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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COOPERSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360825000607
COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
21 WALNUT ST, COOPERSTOWN, NY 13326 · (607) 547-9976 · Otsego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
111 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 38% smaller than its 6th grade class (69).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within COOPERSTOWN 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
76.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 381 | 29.1% | 63.5% |
| JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEPEW | 401 | 30.9% | 67.0% |
| OHIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH TONAWANDA | 367 | 31.1% | 49.3% |
| KAEGEBEIN SCHOOL GRAND ISLAND | 420 | 30.2% | 60.1% |
| WEST STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SANBORN | 401 | 29.4% | 57.0% |
| MYLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW HARTFORD | 357 | 29.7% | 48.4% |
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 COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Otsego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #620 of 2,335 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #969 of 2,342 ▼ 7 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #351 of 2,343 ▲ 221 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #1,475 of 2,585 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #1,233 of 2,338 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.8% | #2,006 of 2,388 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.1% | #1,991 of 2,534 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #1,074 of 1,757 | #2 of 6 |
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
381
-18 (-5%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 682
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 381 | 32 | 11.9:1 | 29% (111) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 34 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 28.1 | 14.5:1 | 22% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 28% (110) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 25% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 33% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 34 | 11.7:1 | 30% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 19% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 682 | 41 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized elementary school in COOPERSTOWN, New York. Its 381 students are spread across kindergarten through 6.
COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is run by COOPERSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, whose 2 schools enroll 768 students.
Federal enrollment data show COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 86% White. The school is also 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. That is close to the 89% White share among all Otsego County residents. COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 25%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.9 students per teacher. That is 0.9 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 29% of students. The 42% average for public schools in Otsego County is 13 points higher.
allk12 grades COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 64.3% for COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 63.5%, within a point of the prediction.
In Otsego County (population about 60,108), the median household income is $68,885, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 21 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. By average proficiency, COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 18 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.6:1 to 11.9:1.
Community posts for COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Otsego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,108
Census ACS
Median income
$68,885
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
6,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COOPERSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 387 students
Other schools in COOPERSTOWN
- COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 387 students
Nearby schools
- COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 387
- MILFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL7.1 mi · 337
- SCHENEVUS CENTRAL SCHOOL11.3 mi · 244
- RICHFIELD SPRINGS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL11.7 mi · 189
- RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.7 mi · 231
- WORCESTER SCHOOL11.7 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 381 students in grades KG-06.
Is COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.9:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of COOPERSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.