Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360897000684
DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
30 SCHOOL ST, DELEVAN, NY 14042 · (716) 492-9463 · Cattaraugus County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
207 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 7% larger than its 4th grade class (58).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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 YORKSHIRE-PIONEER 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
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 337 | 61.4% | 43.6% |
| MIDDLEBURGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURGH | 330 | 59.4% | 40.1% |
| SPENCER-VAN ETTEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VAN ETTEN | 333 | 61.9% | 36.9% |
| WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHITEHALL | 332 | 62.0% | 21.0% |
| PERRY BROWNE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL NORWICH | 341 | 64.5% | 32.2% |
| W A OLMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HARPURSVILLE | 323 | 58.8% | 35.9% |
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 DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cattaraugus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #1,452 of 2,335 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,407 of 2,342 ▲ 268 | #5 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,378 of 2,343 ▲ 183 | #5 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #1,752 of 2,585 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #320 of 2,338 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.5% | #2,229 of 2,388 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.4% | #1,131 of 2,534 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.1% | #473 of 1,757 | #3 of 10 |
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
337
-30 (-8%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 337 | 35.2 | 9.6:1 | 61% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 33.3 | 10.7:1 | 55% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 31.7 | 11.2:1 | 51% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 30 | 12.2:1 | 55% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 36.4 | 12.2:1 | 67% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 33 | 13.7:1 | 69% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 445 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 54% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 32 | 15.1:1 | 61% (297) |
| 1990-91 | 668 | 40 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in DELEVAN, New York, (ZIP code 14042). The school teaches pre-K through 4 and enrolls 337 students. The school is 24% below the average for elementary schools in New York.
YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 4 schools. Together they enroll 2,137 students.
DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 93% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
Staffing at DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9.6:1. The school's 9.6:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. On the income side, 61% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 50% average among public schools in Cattaraugus County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 8.8 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 43.6% actual, 52.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
The school is in Cattaraugus County, where the median household earns about $59,540 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cattaraugus County's 31 public schools enroll about 11,228 students and include DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
A public school about 2.3 miles away, PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL, is the closest to DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on proficiency.
DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% drop, from 367 to 337. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.2:1 in 2020-21 to 9.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Cattaraugus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
76,145
Census ACS
Median income
$59,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
11,228 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 659 students
- PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 636 students
- ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- PIONEER MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 659
- PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 636
- ARCADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 505
- WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL9.0 mi · 186
- SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.1 mi · 497
- GRIFFITH INSTITUTE MIDDLE SCHOOL9.1 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 337 students in grades PK-04.
Is DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 9.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by YORKSHIRE-PIONEER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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