Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361668001485
COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1985 COMO PARK BLVD, LANCASTER, NY 14086 · (716) 686-3235 · Erie County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
127 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 27% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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 LANCASTER 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
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +28.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 28 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 352 | 36.1% | 57.8% |
| MARY E DARDESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHATHAM | 365 | 35.9% | 46.1% |
| GEYSER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARATOGA SPRINGS | 337 | 37.1% | 56.9% |
| WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEEDSPORT | 324 | 36.4% | 50.0% |
| SAUQUOIT VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAUQUOIT | 327 | 34.6% | 53.6% |
| MILTON TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALLSTON SPA | 370 | 33.5% | 70.0% |
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 COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #857 of 2,335 | #32 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #625 of 2,342 ▲ 889 | #19 of 115 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #568 of 2,343 ▲ 473 | #17 of 115 ▲ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #1,656 of 2,585 | #92 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #865 of 2,338 | #60 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.5% | #2,032 of 2,388 | #94 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.1% | #1,808 of 2,534 | #73 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #427 of 606 | #34 of 43 |
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
352
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 352 | 31.8 | 11.1:1 | 36% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 32.1 | 11.4:1 | 37% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 29.2 | 13.0:1 | 33% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 27% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 31% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 29% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 24 | 17.4:1 | 21% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 492 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 13% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 593 | 34 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a small elementary school in LANCASTER, New York. The school had 352 students in kindergarten through 3 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 21% smaller than that.
LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 7 schools and 5,321 students, and COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The large majority of students at COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 87%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 74%. COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 11.1:1. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 36% of students. That is lower than the 51% average for public schools in Erie County.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 61.7%.
Census estimates describe Erie County this way: median household income is about $72,839, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Erie County number 226 and enroll about 122,519.
Nearby, LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 359 in 2020-21, 352 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.8:1 to 11.1:1.
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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 LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,682 students
- WILLIAM STREET SCHOOLMiddle · 1,274 students
- LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 876 students
- HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
- JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 401 students
- COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 285 students
Other schools in LANCASTER
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,682 students
- WILLIAM STREET SCHOOLMiddle · 1,274 students
- LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 876 students
- HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
- COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 285 students
Other Como Park Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Como Park Elementary. COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Como Park ElementarySAINT PAUL, MN · 387 students
Nearby schools
- LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 876
- CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 846
- COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 285
- DEPEW MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 421
- DEPEW HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 581
- WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,274
Frequently asked questions
About COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 352 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-03.
How many teachers does COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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