Enrollment
242
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEPOSIT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360906000693
DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
171 2ND ST, DEPOSIT, NY 13754 · (607) 467-2198 · Delaware County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test 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.
- ·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
12.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
143 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 24 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
29%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
DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→DEPOSIT MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within DEPOSIT 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 242 | 59.1% | 43.3% |
| DRAKE SCHOOL NORTH TONAWANDA | 242 | 56.2% | 35.5% |
| BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROCTON | 234 | 60.3% | 43.9% |
| BIG CROSS STREET SCHOOL GLENS FALLS | 211 | 60.2% | 36.2% |
| JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL GLENS FALLS | 260 | 55.0% | 46.4% |
| HARVEY C FENNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FALCONER | 222 | 56.3% | 36.0% |
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 DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #1,467 of 2,335 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,763 of 2,342 ▼ 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,742 of 2,343 ▼ 451 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 242 | #2,252 of 2,585 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,473 of 2,338 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.9% | #1,902 of 2,388 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.1% | #1,176 of 2,534 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #499 of 606 |
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
242
+45 (+23%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 242 | 19.3 | 12.6:1 | 59% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 229 | 22.1 | 10.3:1 | 54% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 235 | 22.4 | 10.5:1 | 55% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 197 | 22 | 8.9:1 | 53% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 237 | 22 | 10.8:1 | 60% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 25 | 11.5:1 | 63% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 284 | 30 | 9.5:1 | 51% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | 34 | 11.3:1 | 39% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in DEPOSIT, New York, in Delaware County. It has an enrollment of 242 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
DEPOSIT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2 schools and 485 students, and DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The share of White students at DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 83%. The remaining shares are 11% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 29%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 12.6:1, based on 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Lunch program data show 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Delaware County is 47%.
DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of New York public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.3% for DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 43.3%, 9.9 points below the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Delaware County, median household income comes to about $63,337, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The county has 21 public schools and about 5,307 students.
DEPOSIT MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 51.0%; DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 43.3%, ranking 7th of 9.
DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 197 (2020-21) to 242 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 8.9:1 to 12.6:1.
This page collects posts and questions about DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,487
Census ACS
Median income
$63,337
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,307 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DEPOSIT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- DEPOSIT MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 243 students
Nearby schools
- DEPOSIT MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 243
- HANCOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.2 mi · 93
- HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL10.4 mi · 199
- WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL11.4 mi · 437
- A F PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / WINDSOR CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL11.5 mi · 542
- Susquehanna Community Elementary School11.7 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 242 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 83% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by DEPOSIT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.