Enrollment
242
Elementary
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362124003008
DRAKE SCHOOL
380 DRAKE DR, NORTH TONAWANDA, NY 14120 · (716) 807-3725 · Niagara County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% 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
9.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
136 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 62 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 24% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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 NORTH TONAWANDA CITY 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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3%
Math
32.0%
NY avg 57.4%
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57.
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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 DRAKE SCHOOL
DRAKE SCHOOL's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRAKE SCHOOL this school | 242 | 56.2% | 35.5% |
| JACKSON HEIGHTS SCHOOL GLENS FALLS | 260 | 55.0% | 46.4% |
| DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEPOSIT | 242 | 59.1% | 43.3% |
| PLEASANT AVENUE SCHOOL JOHNSTOWN | 259 | 53.3% | N/A |
| HARVEY C FENNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FALCONER | 222 | 56.3% | 36.0% |
| ELIZABETH CADY STANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SENECA FALLS | 272 | 52.2% | 33.0% |
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 DRAKE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #1,818 of 2,335 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #2,059 of 2,342 | #19 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,854 of 2,343 | #14 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 242 | #2,254 of 2,585 | #27 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #263 of 2,338 | #1 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.2% | #1,854 of 2,388 | #17 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.2% | #1,242 of 2,534 | #14 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #622 of 1,757 | #4 of 22 |
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
-30 (-11%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 242 | 25.8 | 9.4:1 | 56% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 246 | 22.9 | 10.7:1 | 53% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 251 | 22 | 11.4:1 | 57% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 23 | 11.8:1 | 46% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 21 | 14.4:1 | 47% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 21 | 15.2:1 | 45% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 30 | 11.3:1 | 37% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 21 | 17.8:1 | 18% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 17 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DRAKE SCHOOL.
About DRAKE SCHOOL
DRAKE SCHOOL is a public elementary school in NORTH TONAWANDA, New York. The school counted 242 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 3. It has 45% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
A total of 6 schools make up NORTH TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 3,126 students enrolled.
At DRAKE SCHOOL, 82% of students are White. It is also 8% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put Niagara County at about 83% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, DRAKE SCHOOL scores 31%.
Its ratio of 9.4:1 is based on 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. In all, 56% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, DRAKE SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 17% of New York public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, DRAKE SCHOOL is 18.8 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 35.5% actual, 54.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
In Niagara County, the median household earns about $69,633 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Niagara County has 51 public schools with about 26,388 students, including DRAKE SCHOOL.
About 1.6 miles separate DRAKE SCHOOL from the closest public school, NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around DRAKE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 60.7% proficiency; DRAKE SCHOOL posts 35.5%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 272 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 242 by 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 11.8 in 2020-21 to 9.4 in 2024-25.
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Niagara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,721
Census ACS
Median income
$69,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
26,388 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTH TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 961 students
- NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 725 students
- NORTH TONAWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 495 students
- OHIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 367 students
- SPRUCE SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
Other schools in NORTH TONAWANDA
- NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 961 students
- NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 725 students
- ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 501 students
- NORTH TONAWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 495 students
- OHIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 367 students
- SPRUCE SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 961
- NORTH TONAWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 495
- NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 725
- ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 501
- OHIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 367
- GRAND ISLAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 868
Frequently asked questions
About DRAKE SCHOOLHow large is DRAKE SCHOOL?
DRAKE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 242 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does DRAKE SCHOOL serve?
DRAKE SCHOOL serves grades KG-03.
How many students per teacher at DRAKE SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at DRAKE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DRAKE SCHOOL?
At DRAKE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is DRAKE SCHOOL in?
DRAKE SCHOOL is part of NORTH TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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