about 86%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 41%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.0:1. The school has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. In all, 59% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 25% of New York public elementary schools.
Test results at CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL are 14.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (39.0% actual, 53.4% predicted).
Census data for Orleans County show the median household earns about $65,969 a year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Orleans County number 13, with about 5,767 students.
OAK ORCHARD PRIMARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, there are 5 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL places 7th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 383, from 419 in 2020-21.
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Orleans County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,608
Census ACS
Median income
$65,969
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MEDINA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 569 students
- OAK ORCHARD PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 383 students
Other schools in MEDINA
- MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 569 students
- ORLEANS-NIAGARA BOCESCombined · 473 students
- OAK ORCHARD PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 383 students
Nearby schools
- OAK ORCHARD PRIMARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 383
- MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 569
- ORLEANS-NIAGARA BOCES1.9 mi · 473
- ROYALTON-HARTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 328
- ROYALTON-HARTLAND HIGH SCHOOL3.8 mi · 337
- L A WEBBER MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL7.7 mi · 238
Frequently asked questions
About CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 383 students in grades 03-06.
What grades does CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serve?
CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serves grades 03-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is approximately 11.0:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
At CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 75% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 12% Two or more.
Is CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL public or private?
CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MEDINA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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