Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361668001486
COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
91 COURT ST, LANCASTER, NY 14086 · (716) 686-3240 · Erie County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
10.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
71 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 | 66 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 27% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 28% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 22% |
Student demographics
20%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.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
77.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 285 | 24.9% | 70.3% |
| ALDEN PRIMARY AT TOWNLINE ALDEN | 299 | 25.1% | N/A |
| IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ELMA | 301 | 22.9% | 61.7% |
| TIOGA HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL APALACHIN | 269 | 22.3% | 62.0% |
| KENSINGTON ROAD SCHOOL GLENS FALLS | 263 | 27.0% | 75.3% |
| LAKE GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE GEORGE | 296 | 21.6% | 71.5% |
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 COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #393 of 2,335 | #12 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #307 of 2,342 ▲ 320 | #5 of 115 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #334 of 2,343 ▲ 384 | #6 of 115 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #2,074 of 2,585 | #106 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #629 of 2,338 | #44 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.6% | #2,114 of 2,388 | #100 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.9% | #2,099 of 2,534 | #94 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #574 of 1,757 | #19 of 68 |
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
285
-51 (-15%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 285 | 27.1 | 10.5:1 | 25% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 28.9 | 10.1:1 | 26% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 30.5 | 9.8:1 | 22% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 28 | 12.0:1 | 18% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 27 | 13.4:1 | 21% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 23 | 14.2:1 | 21% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 12% (48) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 12% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 506 | 31 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school with its address in LANCASTER, New York. Federal data show 285 students enrolled in kindergarten through 3 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
Enrollment across the 7 schools in LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 5,321 students.
By race and ethnicity, COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 89% White. Other groups make up 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Erie County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school's share is higher. The diversity index for COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 20%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are about 10.5 students; the school has 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 25%. It compares with 51% for public schools in Erie County.
Among New York public elementary schools, COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 78%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 70.3% actual against 65.8% predicted.
The school's county is Erie County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Erie County number 226, with about 122,519 students.
COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL (about 0.9 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A 15% decline took enrollment from 336 in 2020-21 to 285 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.5:1.
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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
- COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 352 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
- COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 352 students
Nearby schools
- LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 876
- COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 352
- WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,274
- CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 846
- DEPEW MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 421
- DEPEW HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 581
Frequently asked questions
About COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 285 students in grades KG-03.
Is COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
How many teachers does COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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