Enrollment
287
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHERRILL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362676003651
E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
217 KINSLEY ST, SHERRILL, NY 13461 · (315) 829-2520 · Oneida County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
12.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
48 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (45).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→VERNON-VERONA-SHERRILL MIDDLE SCHOOL→VERNON-VERONA-SHERRILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SHERRILL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 287 | 16.7% | 63.5% |
| MARCY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARCY | 288 | 20.5% | 63.5% |
| LIMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIMA | 298 | 20.1% | N/A |
| STATE STREET INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL SKANEATELES | 266 | 14.3% | 65.3% |
| EDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDEN | 282 | 13.8% | 54.5% |
| ELMA PRIMARY SCHOOL ELMA | 260 | 15.8% | 59.9% |
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 E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Oneida County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #626 of 2,335 | #6 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #431 of 2,342 ▲ 144 | #3 of 37 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #817 of 2,343 ▲ 28 | #7 of 37 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 287 | #2,064 of 2,585 | #33 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,612 of 2,338 | #30 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.3% | #2,077 of 2,388 | #26 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.7% | #2,311 of 2,534 | #37 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #1,190 of 1,757 | #19 of 25 |
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
287
-21 (-7%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 287 | 22.2 | 12.9:1 | 17% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 21.7 | 13.4:1 | 26% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 21.9 | 13.8:1 | 24% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 20 | 15.4:1 | 28% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 19 | 16.7:1 | 31% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 19 | 16.3:1 | 24% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 313 | 17 | 18.4:1 | 16% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 350 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 14% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 361 | 16 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in New York, located in SHERRILL. It enrolled 287 students in pre-K through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 35% lower than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within SHERRILL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 5 schools and 1,823 students.
E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 89% White. The remaining shares are 5% multiracial and 4% Asian. Oneida County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school's share is higher. E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 21%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.9:1. That matches the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York fairly closely. The school's lunch program data list 17% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 47% average among public schools in Oneida County.
E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B by allk12, scoring above 63% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 5.4 points below predicted: 63.5% against 68.8%.
Among Oneida County residents, the median household income is $70,154, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Oneida County has 71 other public schools.
The closest public school, W F PRIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 2.6 miles from E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
Enrollment has fallen by 21 students since 2020-21, to 287. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.4:1 to 12.9:1.
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Oneida County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,124
Census ACS
Median income
$70,154
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
32,265 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SHERRILL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- VERNON-VERONA-SHERRILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 584 students
- J D GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 414 students
- VERNON-VERONA-SHERRILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 276 students
- W A WETTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 262 students
Nearby schools
- W F PRIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 318
- ONEIDA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 487
- SENECA STREET SCHOOL2.8 mi · 237
- W A WETTEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 262
- NORTH BROAD STREET SCHOOL3.3 mi · 151
- VERNON-VERONA-SHERRILL MIDDLE SCHOOL3.4 mi · 276
Frequently asked questions
About E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 287 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 89% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SHERRILL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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