COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a modestly sized primary school in LANCASTER, New York, part of LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 285 students, covering grades K through 3. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.

LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 5,321 students; COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest consists of 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.8%, the actual is 70.3%, a residual of +4.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Erie County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 63.1%.

COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 21%, going from 361 students in 2018 to 285 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.