Enrollment
133
Elementary
DISTRICT 123 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLIFTON-FINE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360771000552
CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
11 HALL AVE, STAR LAKE, NY 13690 · (315) 848-3333 · St. Lawrence County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL133 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.2:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
72 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 13 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 42% larger than its 6th grade class (19).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 133 | 54.1% | 27.9% |
| HARRISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HARRISVILLE | 148 | 46.6% | 34.5% |
| RIPLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL RIPLEY | 147 | 60.5% | 46.3% |
| ABRAHAM WING SCHOOL GLENS FALLS | 139 | 56.1% | 40.1% |
| NORTHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTHVILLE | 175 | 57.7% | 56.5% |
| PHILADELPHIA PRIMARY SCHOOL PHILADELPHIA | 122 | 61.5% | 51.3% |
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 CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In St. Lawrence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #2,086 of 2,335 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,914 of 2,342 ▲ 224 | #12 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,887 of 2,343 ▲ 296 | #11 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 133 | #2,523 of 2,585 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #1,295 of 2,534 | #3 of 14 |
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
133
-6 (-4%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 133 | 10.9 | 12.2:1 | 54% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 139 | 12.5 | 11.1:1 | 54% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 129 | 10.2 | 12.7:1 | 61% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 139 | 14 | 9.9:1 | 63% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 179 | 14.3 | 12.5:1 | 75% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 174 | 12 | 14.5:1 | 70% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 177 | 15 | 11.8:1 | 69% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 215 | 18 | 11.9:1 | 58% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 383 | 24 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in STAR LAKE, New York, according to federal school records. Enrolled students number 133 students, in pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 70% lower than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
CLIFTON-FINE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 245 students, and its 2 schools include CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Most students at CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White: 93% of enrollment. Other students are 4% Native American. For comparison, St. Lawrence County is about 92% White. CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 13%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 10.9 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.2:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is about 12.8:1. The school's lunch program data list 54% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 45% average for public schools in St. Lawrence County is 9 points lower.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a bottom-10% school in New York on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.9% against a predicted 55.1%.
CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in St. Lawrence County, where median household income is about $62,850, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 40 public schools in St. Lawrence County, which together enroll about 13,653 students.
CLIFTON-FINE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is located less than a tenth of a mile from CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Nearby schools average 46.5% on proficiency, and CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 27.9%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 133 was 4% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 139. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 12.2:1, from 9.9:1.
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St. Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,226
Census ACS
Median income
$62,850
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
13,653 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLIFTON-FINE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CLIFTON-FINE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 112 students
Other schools in STAR LAKE
- CLIFTON-FINE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 112 students
Nearby schools
- CLIFTON-FINE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 112
- HARRISVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL13.6 mi · 164
- HARRISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.6 mi · 148
- EDWARDS-KNOX JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL15.8 mi · 205
- EDWARDS-KNOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL15.8 mi · 289
- GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL23.8 mi · 511
Frequently asked questions
About CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 133 students in grades PK-06.
Is CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CLIFTON-FINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CLIFTON-FINE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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