ELBA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ELBA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ELBA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment senior high in ELBA, New York, part of ELBA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 185 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 72% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
Across the 2 schools in ELBA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (410 students total), ELBA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, ELBA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 17% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ELBA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting ELBA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ELBA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.2%.
Zooming out to the county, Genesee County reports that median household income runs about $73,314, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. ELBA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 21 public schools in Genesee County (combined enrollment of about 7,800 students).
ELBA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ELBA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 15%: 161 students in 2018 compared to 185 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.1:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 today.
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