COLDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a modestly sized elementary school in COLDEN, New York, COLDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 213 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within SPRINGVILLE-GRIFFITH INSTITUTE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 52% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within SPRINGVILLE-GRIFFITH INSTITUTE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 1,560 students, COLDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, COLDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, COLDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, COLDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 62.7%; COLDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 36.0%, -26.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Erie County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which COLDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BOSTON VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 5.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COLDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.1%.

COLDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 17%: 182 students in 2018 compared to 213 in 2025.

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