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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEEKMANTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360429000186
CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1187 CUMBERLAND HEAD RD, PLATTSBURGH, NY 12901 · (518) 563-8321 · Clinton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
11.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
274 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 53 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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 BEEKMANTOWN 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
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 515 | 53.2% | 38.0% |
| GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOUVERNEUR | 511 | 54.6% | 28.2% |
| DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MALONE | 513 | 51.7% | 23.7% |
| CAMDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMDEN | 493 | 51.5% | 35.7% |
| FAIRLEY SCHOOL HANNIBAL | 495 | 52.7% | 19.3% |
| BRUSHTON GRADE SCHOOL BRUSHTON | 465 | 54.2% | 39.4% |
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 CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Clinton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,712 of 2,335 | #7 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,856 of 2,342 ▼ 98 | #7 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,702 of 2,343 ▼ 33 | #7 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #752 of 2,585 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #1,033 of 2,338 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.5% | #2,290 of 2,388 | #7 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.2% | #1,315 of 2,534 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #1,660 of 1,757 | #9 of 9 |
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
515
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 613
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
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 | 515 | 45 | 11.4:1 | 53% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 47 | 11.5:1 | 47% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 42 | 12.8:1 | 46% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 48% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 48 | 10.9:1 | 45% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 39 | 11.6:1 | 51% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 48 | 10.2:1 | 50% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 583 | 48 | 12.2:1 | 43% (250) |
| 1990-91 | 613 | 38 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in PLATTSBURGH, New York. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 515 students on the rolls.
The district, BEEKMANTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 2,010 students enrolled across 4 schools.
The share of White students at CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 95%. The remaining shares are 2% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 10%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.4:1. The school has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.4 students per teacher. In all, 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of New York public elementary schools.
In New York, CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 38.0% actual against a predicted 55.4%.
For the population of Clinton County, median household income comes to about $71,224, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clinton County counts 29 public schools with about 10,729 students.
OAK STREET SCHOOL sits about 3.3 miles from CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th among 7 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (523) and 2024-25 (515). The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.8:1 to 11.4:1 over the same years.
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Clinton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,493
Census ACS
Median income
$71,224
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,729 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BEEKMANTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BEEKMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 557 students
- BEEKMANTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 479 students
- BEEKMANTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 459 students
- CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTElementary
Other schools in PLATTSBURGH
- PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 566 students
- STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 392 students
- ARTHUR P MOMOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 388 students
- THOMAS E GLASGOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 248 students
- CLINTON-ESSEX-WARREN-WASHINGTON BOCESCombined · 237 students
- OAK STREET SCHOOLElementary · 218 students
Nearby schools
- OAK STREET SCHOOL3.3 mi · 218
- STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL3.6 mi · 392
- THOMAS E GLASGOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 248
- ARTHUR P MOMOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.0 mi · 388
- PLATTSBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.5 mi · 566
- Grand Isle School4.9 mi · 151
Frequently asked questions
About CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 515 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.4:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian.
Is CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CUMBERLAND HEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BEEKMANTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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